Wender·Vista
Mesquite
shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileUnited States
on the Virgin River, where Nevada meets Arizona and Utah

Mesquite

— — a desert that holds the river's bend.

— 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 small Mojave city on the Virgin River, eighty miles northeast of Las Vegas on Interstate 15. Mormon settlers founded the community in 1880; flood and malaria emptied it twice before the 1894 resettlement took hold. Today about 22,000 people live here, weighted toward retirees, with a handful of casinos and a green strip of golf along the river bottom. Gold Butte's red sandstone rises south of town.

from the studio
Mesquite
— bring it home

Mesquite, 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 Mesquite

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

Mesquite sits in the Virgin River valley at about 1,600 feet of elevation, eighty miles northeast of Las Vegas on Interstate 15, in the corner where Nevada meets Arizona and Utah. The population is roughly 22,000, weighted heavily toward retirees drawn by the climate and the low cost of living. Mormon settlers founded the community in 1880; flood and malaria emptied it twice before the 1894 resettlement under William Abbott took hold. The Virgin River runs year-round through the valley bottom.

— the stone

Gold Butte National Monument lies twenty miles south, 296,937 acres of red Aztec sandstone, petroglyphs, and bighorn range, designated by President Obama in December 2016. Across the Arizona line east of town, the Virgin Gorge narrows the river and Interstate 15 into a single slot through the Beaver Dam Mountains. The local rock is mostly Triassic and Jurassic sandstone, weathered through millennia to deep red and ochre.

— the season

The Mojave summer averages above 100 Fahrenheit through July and August; July highs run near 105. Winter is mild, with January highs in the low 60s and lows just above freezing, and that mildness is why the retiree and snowbird population swells through January and February. Total annual rainfall is about four inches. The Virgin River's flow peaks with mountain snowmelt in May, then drops through the long dry months.

— informed by NOAA · Climate normals
— where
United States · Mesquite, Clark County, Nevada
— elevation
488 m · 1,601 ft
— position
36.8055° N · 114.0672° 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.
30 km S
Gold Butte National Monument
red sandstone monument
25 km E
Virgin Gorge
river canyon in Arizona
10 km SW
Bunkerville
river-valley town
60 km NE
St. George, Utah
regional city in Utah
N
Mesquite
Gold Butte National Monument
Virgin Gorge
Bunkerville
St. George, Utah
— common questions

What people ask.

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

On the Virgin River in northeastern Clark County, about eighty miles northeast of Las Vegas on Interstate 15, near the Arizona and Utah borders. The population is roughly 22,000.

Mormon settlers, beginning in 1880. Flood and malaria forced the community to disband twice; the 1894 resettlement led by William Abbott took permanently, and the town grew through irrigation farming.

A 296,937-acre red-sandstone landscape twenty miles south of town, designated by President Obama in December 2016. It protects petroglyphs, bighorn habitat, and a remote corner of the Mojave.

July highs average around 105 Fahrenheit, and June through September regularly clear 100. Winters are mild, with January highs in the low 60s. Annual rainfall is about four inches.

Nevada gaming law and the Interstate 15 corridor between Las Vegas and Salt Lake City. The town has anchored its retiree-and-snowbird economy on gaming and golf since the 1980s.

— about the piece in your home

It carries well for retirees who've made Mesquite home, for snowbirds with winter places along the river, and for hikers who know Gold Butte. A Medium reads as a quiet desert tile.

Southwestern-modern, desert-modern, and warm-neutral rooms suit the red and ochre palette. It also sits comfortably in a Mountain-modern interior with red-rock accents.

Yes. Red-rock and Mojave palettes have held steady in desert-modern and Southwestern rooms for several years, particularly the warm ochre-and-rust register that this tile sits in.

A Large suits a console or mantel; a four-tile Mural opens the river bend across a sofa wall; a nine-tile Mural treats the desert as the room's anchor work.

Yes, in Dura Satin or Matte. The warm palette reads well against neutral cabinetry, and both finishes handle heat and humidity from cooking without issue.

A soft microfibre cloth and water. The colour is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, beneath a thin protective finish; it will not lift with normal cleaning.

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