Wender·Vista
Imbros
shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileTurkey
in the northern Aegean, off the mouth of the Dardanelles

Imbros

— — a Greek island that stayed Turkish.

— 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

“Officially Gökçeada, still Imbros to the families who never left. The largest island in Turkey, a windswept shoulder of land at the entrance to the Dardanelles, where the meltemi blows hard most afternoons and the hillsides smell of thyme and pine. Old stone villages — Zeytinli, Tepeköy, Dereköy — keep Greek Orthodox names and slow Sunday tables of olive, cheese, and island wine. from the studio

from the studio
Imbros
— bring it home

Imbros, 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 Imbros

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

Imbros, known officially since 1970 as Gökçeada, is the largest island in Turkey at 279 square kilometres. It sits in the northern Aegean about 16 kilometres off the European coast of Çanakkale Province, just outside the entrance to the Dardanelles. The island is administered as a district of Çanakkale Province and is reached by ferry from Kabatepe on the Gallipoli peninsula. The interior rises to Mount Ilyas at 673 metres. The Greek-speaking community, present for millennia, has shrunk sharply since the 1960s but still maintains village churches at Zeytinli, Tepeköy, and Dereköy.

— the air

The Aegean meltemi shapes the island. Strong, dry north-easterly winds blow most summer afternoons, which is why the south-west bays — Aydıncık, Kefalos — became the eastern Mediterranean's quiet centre for windsurfing and kitesurfing. The same wind keeps the air clear and the summers cool relative to the mainland. UNESCO recognised Gökçeada as Turkey's first cittaslow island in 2011, citing the wind-shaped agricultural rhythm, the organic olive groves, and the village pace.

— where
Turkey · Gökçeada, Çanakkale Province
— position
40.1833° N · 25.8500° 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 E
Çanakkale
port city
16 km E
Gallipoli
peninsula
45 km S
Bozcaada
wine island
40 km W
Samothrace
Greek island
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Imbros
Çanakkale
Gallipoli
Bozcaada
Samothrace
— common questions

What people ask.

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

Imbros, officially Gökçeada, sits in the northern Aegean about 16 kilometres off the European coast of Turkey, just outside the entrance to the Dardanelles in Çanakkale Province.

Imbros is the historical Greek name used since antiquity. The Turkish state renamed the island Gökçeada, meaning sky-blue island, in 1970. Both names remain in common use.

Gökçeada covers 279 square kilometres, making it the largest island in Turkey. The interior rises to Mount Ilyas at 673 metres, with quiet bays along the southern and western coasts.

Car and passenger ferries run from Kabatepe on the Gallipoli peninsula to the island port of Kuzu Limanı. The crossing takes roughly 90 minutes and runs several times a day in summer.

The summer meltemi blows hard and steady from the north-east. Aydıncık and Kefalos bays on the south-west coast became one of the eastern Mediterranean's main centres for windsurfing and kitesurfing.

The island was overwhelmingly Greek-speaking until the mid-twentieth century. Old villages at Zeytinli, Tepeköy, and Dereköy keep Greek Orthodox churches and a small returning community of summer families.

— about the piece in your home

Yes. Families with ties to the island, or to the Greek Orthodox community of Constantinople, often respond to it as a piece of remembered geography. A Small or Medium with a handwritten note carries well.

The Aegean palette of weathered stone, olive green, and deep wind-blue suits Coastal-modern, Mediterranean, and Slow-living interiors. It also reads against warm white plaster walls in a quieter Minimalist room.

Yes. Aegean and slow-living interiors have stayed steady in design publications. A Medium above a reading chair or a 4-tile Mural above a console reads as an anchor rather than as decoration.

A single Large reads at the right scale above a standard sofa. For a wider console a 4-tile Mural fills the wall; for a feature installation a 9-tile Mural carries a room of its own.

Yes. Order the Dura Satin or Matte finish for damp or vertical installations. The glossy finish is reserved for framed wall pieces in dry rooms.

A microfibre cloth and water. The colour is infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, so the surface will not lift, fade, or scratch off in ordinary cleaning.

Yes. Every WenderVista tile is hand-finished in our Knoxville studio in a visual language that belongs only to us. No third-party licensing, no stock imagery.

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