Wender·Vista
Nashville
shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileUnited States
on the Cumberland River in middle Tennessee

Nashville

— — the city the song is always about to start.

— 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

“Tennessee's capital, set on a bend of the Cumberland River, and the working centre of American country, gospel, and Americana music. Lower Broadway runs honky-tonk to honky-tonk; East Nashville holds the songwriters; the Ryman Auditorium still hosts the Grand Ole Opry every winter. A city of about 715,000, with a skyline that has reshaped itself nearly every year of the last decade.

from the studio
Nashville
— bring it home

Nashville, 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 Nashville

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

Nashville is the capital of Tennessee and the seat of Davidson County, set at a bend of the Cumberland River in the central basin of the state. The consolidated city-county population is about 715,000, with a metropolitan area of roughly 2.1 million. Founded in 1779 as Fort Nashborough by James Robertson and the Donelson river party, it became the state capital in 1843. The Tennessee State Capitol, designed by William Strickland and completed in 1859, holds Strickland's tomb in one of its walls.

— informed by Wikipedia
— the year

The city's calendar is structured by its music. The Grand Ole Opry has broadcast continuously since 1925, the longest-running radio show in the United States, with shows from the Opry House most weeks and a winter residency at the Ryman Auditorium downtown. CMA Fest fills four days in early June; the New Year's Eve drop on Lower Broadway draws roughly 200,000 to Bicentennial Capitol Mall. Bonnaroo, about 60 miles southeast in Manchester, brings another 80,000 people through the city each June.

— the visit

The walkable music core is Lower Broadway between 1st and 5th, with the Ryman Auditorium one block north on 5th and the Country Music Hall of Fame two blocks south on Demonbreun. The Ryman runs daytime self-guided tours from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and most evenings hosts a show. The Parthenon, a full-scale 1897 replica in Centennial Park, sits about two miles west. Nashville International Airport is eight miles east of downtown, served by Interstate 40.

— informed by Visit Music City
— where
United States · Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee
— elevation
182 m · 597 ft
— position
36.1627° N · 86.7816° 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
Ryman Auditorium
concert hall
1 km S
Country Music Hall of Fame
music museum
1 km N
Tennessee State Capitol
state capitol
3 km W
The Parthenon
full-scale replica
14 km E
Grand Ole Opry House
concert hall
N
Nashville
Ryman Auditorium
Country Music Hall of Fame
Tennessee State Capitol
The Parthenon
Grand Ole Opry House
— common questions

What people ask.

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

Nashville is the capital of Tennessee, set on the Cumberland River in the central basin of the state. It is about 180 miles west of Knoxville and 210 miles north of Atlanta.

The nickname traces to an 1873 visit by the Fisk Jubilee Singers, who performed for Queen Victoria; she reportedly said they must come from a city of music. The country, gospel, and bluegrass industries grew up here in the 20th century.

A weekly country music stage concert and radio broadcast that began in 1925, the longest continuously running radio show in the United States. Most shows are at the Opry House, with winter residency at the Ryman.

The Ryman, opened in 1892 as the Union Gospel Tabernacle, hosted the Opry from 1943 to 1974 and is still a working concert hall. It seats about 2,360 and is a National Historic Landmark.

April through May and September through October bring mild weather and the strongest festival calendar, including CMA Fest in early June. Summers are humid; winters are cool with occasional ice events.

The five-block stretch of Broadway between 1st and 5th Avenues South, the centre of the live-music district. Honky-tonks line both sides, most with stages running music from late morning through 3 a.m.

— about the piece in your home

It has carried well for songwriters who built careers in town and for travellers who keep coming back. A Small or Medium with a handwritten studio note suits a music room, an office, or a guest bedroom.

The amber, sapphire, and rust palette sits well in warm modern, Southern eclectic, and library-style rooms. It reads beautifully against walnut, leather, or a deep painted wall.

Yes. Warm modernism leans on saturated jewel tones over honeyed wood and unbleached linen. A Large or 4-tile Mural anchors a wall without overpowering the rest of the room.

A single Large covers most consoles. Above a standard three-seat sofa, a 4-tile Mural reads as one piece; on a long wall, a 9-tile Mural carries the room.

Yes, with the Dura Satin or Matte finish. Both are scratch-resistant and built for vertical installations near water; the Glossy finish is reserved for framed wall pieces in dry rooms.

A soft microfibre cloth with plain water. The colour is infused into the ceramic surface beneath a thin protective finish, so it will not fade with normal cleaning.

Yes. Every WenderVista tile is painted in the studio's own visual language and finished in-house in Knoxville, just down the road from Nashville. No licensed or third-party imagery in the catalogue.

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