shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileUnited States

in northwest Ohio, ending at Toledo on Lake Erie

Maumee River

Name: Maumee River — on ceramic tile, by WenderVista
Brand: WenderVista

— — the spring the walleye come up the river.

— 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

— 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 wide, shallow river running 137 miles from the confluence at Fort Wayne, across the Black Swamp country of northwest Ohio, to the open water of Lake Erie at Toledo. In March and April the walleye come up by the hundreds of thousands. The rest of the year it runs slow over limestone, brown and quiet.

from the studio

— bring it home

Maumee River, 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 Maumee River

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

The Maumee River forms at Fort Wayne, Indiana, where the St. Joseph and St. Marys converge, and runs roughly 137 miles east-northeast across the former Great Black Swamp to enter Lake Erie at Toledo. Its watershed of about 6,600 square miles is the largest of any river draining into the Great Lakes. The river was the site of the Battle of Fallen Timbers in 1794 and the siege of Fort Meigs in 1813, and the channel between Toledo and Maumee Bay is a federally maintained shipping route.

— informed by Wikipedia, Ohio DNR

— the water

Every spring, walleye migrate out of Lake Erie into the lower Maumee to spawn over the limestone shoals between Perrysburg and Waterville. The Ohio Department of Natural Resources estimates the run draws hundreds of thousands of fish into the river between mid-March and mid-April. The angler density during peak weeks briefly makes the Maumee one of the most fished stretches of freshwater in the United States. Side Cut Metropark, Orleans Park, and the Jerome Road rapids are the main public access points along the lower river.

— informed by Ohio DNR Walleye Run

— the year

The river's calendar is built around two anchors. The walleye run peaks in late March and early April, drawing anglers from across the Midwest to Side Cut and Orleans Park. By July the channel has dropped and warmed, and the smallmouth bass take over the riffles. Toledo's Glass City Riverfront festival runs in summer along the lower channel, and by October the sycamores and cottonwoods along the bank turn the colour the locals call Maumee gold. Winter ice closes the bay but rarely the upper river.

— informed by Toledo Metroparks

— where

United States · Toledo, Ohio

— position

41.6900° N · 83.4700° 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

Toledo

Great Lakes port city

16 km SW

Fort Meigs

War of 1812 fortification

12 km SW

Side Cut Metropark

river park

18 km SW

Fallen Timbers Battlefield

national historic site

18 km E

Maumee Bay State Park

Lake Erie marsh and beach

Maumee River

Toledo

Fort Meigs

Side Cut Metropark

Fallen Timbers Battlefield

Maumee Bay State Park

— common questions

What people ask.

A few questions we get about Maumee River — and about bringing the piece home.

— about the place

The Maumee runs across northwest Ohio from Fort Wayne, Indiana, to Toledo, where it enters the western basin of Lake Erie. The river is roughly 137 miles long and drains a 6,600 square mile watershed.

Each spring hundreds of thousands of walleye leave Lake Erie and move up the Maumee to spawn over limestone shoals between Perrysburg and Waterville. The run lasts roughly four weeks, from mid-March into mid-April.

Fought on August 20, 1794, near the Maumee River rapids, Fallen Timbers ended the Northwest Indian War and opened the Ohio Country to American settlement. The battlefield is preserved as a National Historic Site west of Maumee.

Fort Meigs is a reconstructed War of 1812 fortification at Perrysburg, Ohio, built by William Henry Harrison in 1813 and successfully defended against two British sieges. The site is operated by the Ohio History Connection.

Maumee Bay is the shallow western lobe of Lake Erie where the Maumee River enters. The state park on its southern shore protects 1,300 acres of marsh, dune and beach east of Toledo.

Water quality has improved since the 1970s but agricultural runoff in the watershed still drives the late-summer algal blooms in western Lake Erie. The Ohio EPA monitors phosphorus loads through the lower channel each spring.

— about the piece in your home

It's been a meaningful gift for customers with Toledo roots or who fished the spring run as kids. The river is the city's defining geography. A Small or Medium with a handwritten note from the studio carries well.

The palette runs warm, with river-gold, limestone and sycamore tones, so it sits well in mid-century Midwestern, prairie-modern and warm traditional rooms. It pairs with leather, oak and brick.

Prairie-modern is moving toward specific named waters rather than generic landscape art. A Great Lakes river like the Maumee reads as locally informed, which fits the style's direction toward place-based pieces.

Above a standard three-seat sofa the single Large reads well; above an eight-foot console a four-tile Mural gives more presence; a nine-tile Mural anchors a tall stair wall or a wide entry.

Yes, in the Dura Satin or Matte finish. The surface is scratch-resistant and handles steam, splash and daily wipe-down. The glossy finish is reserved for framed wall pieces kept away from water.

A soft microfibre cloth with water is enough. The colour lives in the ceramic surface beneath a thin glossy finish, so it will not lift or fade with cleaning.

Yes. Every WenderVista piece is original artwork by Reid Wender, the studio's curator. Nothing is licensed in, and nothing is reproduced from a third party. The work is hand-finished in Knoxville, Tennessee.

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