Wender·Vista
Las Vegas
shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileUnited States
in the Mojave Desert, southern Nevada

Las Vegas

— — the desert that lit itself up to be seen from space.

— 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 grid of light in a dry valley, ringed by mountains the colour of bone. The Strip runs four miles along Las Vegas Boulevard, between Mandalay Bay and the Stratosphere, and it is brighter from orbit than any other patch of American ground. Beyond the neon the Mojave starts almost immediately. Joshua trees, dry washes, the silence the city forgets.

from the studio
Las Vegas
— bring it home

Las Vegas, 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 Las Vegas

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

Las Vegas sits in the Las Vegas Valley at about 2,000 feet of elevation, inside the Mojave Desert, surrounded by the Spring Mountains to the west and the Sheep Range to the north. The city was founded in 1905 along the San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad, and the modern gambling era began after Nevada relegalised casino gaming in 1931. The Strip, technically in unincorporated Paradise, runs along Las Vegas Boulevard South. Hoover Dam and Lake Mead lie about thirty miles east.

— the light

Las Vegas reads as the brightest city on Earth from orbit, a designation NASA imagery has carried since the late 1990s. The Luxor's sky beam is rated at about 42.3 billion candela, the strongest in the world. The light comes from two sources stacked together: the high desert sun that hits the valley nearly 300 days a year, and the resort facades along the Strip engineered to read at night from a moving car. The horizon line stays sharp long after dusk.

— informed by NASA Earth Observatory
— the visit

McCarran was renamed Harry Reid International Airport in December 2021 and sits about two miles south of the Strip. Most resorts cluster in a four-mile run from Mandalay Bay north to the Stratosphere; the older downtown core along Fremont Street lies four miles further north. Hoover Dam and Lake Mead National Recreation Area are a thirty-five mile drive southeast, and Red Rock Canyon's thirteen-mile scenic loop is twenty miles west. Summer highs regularly cross 105°F between June and August.

— where
United States · Clark County, Nevada
— elevation
610 m · 2,001 ft
— position
36.1716° N · 115.1391° 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.
56 km SE
Hoover Dam
dam
32 km W
Red Rock Canyon
scenic loop
48 km E
Lake Mead
reservoir
80 km NE
Valley of Fire State Park
state park
56 km NW
Mount Charleston
peak
N
Las Vegas
Hoover Dam
Red Rock Canyon
Lake Mead
Valley of Fire State Park
Mount Charleston
— common questions

What people ask.

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

The Strip is engineered to read at night from a moving car. Its concentrated resort facades, plus the Luxor sky beam at 42.3 billion candela, make Las Vegas the brightest city on Earth from orbit.

Yes. The city sits in the Las Vegas Valley, inside the Mojave Desert, at about 2,000 feet of elevation. The Spring Mountains rise west of the city, and Lake Mead lies thirty miles east.

The Strip is a four-mile stretch of Las Vegas Boulevard South running from Mandalay Bay to the Stratosphere. It lies in unincorporated Paradise, Nevada, not within the city limits of Las Vegas itself.

The city was incorporated on May 15, 1905, alongside the San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad. Legal casino gambling returned to Nevada in 1931, which set the modern character of the city.

Summer highs regularly cross 105°F between June and August. The desert air is dry, and night temperatures drop sharply. Winter days are mild, often in the high fifties to low sixties Fahrenheit.

Hoover Dam and Lake Mead lie thirty-five miles southeast. Red Rock Canyon's thirteen-mile scenic loop is twenty miles west. Valley of Fire State Park sits about an hour to the northeast, off Interstate 15.

— about the piece in your home

It travels well for someone with ties to the city. Long-time residents tend to read the piece as the desert beneath the lights, not the casino floor. A Small or Medium with a handwritten note carries well.

The piece reads warm under desert-modern, mid-century, and jewel-tone Maximalist interiors. It also lands in a study with deep wood and quiet walls. Less suited to strict minimalist or cool-grey palettes.

A single Large reads cleanly above a console. Above a standard sofa, a 4-tile Mural carries the wall, and a 9-tile Mural anchors a larger room where the artwork is meant to lead.

Yes. Order the Dura Satin or Matte finish for those rooms. Both are scratch-resistant and read well in steam. The Glossy finish stays in dry rooms — entryway, living room, study.

A soft microfibre cloth and water. Nothing else. Avoid abrasives and household solvents. The colour is held inside the ceramic surface beneath a thin glossy finish, and stays stable under normal household conditions.

Yes. Every WenderVista piece is original to the studio. There is no licensing in or out. Reid Wender chooses each place, and the work is hand-finished in Knoxville, Tennessee.

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