Wender·Vista
Fremont
shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileUnited States
in the East Bay, under Mission Peak

Fremont

— — the city the bay slips behind.

— 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

“A city on the east side of San Francisco Bay, between Oakland and San Jose. Mission Peak rises behind it, the trail to the summit pole one of the most-walked in Northern California. Mission San José sits at its old centre, the white walls of 1797 still holding. The Niles district keeps the silent-film studios that made cowboy pictures here a century ago.

from the studio
Fremont
— bring it home

Fremont, 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 Fremont

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

Fremont sits on the east side of San Francisco Bay in Alameda County, roughly forty miles southeast of San Francisco. The city of about 230,000 was incorporated in 1956 by merging five older townships: Centerville, Niles, Irvington, Mission San José, and Warm Springs. Mission Peak rises behind the city to 2,517 feet, the most-walked summit in the East Bay. The flatlands run west to the Coyote Hills and the salt ponds along the bay. Interstate 880 carries the city's commute traffic north and south.

— the air

The Mission Peak Regional Preserve trail climbs 2,100 feet over roughly three miles from the Stanford Avenue trailhead to the summit, where a steel pole with view-finder slots has become the city's unofficial monument. Coyote Hills Regional Park, a few miles west on the bay, holds Ohlone shellmounds dating back over two thousand years. Lake Elizabeth at Central Park, an eighty-acre artificial reservoir, sits at the geographic centre of the merged city. On clear winter mornings the Sierra crest shows from the summit.

— the year

Mission San José, the fourteenth of California's twenty-one Spanish missions, was founded in 1797 by Fermín Lasuén on the site of an existing Ohlone village. The whitewashed adobe church was rebuilt in 1985 to match the 1809 original, after the 1868 Hayward earthquake destroyed the first structure. A few miles north, Niles Essanay Studios produced more than 350 short films between 1912 and 1916; Charlie Chaplin filmed The Tramp there in 1915. The Niles Canyon Railway still runs the old route.

— where
United States · Alameda County, California
— elevation
17 m · 56 ft
— position
37.5485° N · 121.9886° 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.
5 km E
Mission Peak
summit
8 km W
Coyote Hills
regional park
25 km SE
San Jose
city
N
Fremont
Mission Peak
Coyote Hills
San Jose
— common questions

What people ask.

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

Fremont sits on the east side of San Francisco Bay in Alameda County, about forty miles southeast of San Francisco. Mission Peak rises behind the city to 2,517 feet.

The city was incorporated in 1956 by merging five older townships: Centerville, Niles, Irvington, Mission San José, and Warm Springs. The current population is about 230,000.

The standard route from the Stanford Avenue trailhead climbs 2,100 feet over roughly three miles to the summit pole. The round trip runs about six miles. Early-morning starts beat the afternoon heat.

Mission San José is the fourteenth of California's twenty-one Spanish missions, founded in 1797 by Fermín Lasuén. The current adobe church was rebuilt in 1985 to match the 1809 original.

Essanay Studios produced more than 350 short films at Niles between 1912 and 1916, including Charlie Chaplin's The Tramp in 1915. The Niles Canyon Railway still runs the original route.

The area around Mission San José was home to the Ohlone, who built shellmounds along the bayshore at what is now Coyote Hills Regional Park. The mounds date back more than two thousand years.

— about the piece in your home

Yes. Mission Peak and the old mission are the two images people carry when they leave the East Bay. The Small or Medium with a handwritten studio note travels well.

The greens and golden hills of the artwork settle into California-modern, warm minimalist, and earth-toned rooms. The palette holds against white walls and oak without overpowering either.

Yes. California-modern leans on natural light, neutral walls, and one place-based piece that grounds the room. A Medium or Large above a console reads as that anchor.

A single Large suits most sofas and consoles up to about six feet. For longer walls, a 4-tile Mural or 9-tile Mural carries the room. Measure first, then size up.

Yes, in Dura Satin or Matte finish. Both are scratch-resistant and well suited to backsplashes, shower walls, and steam. The Glossy finish is meant for framed wall art away from direct water.

A microfibre cloth and clean water. Skip ammonia, citrus cleaners, and abrasive pads. The colour is infused into the ceramic surface and the thin finish above it, so it will not lift with normal cleaning.

Yes. Every WenderVista piece is painted in Reid Wender's studio in Knoxville, Tennessee, then slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure. We do not license outside work.

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