Wender·Vista
Bull moose silhouette on Kancamagus
shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileNew Hampshire
on the Kancamagus Highway, between Lincoln and Conway

Bull moose silhouette on Kancamagus

— — the antlers the dawn finds first.

— 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 Kancamagus Highway climbs out of Lincoln, crests at the pass at 2,855 feet, and drops east toward Conway through the heart of the White Mountain National Forest. Moose feed at the bog ponds along the shoulder at first light and again in the last hour before dark. Drivers slow without being asked. The silhouette is the road's quiet rule. From the studio.

from the studio
Bull moose silhouette on Kancamagus
— bring it home

Bull moose silhouette on Kancamagus, 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 Bull moose silhouette on Kancamagus

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 Kancamagus Highway is the 34.5-mile section of New Hampshire Route 112 that crosses the White Mountain National Forest between Lincoln on the west and Conway on the east. The road climbs to the Kancamagus Pass at 2,855 feet, the high point of the corridor, then drops to follow the Swift River east. The route is a designated National Scenic Byway and a National Forest Scenic Byway. No gas stations, restaurants, or commercial development line the highway for its full length.

— the air

At dawn the corridor holds cold air against the Swift River, the temperature often ten degrees lower than the towns on either end. Bull moose, the bulls weighing up to 1,500 pounds, drift out of the spruce-fir to lick road salt off the shoulder and feed on the willow that grows at the bog edges. Sightings cluster between Lily Pond and the Sabbaday Falls turnout. The Forest Service posts moose-crossing signs for the full 34.5 miles of the byway.

— the season

The corridor turns earlier than the valleys below. Birch and red maple at the pass reach peak colour in the last week of September; the lower stretches east of Bear Notch hold until the first week of October. Winter closes some pull-offs and the Forest Service does not plow the side roads. Moose are most active May through October. Summer mornings give the longest sighting window, with first light arriving near five o'clock at the pass.

— where
United States · Grafton and Carroll Counties, New Hampshire
— within
White Mountain National Forest
— elevation
870 m · 2,855 ft
— 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
Sabbaday Falls
waterfall
at the lake
Lily Pond
pond
at the lake
Bear Notch Road
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Bull moose silhouette on Kancamagus
Sabbaday Falls
Lily Pond
Bear Notch Road
— common questions

What people ask.

A few questions we get about Bull moose silhouette on Kancamagus — and about bringing the piece home.
— about the place

The 34.5-mile section of New Hampshire Route 112 that crosses the White Mountain National Forest between Lincoln and Conway. It is a designated National Scenic Byway and carries no commercial development along its length.

Along the bog ponds and Swift River pull-offs west of the pass, especially near Lily Pond and the Hancock Overlook. Dawn and dusk are the reliable windows, May through October.

The pass crests at 2,855 feet, the high point of the byway. From there the road descends east along the Swift River drainage toward Conway and west along the East Branch of the Pemigewasset toward Lincoln.

Yes. NH 112 is plowed and open in winter, though several pull-offs and the Bear Notch Road connector close seasonally. Winter driving requires snow tires; the pass holds ice into April.

No. There are no gas stations, restaurants, or stores between Lincoln and Conway. Fuel up at either end. Forest Service campgrounds and trailheads line the route but carry no concessions.

The road is named for Kancamagus, the third and last sagamon of the Pennacook Confederacy in the late seventeenth century. The name is taken to mean the fearless one in the Algonquian language family.

— about the piece in your home

The Kancamagus drive and a dawn moose are two of the most recognised images of the Whites. A Small or Medium of the silhouette reads as a quiet salute to anyone who has driven the corridor.

North-Country farmhouse, alpine-modern, and mountain-cabin interiors hold the piece well. Warm pine, walnut, and weathered barn-board carry the dark silhouette and the road's dusk palette.

Yes. Mountain-modern leans on wildlife silhouettes, dawn and dusk palettes, and hand-finished surfaces. A moose tile in the studio's stained-glass colour sits naturally in that aesthetic.

A Large reads cleanly above a console. Above a sofa, a 4-tile Mural carries the road and the silhouette together; a 9-tile Mural opens the corridor across a longer wall.

Yes. Dura Satin or Matte holds in splash zones and showers. The colour is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure and does not lift in steam.

Microfibre cloth and clean water. No abrasive pads, no ammonia, no solvent cleaners. The finish wipes clean and needs no polish.

Yes. Every WenderVista piece is painted in-house in the studio's stained-glass and alcohol-ink visual language. We do not license images and the work appears nowhere else.

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