Wender·Vista
Charlotte
shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileUnited States
in the North Carolina Piedmont, between the Catawba and the Yadkin

Charlotte

— — a southern city that learned to look up.

— 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 Queen City, set on the gentle rise of the Carolina Piedmont. Bank of America's crown rises above South Tryon, and the streets below carry the same grid laid out in 1768 when the town was named for King George's young queen. In April the dogwoods come into bloom along Queens Road and the city briefly turns white.

from the studio
Charlotte
— bring it home

Charlotte, 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 Charlotte

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

Charlotte sits in the Piedmont of North Carolina, on a low rise between the Catawba and Yadkin rivers, at about 765 feet of elevation. The city was chartered in 1768 and named for Queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, the consort of King George III. Today it holds roughly 900,000 people inside the city and 2.8 million across the metro, anchoring the Carolinas and serving as the second-largest banking centre in the United States after New York.

— informed by Wikipedia
— the stone

The Uptown skyline reads as one of the youngest in the American South. The Bank of America Corporate Center, designed by Cesar Pelli and opened in 1992, rises 871 feet above South Tryon Street, its crown lit at night in soft amber. Around it, Duke Energy Center and the Hearst Tower complete a banking quarter built almost entirely after 1985. The older brick of Fourth Ward survives at the northern edge, where the trees still hide the towers in summer.

— the season

Spring is Charlotte's quietest pleasure. In early April the dogwoods open along Queens Road West and Eastover, then the azaleas follow a week behind, then the magnolias take over Myers Park by Mother's Day. Summer settles in heavy and humid through August; the maples turn late, usually the first week of November, and a light frost can wait until December. Snow falls only a few inches a year, and the city stops moving for it when it does.

— where
United States · Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
— elevation
233 m · 765 ft
— position
35.2271° N · 80.8431° 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.
at the lake
Uptown
downtown core
1 km N
Fourth Ward
historic district
4 km S
Myers Park
tree-lined neighbourhood
5 km NE
NoDa
arts district
40 km N
Lake Norman
reservoir
N
Charlotte
Uptown
Fourth Ward
Myers Park
NoDa
Lake Norman
— common questions

What people ask.

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

The city was chartered in 1768 and named for Queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, the German-born consort of King George III. Her crown still appears on the city seal and on the skyline lighting of the Bank of America tower.

About 900,000 people live inside the city limits and roughly 2.8 million across the wider metro, making it the largest city in the Carolinas and the seventeenth-largest in the United States.

Yes. Charlotte is the second-largest banking centre in the United States by assets, after New York. Bank of America has been headquartered Uptown since 1998, and Truist and Wells Fargo's East Coast operation are also based here.

Uptown is Charlotte's downtown core, a one-square-mile grid of four wards laid out at the original 1768 town crossroads. It holds the banking towers, the NASCAR Hall of Fame, Spectrum Center, and Romare Bearden Park.

Mid-April for the dogwoods and azaleas in Myers Park, or the first week of November for the late maple colour. Summers run hot and humid; winters are mild with only a few inches of snow a year.

— about the piece in your home

Yes. The piece reads warmly to anyone who has lived along the Queens Road corridor or studied at Davidson, UNCC, or Queens. A Medium with a studio note carries well across a move.

The skyline blues and dogwood whites sit well with Southern-traditional, transitional, and warm-modern interiors. It carries equally on a panelled library wall or against a paler Sherwin-Williams Agreeable Grey.

Yes. The piece reads as a contemporary anchor inside the brick-and-boxwood vocabulary of current Southern transitional rooms, particularly in Myers Park, Eastover, and SouthPark renovations. A Large above a console reads especially well.

For a standard sofa, the Large carries the wall, with a 4-tile Mural extending across longer runs and a 9-tile Mural for the room that can hold a true centerpiece above the seating.

Yes, in the Dura Satin or Matte finish. Both resist scratches and steam, and the colour lives in the surface rather than sitting on top, so wipe-downs do not affect it over time.

A soft microfibre cloth and warm water. Skip abrasive sponges and ammonia-based cleaners. The surface needs neither, and either will dull the finish over time.

Yes. Every WenderVista piece is curated and hand-finished in our Knoxville studio, with no licensing in or out. The Charlotte tile belongs only to this atlas of places.

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