Wender·Vista
Lomaki Pueblo Wupatki
shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileArizona
in the high desert north of Flagstaff, at Wupatki

Lomaki Pueblo Wupatki

— a small house left standing in the wind.

— 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

“Lomaki sits at the north end of Wupatki National Monument, a two-story masonry pueblo built about nine centuries ago and abandoned by the late 1200s. The name comes from the Hopi word for 'beautiful house.' The walls are slabbed sandstone, the colour of the ground around them; the doorways still open onto the same view of the San Francisco Peaks. A short trail loops from the pull-off through the adjacent Box Canyon dwellings and back.

from the studio
Lomaki Pueblo Wupatki
— bring it home

Lomaki Pueblo Wupatki, 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 Lomaki Pueblo Wupatki

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

Lomaki Pueblo sits at the north end of Wupatki National Monument, about 35 miles northeast of Flagstaff and a few miles south of the Little Colorado River gorge. The pueblo was built around the year 1190, occupied for roughly a century, and abandoned by the 1280s along with the rest of Wupatki. It is one of more than 800 documented Ancestral Puebloan sites in the monument, which spans 35,422 acres of high desert grassland between Sunset Crater Volcano and the Painted Desert. The Hopi name Lomaki means 'beautiful house.'

— the stone

The walls are built of slabs of Moenkopi sandstone, the same red-brown formation that surfaces across the monument. The slabs were quarried on site, set with clay mortar, and laid in even courses up to two stories tall, the second floor accessed by a ladder through a hatchway. Lomaki sits at the head of a small box canyon, and one wall of the pueblo uses the canyon edge itself for footing. The Park Service stabilizes the standing walls without rebuilding; what visitors see is, in large part, what eight centuries of weather left.

— the visit

Lomaki is reached from US-89 north of Flagstaff via the Sunset Crater–Wupatki loop road; the trailhead is a small pull-off at the north end of the loop, about 14 miles past the visitor center. A flat, paved quarter-mile trail leads to the pueblo and the adjacent Box Canyon dwellings. Wupatki National Monument charges a per-vehicle entrance fee, shared with Sunset Crater Volcano next door. The monument is open through the year; spring and autumn are mildest. Summer afternoon temperatures push above 90°F, and the trail offers no shade.

— where
United States · Coconino County, Arizona
— within
Wupatki National Monument
— position
35.5747° N · 111.4147° 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.
14 km S
Wupatki Pueblo
ancestral pueblo
35 km S
Sunset Crater Volcano
cinder cone
50 km SW
San Francisco Peaks
stratovolcano range
30 km E
Painted Desert
desert badlands
N
Lomaki Pueblo Wupatki
Wupatki Pueblo
Sunset Crater Volcano
San Francisco Peaks
Painted Desert
— common questions

What people ask.

A few questions we get about Lomaki Pueblo Wupatki — and about bringing the piece home.
— about the place

Ancestral Puebloans, ancestors of today's Hopi, Zuni, and other Pueblo peoples. The pueblo was built around 1190 and occupied for roughly a century before being abandoned by the 1280s.

Lomaki is a Hopi word meaning 'beautiful house.' The Hopi consider Wupatki an ancestral place and maintain a continuing cultural connection to the site through ceremony and oral tradition.

About 830 years old. Construction is dated to roughly 1190 CE based on tree-ring analysis of roof beams found at related pueblos within the monument and at nearby sites.

Researchers cite drought, soil depletion, and broader regional shifts in the late 1200s that emptied many Ancestral Puebloan sites across the Colorado Plateau within a few generations of one another.

Both sit within Wupatki National Monument and were built by the same population during the same period. Wupatki Pueblo, the larger site near the visitor center, held around 100 rooms; Lomaki is smaller and more intact.

Yes. A short paved trail leads from a pull-off on the Wupatki loop road to Lomaki and the adjacent Box Canyon dwellings. The pueblo interior is closed; the trail circles the standing walls.

— about the piece in your home

Yes. The pueblo is an ancestral Hopi place and a landmark north of Flagstaff. A Medium or Large carries it well, with a short studio note acknowledging the cultural weight.

The sandstone reds and high-desert sky suit desert-modern, Southwestern, and earth-tone minimalist rooms. It also reads in a library with leather, oak, and warm brass fixtures.

Yes, without leaning on woven blankets or pottery clichés. The ruin and the open sky do the work; the palette is the land itself, in its own colours.

A single Large covers most three-seat sofas. A 4-tile Mural carries a longer wall; a 9-tile Mural reads as the wall, with the San Francisco Peaks visible through the grid.

Yes. Order Dura Satin or Matte for splash zones and showers. The sandstone tones hold steady under task and overhead light, with no glare.

A soft microfibre cloth and water. The colour lives in the ceramic surface beneath the finish; no abrasives or solvents are needed for normal cleaning.

Yes. Every WenderVista piece is drawn from Reid's atlas of places. Nothing is licensed in, nothing resold. One studio, one eye, one hand-finished tile.

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