Wender·Vista
Sheffield
shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileUnited Kingdom
in South Yorkshire, on the eastern edge of the Peak District

Sheffield

— — a steel city that grew its way back to the trees.

— 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

“Sheffield rises and falls across seven hills where the moors come down to meet the Don. The old steelworks have given way to galleries and small breweries, and the western suburbs end where the Peak District begins. Trees outnumber people here, by a fair margin. The accent is warm and the hills are honest. — from the studio

from the studio
Sheffield
— bring it home

Sheffield, 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 Sheffield

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

Sheffield is a city of about 560,000 people in South Yorkshire, built across the confluence of the Rivers Don, Sheaf, Rivelin, Loxley, and Porter on the eastern edge of the Pennines. A third of the city sits inside the Peak District National Park boundary, the only English city with that distinction. The seven hills of the older town gave it the unofficial nickname of England's Rome. From the steelworks of the 18th and 19th centuries through to the cutlery trade, Sheffield's identity has always been metallurgical.

— informed by Wikipedia — Sheffield
— the air

Sheffield is one of the greenest cities in Europe by tree count — roughly 4.5 million trees inside the city boundary, which works out to more trees than people by a factor of about eight. The Porter Valley, the Rivelin Valley, and Ecclesall Woods cut clean green corridors out into the moors above Hathersage and Stanage Edge. The air changes character at the western edge of town; the gritstone scarps above Redmires hold a colder, sharper wind than the Don valley below.

— the stone

Sheffield is a millstone-grit city. The gritstone of Stanage and Burbage Edge above the western suburbs is the same rock that paved the older streets and lined the chimneys of the steelworks below. Kelham Island, once the dense industrial heart along a man-made channel of the Don, now holds the Kelham Island Museum and the city's working-steel record, including the 12,000-ton River Don steam engine still run several times a week. The Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul anchors the older streets above the rivers.

— informed by Kelham Island Museum
— where
United Kingdom · Sheffield, South Yorkshire
— position
53.3811° N · 1.4701° W
— 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.
8 km W
Peak District
national park
1 km N
Kelham Island
industrial quarter
14 km W
Stanage Edge
gritstone escarpment
N
Sheffield
Peak District
Kelham Island
Stanage Edge
— common questions

What people ask.

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

From the 18th century onward Sheffield led world production of crucible and stainless steel, with Harry Brearley inventing rustless steel at the Brown Firth research laboratories in 1913. The cutlery trade ran on it.

Yes. About a third of the city's administrative area lies inside the Peak District National Park boundary, the only English city where that is true. The western suburbs climb straight into the moors.

Around 4.5 million trees within the city boundary, by Sheffield City Council's count. That works out to roughly eight trees per resident, one of the highest ratios of any major European city.

A man-made island in the River Don that became Sheffield's industrial core in the 18th century. It now holds the Kelham Island Museum and one of the city's densest clusters of small breweries and restaurants.

A four-mile gritstone escarpment above the western edge of Sheffield, one of the most important traditional climbing crags in Britain. The view east takes in the whole city set into its valley.

Late spring through early autumn for the long Peak District daylight. October on the moors above Hathersage is the season Sheffielders save for themselves — bracken turning copper, low light all day.

— about the piece in your home

Yes. It carries well for anyone who grew up in the city, studied at the two universities, or walked Stanage on weekends. The hills and the steelworks together read as Sheffield specifically.

It sits well in industrial-modern, library-traditional, and warm-northern interiors. The gritstone greys, moor copper, and forge orange pair with reclaimed oak, blackened steel, and undyed wool.

Yes. The piece reads as honest northern industry rather than as decorative industrial pastiche, which is where the style has matured. A Medium over a hearth or a console works.

Above a standard sofa, a single Large or a 4-tile Mural reads cleanly from across the room. For a console table, a Medium centred at eye level is the steady choice.

Yes. Order it in the Dura Satin or Matte finish for wet rooms and backsplashes. Both are scratch-resistant and the colour stays in the surface.

A soft microfibre cloth and warm water. The colour is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, so it does not lift with normal cleaning.

Yes. Every WenderVista piece is original to our studio in Knoxville, Tennessee. Reid Wender curates the atlas and no images are licensed in from outside.

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