Wender·Vista
Angel Falls
shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileVenezuela
deep in the Gran Sabana, southeast Venezuela

Angel Falls

— — water that turns to mist before it lands.

— 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 tallest uninterrupted waterfall on Earth. Water falls from the flat summit of Auyán-tepui, a sandstone table-mountain in Canaima National Park, and most of it becomes mist before it reaches the forest floor below. The Pemon people called it Kerepakupai Merú long before a bush pilot named Jimmie Angel put down on the mesa in 1937 and gave the falls his name.

from the studio
Angel Falls
— bring it home

Angel Falls, 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 Angel Falls

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

Angel Falls (Spanish: Salto Ángel; Pemon: Kerepakupai Merú) drops 979 metres (3,212 ft) from the lip of Auyán-tepui inside Canaima National Park, in Bolívar State in southeastern Venezuela. The park covers about 30,000 km² of the Guiana Highlands and was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1994. The falls are reached only by river — a multi-day boat trip up the Carrao and Churún rivers from the village of Canaima, then a hike to the base.

— the water

The single uninterrupted drop is 807 metres (2,648 ft); the rest tumbles in cascades below. The river above is the Kerep, draining the summit plateau of Auyán-tepui, one of more than a hundred tepuis in the region. Discharge varies sharply with the season — heavy in the rainy months of June through November, when the plume can be seen from kilometres away, and a thin ribbon by the dry month of March, when much of the water vaporises before reaching the canyon floor.

— informed by Wikipedia: Auyán-tepui
— the visit

There are no roads to the falls. Visitors fly small aircraft from Ciudad Bolívar or Puerto Ordaz to Canaima village, then take motorised dugouts upriver during the wet season when water levels permit the run through Devil's Canyon. The closest viewpoint, Mirador Laime, sits a short climb above the base on the opposite bank. Most operators run two- to three-day trips out of Canaima, sleeping in hammocks at jungle camps along the Churún River.

— where
Venezuela · Canaima National Park, Bolívar
— within
Canaima National Park
— position
5.9667° N · 62.5358° 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.
50 km NW
Canaima Lagoon
river lagoon
at the lake
Auyán-tepui
table mountain
220 km SE
Mount Roraima
table mountain
N
Angel Falls
Canaima Lagoon
Auyán-tepui
Mount Roraima
— common questions

What people ask.

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

979 metres (3,212 feet) total, with a single uninterrupted drop of 807 metres (2,648 feet). It is the tallest uninterrupted waterfall on Earth, in Canaima National Park, Venezuela.

The Kerep River drains the flat summit of Auyán-tepui, a sandstone table-mountain in the Guiana Highlands. The river runs off the mesa and falls into the rainforest of Devil's Canyon below.

American bush pilot Jimmie Angel, who landed his plane on the summit of Auyán-tepui in 1937. The Pemon people call the falls Kerepakupai Merú, their original name.

During the rainy season, roughly June through November, when the river runs full and the plume is most visible. In the dry months the falls thin to a ribbon.

By small aircraft to Canaima village, then a motorised dugout upriver through Devil's Canyon. There are no roads. Most trips run two or three days during the wet season.

Yes. The falls lie inside Canaima National Park, a 30,000 km² park in Bolívar State inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1994 for its geology and biodiversity.

— about the piece in your home

Many of our customers send the Angel Falls tile to friends who have made the trip into Canaima. A Small or Medium in Glossy carries the colour of the cascade and the dark forest well.

The deep greens and silver-white sit well in Tropical-modern rooms, Biophilic interiors, and Jewel-tone Maximalist spaces. The piece reads as a tall vertical composition.

Yes. Biophilic design continues to grow, and the rainforest palette of Angel Falls — green canopy, dark water, falling white — sits inside that current style family.

A single Large covers most sofas. A 4-tile Mural fills a larger wall above a console; a 9-tile Mural is for a full feature wall in a tall room where the height can breathe.

Yes, in the Dura Satin or Matte finish. The colour is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, so steam and humidity will not affect it.

A microfibre cloth and warm water. No solvents, no abrasive cleaners. The thin glossy finish wipes clean and the colour lives in the surface beneath it.

Yes. Every WenderVista piece is original to the studio. There is no licensing and no third-party catalogue; the work is painted, finished, and shipped from Knoxville, Tennessee.

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