shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileAlaska · United States

on Cook Inlet, between the Chugach Mountains and the sea

Anchorage

— — a city the mountains lean toward.

— 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

— 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

“Anchorage sits where the Chugach Range meets two arms of Cook Inlet. Float planes leave Lake Hood all summer; in winter the light goes blue by three in the afternoon. The Coastal Trail follows the mudflats out toward Earthquake Park, where the ground remembers 1964. People come for the mountains and stay for the long evenings. — from the studio

from the studio

— bring it home

Anchorage, 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 Anchorage

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

Alaska's largest city, on a peninsula between the Knik and Turnagain Arms of Cook Inlet. The municipality holds around 290,000 residents, roughly 40 percent of the state's population. The city began as a 1915 railroad construction camp for the Alaska Railroad and was rebuilt after the magnitude 9.2 Good Friday earthquake of March 27, 1964. The Chugach Mountains rise directly east; Denali is visible on clear days, about 130 air miles north. Ted Stevens International ranks among the busiest cargo airports on the planet.

— informed by Wikipedia, Municipality of Anchorage

— the light

Anchorage sits at roughly 61 degrees north, far enough that summer days stretch past nineteen hours around the solstice and winter days shrink to under six. The long oblique sun gives the Chugach a gold cast for hours on end in June; in January the city reads in pastels, the inlet steaming where the tide pulls out. Locals call the dim winter daylight blue hour because it carries most of the afternoon. The aurora appears on cold clear nights from the bluffs above the city.

— informed by NWS Anchorage

— the air

Chugach State Park borders the city at roughly half a million acres, one of the largest urban-adjacent wildernesses in the United States. Flattop Mountain, a 3,510-foot summit reached from the Glen Alps trailhead, is the most-climbed peak in Alaska. Moose move through neighborhoods; bears use the greenbelts in summer. The air off the inlet carries salt and silt; the air off the mountains carries spruce. Mount Susitna, the Sleeping Lady, lies across the water to the west.

— informed by Alaska State Parks

— where

United States · Anchorage, Alaska

— elevation

31 m · 102 ft

— position

61.2181° N · 149.9003° 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.

12 km E

Chugach State Park

state park

5 km W

Lake Hood Seaplane Base

seaplane base

15 km SE

Flattop Mountain

peak

30 km S

Turnagain Arm

tidal arm

210 km N

Denali

peak

Anchorage

Chugach State Park

Lake Hood Seaplane Base

Flattop Mountain

Turnagain Arm

Denali

— common questions

What people ask.

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

— about the place

Mid-June through August for daylight, hiking, and float-plane access; late February for aurora and ski touring. Shoulder seasons bring fog and breakup, and many trails stay muddy into May.

About 240 road miles north on the Parks Highway, four to five hours by car. On clear days Denali itself is visible from the Glen Alps area above the city.

Lake Hood is the busiest seaplane base in the world, with around 190 daily flights in summer. Much of Alaska is roadless, so float planes link lodges, villages, and fishing camps.

An eleven-mile paved trail running from downtown Anchorage to Kincaid Park along Cook Inlet. It crosses Earthquake Park, where the ground subsided about thirty feet during the 1964 quake.

No. Anchorage sits at about 61 degrees north, roughly five degrees south of the Arctic Circle. Summer brings nineteen-hour days, but the sun still sets, briefly, every night.

— about the piece in your home

Yes. The Chugach silhouette and the inlet light read clearly to anyone who has lived in or left the city. A Small or Medium with a handwritten note from the studio carries it well.

The cool blues and mountain greys read clean against alpine-modern interiors, Pacific Northwest palettes, and quiet mid-century rooms. The piece holds its own against rough timber, wool, and unfinished oak.

Yes. Mountain-modern leans on alpine palettes and natural materials; the Chugach colour story sits inside that vocabulary without copying the usual lodge artwork. A Large above a sofa anchors the room.

Above a standard sofa, a single Large or a four-tile Mural reads at the right scale. Above a console, a Medium or a landscape Triptych. A nine-tile Mural fills a feature wall.

Yes, in Dura Satin or Matte finish. Both resist scratches and humidity. The Glossy finish is for show-pieces and dry walls; choose Dura Satin for backsplashes and rooms that take steam.

A soft microfibre cloth, dry or barely damp with water. No solvents, no abrasives. The colour lives in the ceramic surface, beneath a thin protective finish, and does not lift with normal cleaning.

Yes. Every piece in the atlas is the work of Reid Wender, the curator. No licensing, no third-party stock. One studio, one eye, one slowly built catalog of places.

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