Wender·Vista
Yongin
shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileSouth Korea
south of Seoul, in Gyeonggi

Yongin

— — the green hills the city kept on its way out.

— Where it lives

Not only on a wall.

A small tile on the nightstand catching the morning. A larger one above the fire. Yours, wherever you spend the slow hours.
— On the nightstand, a 6-inch on a walnut stand
— Among the books, a 6-inch leaning into the spines
— Beside the kettle, a 12-inch propped
— Down a quiet hall, an 18-inch floating off the wall
— Above the fire, the 24-inch in a walnut surround
— a note from the studio

“A city of about a million, half an hour south of Seoul, where the apartment blocks give way to wooded ridges and the Gyeonggi countryside begins. Yongin holds the country's largest theme park at Everland and a careful reconstruction of old village Korea at the Folk Village. The hills around it stay green into November.

from the studio
Yongin
— bring it home

Yongin, on ceramic.

Each tile is finished by hand in our Knoxville studio. Artwork is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, and rests beneath a thin glossy finish. The colour lives in the surface, not on top of it.

What kind of piece?
One tile — square or rectangle.
How big?
the popular one — counter, shelf, nightstand
6 × 6 in · 15 cm · 1.6 lb
Surface finish
A clear glossy finish — the artwork reads as if under resin. Ideal for show-pieces and framed wall art.
How it sits
A hidden cleat — sits ¼″ proud of the wall.
$58
Hand-finished and shipped from our studio at the foot of the Smokies. On your wall in about ten days.
— size
6 × 6 in
15 cm
— weighs
1.6 lb
solid in the hand
— surface
ceramic, hand-finished
art rests beneath a thin glossy finish
— from
Knoxville, TN
our family studio, at the foot of the Smokies
— start a Coaster Set

Pick any four 4-inch tiles — National Parks you've been to, a Smokies set, the four seasons of one place. $ for a set of , cork-backed, ready to live on the table.

— about Yongin

The place, in three passes.

A little of what's known, in case you fall down the rabbit hole — or want to go see it yourself.
— the place

Yongin sits about forty kilometres south of Seoul in Gyeonggi Province, with a population near 1.1 million that makes it one of the country's larger second-tier cities. The city stretches from the Gwanggyo ridgeline in the north down to forested valleys feeding the Han River basin. Two corridors, the Gyeongbu Expressway and the Yongin-Seoul Expressway, connect it to the capital, and the Bundang Line of the Seoul Metro reaches its northern districts. Samsung's research campuses anchor the western side of the city.

— informed by Wikipedia — Yongin
— the visit

The two anchors are Everland, opened in 1976 and still the country's most-visited theme park, and the Korean Folk Village in Giheung, a working open-air museum that has reconstructed Joseon-era houses, workshops, and a market street since 1974. The Ho-Am Art Museum, set inside a traditional Korean garden called Hee Won, holds one of the country's better Buddhist art collections. Most visitors come from Seoul on a day trip; the ride is about an hour by bus or subway.

— the season

Yongin gets the full four Korean seasons. Winter runs cold and dry from December through February, with snow on the higher ridges. Spring brings cherry and forsythia through April, and Everland's tulip festival pulls in over a million visitors most years. Summer is humid and wet, with the East Asian monsoon arriving in late June and the rains lasting into August. Autumn is the photographer's season; the maples on Gwanggyo turn from late October through mid-November.

— where
South Korea · Yongin, Gyeonggi
— position
37.2411° N · 127.1776° E
— the neighborhood

What's nearby.

A handful of named places within an hour's walk or short drive. Some we've already painted; some we will.
40 km N
Seoul
capital city
20 km NW
Suwon
Joseon walled city
12 km N
Gwanggyo Mountain
ridgeline park
N
Yongin
Seoul
Suwon
Gwanggyo Mountain
— common questions

What people ask.

A few questions we get about Yongin — and about bringing the piece home.
— about the place

Yongin is a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, about forty kilometres south of Seoul. Its population is around 1.1 million, and it spreads across forested hills feeding the Han River basin.

It is best known for Everland, the largest theme park in South Korea, and for the Korean Folk Village in Giheung, a reconstructed Joseon-era settlement that has operated as an open-air museum since 1974.

By subway, the Bundang Line and Shinbundang Line both reach northern Yongin in about an hour. Express buses from Gangnam and Jamsil run frequently and take roughly forty minutes outside rush hour.

Late October into mid-November for autumn colour on the Gwanggyo ridgeline, and early to mid-April for cherry blossoms and the Everland tulip festival. Summer is hot and wet through the monsoon weeks.

The buildings are reconstructions, but they were assembled by craftsmen using period methods, and the village runs working demonstrations of weaving, blacksmithing, and traditional weddings. Several Korean historical dramas have filmed there.

A private museum founded by the Samsung family in 1982, set inside the Hee Won traditional Korean garden. Its collection includes Goryeo celadon, Joseon paintings, and a large holding of Buddhist art.

— about the piece in your home

It has done well as a gift for those who lived in Yongin or commuted in from Gyeonggi. The image reads as the hills and ridgelines that frame daily life there. A Small with a handwritten note carries the feeling.

The green-tinted palette suits Japandi, modern Korean, and biophilic interiors. It also pairs with mid-century rooms that lean into warm wood and matte black, and with quiet teahouse-style corners.

Above a standard three-seat sofa, a single Large reads best at eye level. For longer walls, a four-tile Mural extends the ridgelines; for a wide console, a nine-tile Mural anchors the room.

Yes. Order the Dura Satin or Matte finish for vertical installations near steam or splash. The colour lives in the ceramic surface, so wiping it down does no harm.

A soft microfibre cloth and warm water. No abrasives, no ammonia cleaners. The thin glossy finish takes a gentle wipe and rebuilds its sheen on its own.

Yes. Every WenderVista piece is composed and finished in the studio in Knoxville, Tennessee. There is no outside licensing and no reseller version. Reid Wender chooses each place that enters the atlas.

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