shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileUnited States

in eastern Utah, just north of Moab

Arches National Park

Name: Arches National Park — on ceramic tile, by WenderVista
Brand: WenderVista

— — two thousand stone arches, and one that everyone walks up to.

— 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

“Seventy-six thousand acres of red sandstone in eastern Utah, just north of Moab on the Colorado River. The park holds more than two thousand catalogued natural arches, the densest concentration anywhere on earth. Delicate Arch is the one on the licence plates — a three-mile round-trip walk over open slickrock to a freestanding span above a bowl in the rock. Landscape Arch is the longer one, the most fragile, the one a slab fell off in 1991. from the studio

from the studio

— bring it home

Arches National Park, 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 Arches National Park

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

Arches National Park covers 76,680 acres of high desert in Grand County, Utah, just north of Moab on the east side of the Colorado River. The land was set aside as a national monument in 1929 and elevated to national park in 1971. The park sits on a thick bed of Entrada sandstone, deposited as wind-blown dunes about 180 million years ago, lifted and fractured by an underlying salt layer that pushed up and dissolved away. More than 2,000 natural arches have been catalogued within the park boundary, the highest concentration on Earth.

— informed by National Park Service, Wikipedia

— the stone

The arches form where vertical fractures in the Entrada sandstone, opened by the salt-cored uplift below, are widened by water, frost, and root action until a freestanding span remains. Delicate Arch — the freestanding span on the Utah licence plate — opens to a 16-metre window above a sandstone bowl, reached by a 4.8-kilometre round-trip walk over open slickrock with no shade. Landscape Arch spans 88 metres, one of the longest natural arches in the world; in 1991 a 22-metre slab fell from its underside, and the trail under it has been closed since.

— informed by NPS — Delicate Arch

— the visit

Arches charges a per-vehicle entrance fee covering seven days and accepts the America the Beautiful interagency pass. From April 1 through October 31, a timed-entry reservation is required for arrival between 7 a.m. and 4 p.m.; reservations are released on Recreation.gov in monthly batches. Summer highs in Moab routinely top 38 °C, and the slickrock holds heat well into the evening. Spring and autumn carry the lighter crowds and the safer hiking weather. The closest airport is Canyonlands Field, 18 miles north of Moab.

— informed by NPS — Plan Your Visit

— where

United States · Grand County, Utah

— within

Arches National Park

— position

38.7331° N · 109.5925° 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 S

Moab

town

40 km SW

Canyonlands National Park

national park

1 km S

Colorado River

river

30 km SW

Dead Horse Point State Park

state park

Arches National Park

Moab

Canyonlands National Park

Colorado River

Dead Horse Point State Park

— common questions

What people ask.

A few questions we get about Arches National Park — and about bringing the piece home.

— about the place

Arches is in Grand County in eastern Utah, just north of the town of Moab and east of the Colorado River. The park entrance is about five miles up U.S. 191 from downtown Moab.

More than 2,000 natural arches have been catalogued within the park's 76,680 acres, the densest concentration of natural stone arches anywhere on Earth. Small new arches form and old ones collapse on geological timescales.

Delicate Arch, the freestanding span on Utah's licence plate, reached by a 4.8-kilometre round-trip walk over open slickrock. Landscape Arch, at 88 metres, is one of the longest natural arches in the world.

The arches sit in a thick layer of Entrada sandstone, fractured into parallel fins by an underlying salt bed that pushed up and dissolved away. Water, frost, and root action then widened the fractures into open spans.

From April 1 through October 31, a timed-entry reservation is required for park arrivals between 7 a.m. and 4 p.m. Reservations are released in monthly batches on Recreation.gov and sell out quickly in peak weeks.

Spring and autumn carry the lighter crowds and the safer hiking weather. Summer highs in Moab routinely exceed 38 °C, and the slickrock holds heat well into the evening, making long hikes dangerous.

— about the piece in your home

It has been a meaningful gift for many of our customers with that tie. The piece reads to anyone who has walked Delicate Arch at sunset or watched the light come off the fins above Devils Garden.

Desert-modern, Santa Fe, and Southwest interiors. The red-sandstone palette also sits well in a Mountain-modern room against raw oak and patinated leather, or in a Mid-century den with terracotta and brass.

Yes. Desert-modern rooms anchor on warm clay tones, raw woods, and a clean horizon line; an Arches tile reads as the geological source of that palette rather than a derivative texture print.

A single Large sits well above a console or narrow entry table. Above a standard sofa, a 4-tile Mural reads at the right proportion; for longer walls, a 9-tile Mural carries the scale.

Yes. Order the tile in Dura Satin or Matte finish for moisture-prone walls. Both resist scratching and steam; the colour lives in the ceramic surface, not on top of it.

A soft microfibre cloth and plain water. No solvents, no abrasive pads. The colour is infused into the ceramic surface beneath a thin glossy finish and will not lift with normal cleaning.

Yes. Every WenderVista piece is original to Wender Studios, a single family studio in Knoxville, Tennessee. We do not license artwork in or out.

— if this one stayed with you