Wender·Vista
Malatya
shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileTurkey
on the upper Euphrates plain, eastern Anatolia

Malatya

— — the orchard that scents the whole valley in July.

— 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 on the upper Euphrates plain, between the Taurus foothills and the river. Malatya grows the apricots the rest of the world eats: roughly half the world's dried apricot supply comes off these orchards. The February 2023 earthquake left scars across the old centre that the city is still working through. From the studio.

from the studio
Malatya
— bring it home

Malatya, 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 Malatya

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

Malatya is the capital of Malatya Province in eastern Anatolia, sitting at about 954 m on the upper Euphrates plain between the Taurus foothills and the river. The metropolitan population was around 800,000 before the February 2023 earthquake displaced a substantial fraction of residents. Modern Malatya was laid out in the 1830s by Sultan Abdülmecid I about 8 km north of the old city now called Battalgazi, after a cholera outbreak forced the move. Apricot orchards ring the plain.

— informed by Wikipedia — Malatya
— the year

Malatya supplies roughly half of the world's dried apricots and around 80% of Turkey's national crop. The harvest runs from mid-June through July across some 76,000 hectares of orchard on the surrounding plain. The annual Apricot Festival (Kayısı Festivali) has been held in the city since 1978, drawing growers from across the province and buyers from across the Mediterranean. The sun-dried fruit is laid out on terraces along the Euphrates tributaries in flat orange beds visible from the air.

— the stone

Arslantepe Mound, on the western edge of the modern city, was inscribed by UNESCO as World Heritage in 2021. The 30-m mound holds occupation layers from the 5th to the 1st millennium BCE, including the world's earliest known palace complex from around 3300 BCE and the oldest swords ever found, in arsenical copper. The Hittite stelae on the site mark the city's identity as Melid, capital of a Neo-Hittite kingdom in the early first millennium BCE.

— where
Turkey · Malatya Province
— elevation
954 m · 3,130 ft
— position
38.3550° N · 38.3090° 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.
7 km W
Arslantepe Mound
UNESCO archaeological site
8 km N
Battalgazi
old city of Malatya
120 km S
Mount Nemrut
Commagene tomb-sanctuary
N
Malatya
Arslantepe Mound
Battalgazi
Mount Nemrut
— common questions

What people ask.

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

In eastern Anatolia at about 954 m elevation, on the upper Euphrates plain between the Taurus foothills and the river. It is the capital of Malatya Province and lies about 120 km north of Mount Nemrut.

The Euphrates plain around Malatya grows roughly half the world's dried apricot supply and about 80% of Turkey's national crop. The harvest runs from mid-June through July across some 76,000 hectares.

A 30-m archaeological mound on the western edge of the city, UNESCO-listed in 2021. It holds occupation layers from the 5th to the 1st millennium BCE, including the world's earliest known palace complex.

The 6 February 2023 Kahramanmaraş earthquakes severely damaged Malatya. Much of the old centre and many residential blocks collapsed or were demolished, and a substantial part of the population was displaced.

The pre-1830s Malatya, about 8 km north of the modern centre. Sultan Abdülmecid I relocated the city after a cholera outbreak. The 13th-century Ulu Cami in Battalgazi survives as a Seljuk monument.

Yes. The Commagene tomb-sanctuary of Antiochus I on Mount Nemrut, with its colossal limestone heads, sits about 120 km south of Malatya across the Euphrates and is reached from the city by road in about two hours.

— about the piece in your home

It has been a meaningful gift for customers with family in Malatya and the wider eastern provinces, especially after 2023. The orchards read as home in a single image. A Medium with a studio note travels well.

The apricot oranges and Anatolian stone read well in Maximalist interiors, in Mediterranean-modern rooms with terracotta and brass, and in warm Eclectic spaces with rugs and old wood.

Warm-Mediterranean has expanded past Italian and Greek palettes into Anatolian and Levantine colour: apricot, ochre, olive, sun-baked stone. The Malatya tile sits inside that direction.

Above a standard sofa we recommend a single Large, or a 4-tile Mural for a wider wall. Above a console a Medium reads well; for a long entry hall a 9-tile Mural carries it.

Yes. For a bathroom or kitchen wall we recommend the Dura Satin or Matte finish, which is scratch-resistant and handles steam well. The Glossy finish is for drier rooms.

A soft microfibre cloth with plain water is enough. The colour is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, so it will not lift with regular cleaning.

Yes. Every WenderVista piece is original to our studio in Knoxville, Tennessee, chosen and finished by Reid Wender. We do not license artwork from third parties.

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