Wender·Vista
Martha's Vineyard
shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileUnited States
off the south coast of Cape Cod

Martha's Vineyard

— — an island the ferry sets the pace of.

— 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 island lies seven miles south of Cape Cod across Vineyard Sound, reached only by ferry. Edgartown holds the white-clapboard captain's houses; Oak Bluffs holds the gingerbread cottages painted in candy colours since the Methodist camp meetings of the 1860s. Aquinnah's clay cliffs run red, orange, and white at the western end. Sailboats hold the harbour. In September the crowds leave and the light turns.

from the studio
Martha's Vineyard
— bring it home

Martha's Vineyard, 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 Martha's Vineyard

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

Martha's Vineyard sits seven miles off the south coast of Cape Cod in Dukes County, Massachusetts, separated from the mainland by Vineyard Sound. The island covers 96 square miles and holds six towns: Edgartown, Oak Bluffs, Tisbury (Vineyard Haven), West Tisbury, Chilmark, and Aquinnah. Permanent population is around 20,000 and rises past 100,000 in summer. The Steamship Authority ferry from Woods Hole, the only public car ferry to the island, has run under that name since 1960 and is the lifeline that sets the island's daily pace.

— the colour

The Aquinnah Cliffs at the island's western end run 150 feet high in bands of red, orange, white, and grey clay laid down over 100 million years. The Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head/Aquinnah has held the land continuously, and the cliffs became a National Natural Landmark in 1966. The clay erodes faster than rock; the cliff face retreats about a foot a year. Below the cliffs the beach holds rounded clay nodules in the same colours, washed smooth by the tide each season.

— the visit

The island is reached by ferry. The Steamship Authority runs car and passenger service from Woods Hole on Cape Cod to Vineyard Haven and Oak Bluffs through every season, with reservations required for cars in summer from May through October. Passenger-only fast ferries run from Hyannis, New Bedford, and Falmouth seasonally. Edgartown and Oak Bluffs hold most of the restaurants, shops, and historic district. Chilmark and Aquinnah at the western end stay quieter, with rolling moors and the South Road farms that have worked the same fields since the 18th century.

— where
United States · Dukes County, Massachusetts
— elevation
10 m · 33 ft
— position
41.4040° N · 70.6420° 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.
25 km W
Aquinnah Cliffs
clay cliffs
5 km E
Edgartown
historic village
3 km NE
Oak Bluffs
village
7 km E
Chappaquiddick Island
island
50 km SE
Nantucket
island
N
Martha's Vineyard
Aquinnah Cliffs
Edgartown
Oak Bluffs
Chappaquiddick Island
Nantucket
— common questions

What people ask.

A few questions we get about Martha's Vineyard — and about bringing the piece home.
— about the place

By ferry. The Steamship Authority runs car and passenger service from Woods Hole on Cape Cod to Vineyard Haven and Oak Bluffs every day. Passenger-only fast ferries run from Hyannis, New Bedford, and Falmouth in summer.

Clay cliffs at the island's western end, 150 feet high, banded red, orange, white, and grey from sediments laid down over 100 million years. A National Natural Landmark since 1966, on land held by the Wampanoag tribe.

The island covers 96 square miles and holds six towns: Edgartown, Oak Bluffs, Tisbury, West Tisbury, Chilmark, and Aquinnah. Permanent population sits near 20,000 and rises past 100,000 in summer.

The 300-plus gingerbread cottages of the Martha's Vineyard Camp Meeting Association began as Methodist tents in 1835. The wooden cottages replaced the tents in the 1860s and have been painted in soft candy colours ever since.

Late June through August for full summer; mid-September through mid-October for warm water, thinner crowds, and the first turning leaves. Many shops close from November through April, when the island returns to its winter rhythm.

The two islands sit roughly 30 miles apart in Nantucket Sound. There is no direct car ferry between them, but the Hy-Line passenger ferry runs Vineyard Haven to Nantucket in summer in about an hour.

— about the piece in your home

It carries as a gift for families with a Vineyard house, for couples married on the island, and for those who summered there a generation back. A Small or Medium with a handwritten studio note reads as personal.

The slate-blue, weathered-shingle grey, and dune-gold palette suits coastal-modern, Cape Cod traditional, and New England transitional interiors. It also holds in jewel-tone maximalist rooms as a quieter anchor.

The current coastal-modern direction pairs whitewashed oak and linen with one strong piece of place-specific art per wall. The Medium or Large fills that role with the island's blues, greys, and golds.

A single Large suits most sofas and consoles. A 4-tile Mural reads as one composition for wider walls; a 9-tile Mural anchors a full feature wall.

Yes, with Dura Satin or Matte finish, both scratch-resistant and built for splash and steam. The Glossy finish is for dry framed display.

A microfibre cloth with water, or dry. No abrasive pads, no bleach, no solvent-based cleaners. The colour lives in the ceramic surface, so dusting is the only routine the surface needs.

Yes. Every WenderVista piece is painted by Reid Wender, the curator, in the studio's stained-glass and alcohol-ink visual language. No outside licensing. One studio, one eye.

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