Wender·Vista
Mogollon Rim
shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileArizona
the long edge of the Colorado Plateau across central Arizona

Mogollon Rim

— the cliff that cuts the state in two.

— 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

“The two-thousand-foot escarpment that marks the southern edge of the Colorado Plateau, running roughly 200 miles east from south of Flagstaff toward the New Mexico line. Ponderosa pine on the top; juniper and saguaro country below. Arizona's largest continuous ponderosa forest sits along the rim. The drive on Forest Road 300 is one of the long quiet drives the state still has.

from the studio
Mogollon Rim
— bring it home

Mogollon Rim, 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 Mogollon Rim

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

The Mogollon Rim is a roughly 200-mile escarpment that marks the southern edge of the Colorado Plateau across central Arizona, running east from south of Flagstaff toward the New Mexico state line. The rim averages a 2,000-foot drop from plateau to the country below, and along most of its length it separates the Coconino and Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests above from the Tonto National Forest below. It takes its name from Juan Ignacio Flores Mogollón, Spanish governor of New Mexico in the early 1700s.

— the air

The top of the rim holds what is often described as the world's largest contiguous stand of ponderosa pine, running essentially unbroken from the rim east into the White Mountains. Elevation along the edge averages between 7,000 and 8,000 feet. The air on top is about twenty degrees cooler than the desert below in summer, and the rim's edge collects the afternoon thunderheads that build off the Mogollon shelf and roll south through July and August.

— the silence

Forest Road 300, the Rim Road, runs roughly 43 miles along the edge from Arizona 87 east to Arizona 260, a graded gravel road that holds long stretches with no service and no traffic. The Mogollon Rim Visitor Center near Strawberry is open seasonally. Zane Grey wrote on the rim in the 1920s; his cabin near Tonto Creek burned in the 1990 Dude Fire. The rim is what Arizonans mean when they say 'the high country.'

— where
United States · Coconino, Gila, Navajo, and Apache Counties, Arizona
— within
Coconino / Tonto / Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests
— 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.
15 km S
Payson
town
70 km NW
Flagstaff
city
60 km W
Sedona
red rock town
20 km SW
Tonto Natural Bridge
state park
65 km S
Mazatzal Peak
wilderness summit
N
Mogollon Rim
Payson
Flagstaff
Sedona
Tonto Natural Bridge
Mazatzal Peak
— common questions

What people ask.

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

A roughly 200-mile escarpment marking the southern edge of the Colorado Plateau across central Arizona. The rim averages a 2,000-foot drop and runs east from south of Flagstaff toward the New Mexico line.

Locally 'MUG-ee-yone' or 'muh-GEE-yun.' The name comes from Juan Ignacio Flores Mogollón, Spanish governor of New Mexico in the early 1700s, and reached the rim through eighteenth-century maps.

Forest Road 300, the Rim Road, runs roughly 43 miles of graded gravel from Arizona 87 east to Arizona 260, along the very edge of the escarpment. There is no cell service for long stretches.

The rim holds what is often described as the world's largest contiguous stand of ponderosa pine, running essentially unbroken east from the rim into the White Mountains at 7,000 to 8,000 feet elevation.

Late spring through October. The rim is about twenty degrees cooler than the desert below in summer; afternoon thunderstorms build through July and August. Winter brings snow and intermittent road closures on Forest Road 300.

— about the piece in your home

Yes. The Mogollon Rim is what Arizonans mean by the high country, the cooler half of the state. A Medium or Large carries the cliff line well; a Keepsake travels well for someone who summered on the rim.

The pine greens and rim blues read well against Southwest, desert-modern, and warm Mountain-modern interiors. The stained-glass treatment also sits comfortably in a Jewel-tone Maximalist room without competing with patterned work.

A single Large carries above a standard sofa; a 4-tile Mural fills a console wall; a 9-tile Mural reads as the main feature on a longer wall. For a console, a Medium with two Coasters is quieter.

Yes. Order the same artwork in Dura Satin or Matte for vertical kitchen or bathroom installations. The colour lives in the ceramic surface, so steam and splash will not affect it.

Yes. Every WenderVista piece is painted in the studio's stained-glass and alcohol-ink visual language and slowly infused into the ceramic under heat and pressure. No licensing, no third-party prints.

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