Wender·Vista
Glacier is the marquee
shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileMontana
northwest Montana, against the Canadian line

Glacier is the marquee

— the park where the continent splits.

— 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

“Glacier National Park covers a million acres of the northern Rockies, straddling the Continental Divide along the Canadian border. The Going-to-the-Sun Road climbs over Logan Pass at 6,646 feet, open roughly late June through October. The glaciers the park was named for have receded from about 150 at the 1850 peak to fewer than 25 today. The valleys still hold their old shape.

from the studio
Glacier is the marquee
— bring it home

Glacier is the marquee, 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 Glacier is the marquee

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

Glacier National Park covers 1,013,000 acres in northwest Montana, against the Alberta and British Columbia borders. Congress designated it the country's tenth national park on May 11, 1910, and in 1932 it joined Waterton Lakes in the world's first International Peace Park. The Continental Divide runs the spine of the range. Going-to-the-Sun Road, completed in 1933, climbs from Lake McDonald over Logan Pass to St. Mary, crossing the Divide at 6,646 feet. The Blackfeet, Salish, and Kootenai peoples hold ancestral ties to the range.

— the season

Most of Glacier is gated by snow from late October through June. Going-to-the-Sun Road typically opens its full length in the last week of June or first week of July, depending on the previous winter's plowing, and closes again by mid-October. July and August carry the wildflower bloom across Logan Pass. Larches turn gold in the Many Glacier valley in the last week of September. By November the high country belongs to the wolverines and mountain goats again.

— the water

The park holds more than 700 lakes and over 700 miles of streams, draining to three oceans from Triple Divide Peak. Lake McDonald, the largest, runs ten miles long and 472 feet deep. The water reads turquoise in the eastern valleys where glacial silt is still suspended and almost black on McDonald's clear gravel. The park's namesake glaciers, including Sperry, Grinnell, and Jackson, are receding measurably each summer under U.S. Geological Survey monitoring.

— where
United States · Flathead and Glacier Counties, Montana
— within
Glacier National Park
— position
48.7596° N · 113.7870° 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
Lake McDonald
park lake
30 km NE
Many Glacier
park valley
18 km E
Logan Pass
Continental Divide pass
50 km N
Waterton Lakes National Park
Canadian park partner
N
Glacier is the marquee
Lake McDonald
Many Glacier
Logan Pass
Waterton Lakes National Park
— common questions

What people ask.

A few questions we get about Glacier is the marquee — and about bringing the piece home.
— about the place

Congress established Glacier National Park on May 11, 1910, making it the country's tenth national park. In 1932 it was joined administratively with Waterton Lakes National Park in Alberta to form the first International Peace Park.

Fewer than 25 active glaciers remain, down from about 150 at the Little Ice Age peak around 1850. The U.S. Geological Survey monitors the named glaciers, and most are projected to disappear within decades.

The road's full length over Logan Pass typically opens in late June or early July and closes by mid-October. The lower sections at each end remain open longer, depending on snow.

Triple Divide Peak, in the park's southern reaches, sends water to three oceans: the Pacific via the Columbia, the Atlantic via the Missouri, and Hudson Bay via the Saskatchewan. No other point in North America does this.

The Blackfeet Nation holds ancestral ties to the eastern slope and the Salish and Kootenai to the western valleys. The 1895 agreement that opened the eastern reaches to mining is still contested by Blackfeet representatives today.

— about the piece in your home

It's been a meaningful gift for many of our customers with a Glacier history. People who hiked the Highline or summered at Many Glacier as kids respond to the piece. A Medium with a handwritten note from the studio carries well.

The piece reads well in Mountain-modern interiors, in parkitecture-inflected lodges with timber and stone, and in Maximalist rooms where the alpine palette can sit against deeper colour. It works in quieter rooms on its own as well.

A single Large reads well above a standard sofa. For longer walls a four-tile Mural carries the valley proportions, and a nine-tile Mural anchors a great room or stairwell.

Yes. Order the Dura Satin or Matte finish for any kitchen or bathroom installation. Both are scratch-resistant and clean with a microfibre cloth and water.

A dry microfibre cloth handles dust. For anything more, a damp microfibre with plain water lifts kitchen residue or fingerprints. No sprays, no abrasive pads.

Yes. Every WenderVista piece is painted in the studio's Voynich stained-glass and alcohol-ink language by Reid Wender. The work is not licensed from outside artists.

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