Wender·Vista
Sue-meg State Park
shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileCalifornia · United States
on the Humboldt coast, a few miles north of Trinidad

Sue-meg State Park

— the park that took its old name back.

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.
Above the bench, in a warm oak surround.
Above the bench, in a warm oak surround.
Beside the kettle, propped on the counter.
Beside the kettle, propped on the counter.
Above the linens, in a slim black surround.
Above the linens, in a slim black surround.
On the nightstand, on a light oak stand.
On the nightstand, on a light oak stand.
On a picture ledge, where the light comes in.
On a picture ledge, where the light comes in.
a note from the studio

A headland of redwood and Sitka spruce above the Pacific on the Humboldt coast, a few miles north of Trinidad in northern California. The park covers roughly 640 acres of sea cliffs, sea stacks, tide pools, and an agate beach. In 2021 the California State Park Commission restored the Yurok name Sue-meg, the name the place has held far longer than the park has, dropping the previous name Patrick's Point. A reconstructed Yurok village, Sumêg, sits inside the park, built with the Yurok Tribe and used for ceremonies and education. Whales pass close enough to the bluff to be seen from the trail in spring and fall.

from the studio
shown in a slim black floating frame · 6 × 6 in
shown in a slim black floating frame · 6 × 6 in
— bring it home

Sue-meg State 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.

comes gift-ready
comes gift-ready

Each tile ships in a kraft box, tied with cream ribbon, with a handwritten note from the studio if you'd like to add one.

or build a grouping
or build a grouping

Three or five different vistas, hung together — a chapter of places you've been, or want to go.

about Sue-meg State 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

Sue-meg State Park is a 640-acre coastal park on the Humboldt County coast of northern California, about thirty miles north of Eureka and five miles north of the town of Trinidad. The park sits on a headland of dense Sitka spruce, western hemlock, and second-growth coast redwood, with sea cliffs dropping a hundred feet to a shoreline of sea stacks and tide pools. Agate Beach, on the north end of the park, is named for the small carnelian and chalcedony stones that wash up on the gravel after winter storms. The park is managed by California State Parks and is the ancestral land of the Yurok people, whose traditional name for the place is Sue-meg.

the year

In September 2021 the California State Park and Recreation Commission voted unanimously to restore the Yurok name Sue-meg, ending more than 160 years under the colonial name Patrick's Point. It was the first California state park renamed to an Indigenous place name through formal restoration. The decision came from a multi-year collaboration between the Yurok Tribe and State Parks, which had been working together since the early 1990s on the reconstructed Yurok village inside the park. The village, called Sumêg, was built with traditional materials and methods and is used today for tribal ceremonies, brush dance gatherings, and education. The renaming honours the place that came before the park.

the visit

The park is open every day. Day-use entry is roughly ten dollars per vehicle. The Visitor Center near the entrance has small exhibits on Yurok culture and on the park's natural history. A network of short trails leads from the bluff to Agate Beach (a steep half-mile down and a steady climb back), to Wedding Rock, to Patrick's Point itself, and through the Sumêg village. Three campgrounds hold about 124 sites among the spruce: Agate Beach, Penn Creek, and Abalone. The headland gets a lot of fog through summer; clearer light tends to fall in late spring and again in October.

where
United States · Humboldt County, California
within
Sue-meg State Park
position
41.1356° N · 124.1556° 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
Trinidad
coastal town
1 km N
Agate Beach
gravel beach
at the lake
Wedding Rock
sea stack
at the lake
Sumêg Village
reconstructed Yurok village
6 km N
Big Lagoon
coastal lagoon
8 km S
Trinidad Head
headland
N
Sue-meg State Park
Trinidad
Agate Beach
Wedding Rock
Sumêg Village
Big Lagoon
Trinidad Head
common questions

What people ask.

A few questions we get about Sue-meg State Park — and about bringing the piece home.
about the place

Sue-meg State Park is on the Humboldt County coast of northern California, about thirty miles north of Eureka and five miles north of the town of Trinidad. Highway 101 runs past the park entrance. The park covers about 640 acres of coastal headland and shoreline.

Sue-meg is the Yurok name the place has held far longer than the park has. In September 2021 the California State Park and Recreation Commission voted to restore the Yurok name, dropping the previous name Patrick's Point. It was the first California state park formally renamed to an Indigenous place name.

A reconstructed traditional Yurok village inside the park, built in the early 1990s with the Yurok Tribe using traditional materials and methods. Sumêg includes plank houses, a sweat house, a brush dance pit, and a changing house, and is used today for ceremonies, brush dances, and tribal education.

The park covers roughly 640 acres of coastal headland, second-growth coast redwood, Sitka spruce, and shoreline. There are about a dozen miles of trail on the bluff and down to Agate Beach and the surrounding sea stacks.

Sea cliffs, sea stacks, Agate Beach (named for the carnelian and chalcedony stones that wash up after winter storms), Wedding Rock, Patrick's Point itself, three campgrounds, and the Sumêg village. Grey whales can be seen offshore in spring and fall from the bluff trail.

The state acquired the headland in 1929 and the park has been managed by California State Parks ever since. The first reconstruction of the Yurok village inside the park was completed in 1990. The renaming to Sue-meg was approved in September 2021.

Yes. There is a day-use fee of roughly ten dollars per vehicle, and additional fees if you camp overnight. The park is open every day. The Visitor Center has limited weekday hours through the winter season.

about the piece in your home

For someone who knows the foggy bluffs north of Trinidad and the slow road up the Humboldt coast, a piece of Sue-meg carries the place without ornament. A Medium or Large in the Glossy finish reads well in a living room or hallway, with a handwritten note from the studio.

The deep greens of the spruce and redwood, the Pacific greys, and the lichen-orange of the bluff sit well in Pacific Northwest-modern, biophilic, and coastal-rustic rooms. The painterly treatment also reads as a single colour anchor in a more minimal space with linen and oak.

Yes. PNW-modern interiors lean into painterly, illustrative landscape pieces over the literal photograph. The stained-glass-and-oil treatment of Sue-meg holds the scale of the spruce and the weight of coastal fog without becoming a stock postcard.

Above a sofa, a single Large at 24 inches anchors the wall; a 4-tile Mural at 36 inches fills a longer space. Above a console, the Medium or the smaller 4-tile Mural is the usual call.

Yes. The Dura Satin and Matte finishes are scratch-resistant and made for high-moisture rooms, including showers and full-height backsplashes. The Glossy finish is reserved for show-pieces and framed wall art rather than wet installations.

A microfibre cloth and water. No abrasive pads, no bleach. The colour lives in the surface of the tile and will not fade or scratch off in normal household use.

Yes. Every WenderVista piece is drawn in Wender Studios' own visual language; the painting was made in-house, and the studio holds the original. We do not license third-party art.

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