Wender·Vista
Batman
shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileTurkey
in southeastern Anatolia, on the river of the same name

Batman

— — a Tigris town the oil road found.

— 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

“An oil town on a tributary of the Tigris in southeastern Türkiye, grown up from a village called Iluh after the first Anatolian crude came in around 1940. The Batman River runs the western edge before it joins the Tigris below the city. To the south, the floodwaters of the Ilısu reservoir have lifted the old town of Hasankeyf out of its valley. The plain reads dry, the river reads green. from the studio

from the studio
Batman
— bring it home

Batman, 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 Batman

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

Batman is a city and provincial capital in southeastern Anatolia, sitting at about 540 metres on a plain between the Batman River and the Tigris. It lies roughly 100 kilometres east of Diyarbakır and 80 kilometres north of the Syrian border. The settlement was a small village called Iluh until oil drilling began in the late 1940s, after which it grew rapidly to a current city population of just over 400,000.

— the water

The Batman River runs about 200 kilometres from the Sason mountains down to its junction with the Tigris just south of the city. The Batman Dam, completed in 1999 on the upper river, supplies hydroelectric power and irrigation to the surrounding plain. The river gives the city, the province, and the dam their common name, and remains one of the most reliable Tigris tributaries in dry summers across southeastern Anatolia.

— the stone

About 35 kilometres south of the city lies Hasankeyf, an old Tigris town with rock-cut dwellings, a twelfth-century bridge, and a citadel that sat on the river for more than a thousand years. The flooding of the Ilısu reservoir, completed in 2020, submerged the lower town. Several monuments were relocated to a hillside cultural park above the new shoreline. The upper citadel and the river road remain visible from the road in from Batman.

— informed by Wikipedia — Hasankeyf
— where
Türkiye · Batman Province, Türkiye
— elevation
540 m · 1,772 ft
— position
37.8812° N · 41.1351° 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.
35 km S
Hasankeyf
historic town
100 km W
Diyarbakır
city
90 km SW
Mardin
city
N
Batman
Hasankeyf
Diyarbakır
Mardin
— common questions

What people ask.

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

Batman is a city and provincial capital in southeastern Anatolia, Türkiye, on a plain between the Batman River and the Tigris. It sits at about 540 metres, roughly 100 kilometres east of Diyarbakır.

From the Batman River, which runs along the western edge of the city before joining the Tigris. The earlier village on the site was called Iluh and was renamed when the new oil town was founded.

Oil. Drilling in the Raman field began in the late 1940s and made Iluh the centre of Türkiye's first commercial petroleum industry. The population rose from a village to over 400,000 within two generations.

A 200-kilometre tributary of the Tigris that runs from the Sason mountains down past the city. The Batman Dam on the upper river, completed in 1999, supplies hydroelectric power and irrigation to the plain.

The Ilısu reservoir, completed in 2020, submerged the lower town of Hasankeyf about 35 kilometres south of Batman. Several monuments were relocated to a hillside cultural park above the new shoreline.

Hot-summer Mediterranean shading toward semi-arid. Summers on the southeastern Anatolian plain regularly cross 40°C with very little rain. Winters are cool and damp, with most of the year's precipitation falling between December and March.

— about the piece in your home

It has been a meaningful gift for many of our customers with family in the Tigris country. Batman and Hasankeyf carry strong local memory. A Small or Medium with a handwritten studio note carries well.

The river greens and dry-plain ochres sit well in Anatolian and Levantine interiors, in warm Earthy palettes, and in Jewel-tone Maximalist rooms that already carry brass and walnut.

A single Large reads cleanly above a standard sofa. For a wider wall, a 4-tile Mural carries the river-and-plain composition further. A 9-tile Mural suits a stair landing or a long hallway.

Yes, in the Dura Satin or Matte finish. Both are scratch-resistant and built for vertical installation near steam or splash. Clean with a damp microfibre cloth.

Damp microfibre cloth and clean water. No abrasive sponges or chemical cleaners. The colour lives in the ceramic surface beneath a thin finish, so routine wiping is all the care it needs.

Yes. Every piece in the WenderVista atlas is original to our family studio in Knoxville, Tennessee. We do not license third-party imagery and we do not resell stock art.

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