Columbus
— — a capital that grew its own skyline.
Not only on a wall.
“Ohio's capital and largest city, set on the Scioto River where it meets the Olentangy. A planned town in 1812, named for the navigator, grown into a quiet powerhouse of about 900,000 people. The Short North gallery walk on the first Saturday of the month, the Schiller Park summer Shakespeare, the German Village brick streets and the Book Loft's thirty-two rooms. A Midwest city that reads its own books. from the studio
Columbus, 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.
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.
The place, in three passes.
Columbus sits in central Ohio at the confluence of the Scioto and Olentangy rivers, about 270 metres above sea level. It was founded in 1812 as the planned state capital and named for Christopher Columbus. With a city population of roughly 905,000 and a metro of about 2.2 million, it is now the largest city in Ohio and the fourteenth largest in the United States. The Ohio State University, founded in 1870, anchors the north side of the city; the Ohio Statehouse, a Greek Revival landmark completed in 1861, anchors downtown.
The walkable districts cluster south and north of the river. German Village, a 233-acre brick-street neighborhood restored beginning in 1960, holds Schmidt's Sausage Haus and the Book Loft of German Village, a bookstore of 32 connected rooms. The Short North Arts District runs north along High Street; its Gallery Hop, on the first Saturday of each month, draws tens of thousands. The Scioto Mile riverfront park runs about a mile along the downtown bank. The Columbus Museum of Art on East Broad and the Wexner Center at Ohio State cover the city's visual arts.
The city's calendar runs on a small number of large events. The Ohio State Fair fills the state fairgrounds for twelve days in late July and early August. The Arnold Sports Festival, founded by Arnold Schwarzenegger in 1989, draws over 20,000 athletes across multiple sports each March. The Columbus Arts Festival lines the Scioto Mile for a weekend in June. Ohio State football Saturdays in autumn turn the entire north side into a single 105,000-seat event at Ohio Stadium. December brings the Conservatory's Holiday Blooms at Franklin Park.