Lake Sorapis Frozen in Winter

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.

Each tile ships in a kraft box, tied with cream ribbon, with a handwritten note from the studio if you'd like to add one.

Three or five different vistas, hung together — a chapter of places you've been, or want to go.

Lago di Sorapis sits at 1,925 metres in the Sorapiss massif of the Dolomites, in the province of Belluno, about 12 kilometres from Cortina d'Ampezzo in northern Italy's Veneto region. It lies beneath Punta Sorapiss, which reaches 3,205 metres.

The milky turquoise comes from rock flour, extremely fine dolomite particles ground out by the Sorapis glacier and suspended in meltwater. The grains scatter the shorter wavelengths of light, so the water reads turquoise. The same effect colours Moraine Lake in Canada.

In winter the lake freezes and snow covers the basin, so the turquoise is not visible. From fall to late spring the surface is white and still; the colour returns only when the summer melt refills the lake with glacial sediment.

Winter access is for experienced ski-tourers and snowshoers only. CAI Trail 215 from Passo Tre Croci crosses cabled, exposed ledges that ice over, Rifugio Vandelli is closed, and avalanche risk is real. Most visitors go between late June and late September.

The lake is reached only on foot. CAI Trail 215 climbs about two hours from Passo Tre Croci, at 1,805 metres, on the road between Cortina d'Ampezzo and Misurina, with narrow ledges secured by fixed steel cables near the lake.

Lago di Sorapis is fed by glacial meltwater with no large inflow, so its level falls through the season. By August the basin can draw down to almost nothing, then refills in autumn and through the following year's snowmelt.

The lake sits beneath the Sorapiss massif, whose summit, Punta Sorapiss, reaches 3,205 metres. Three glaciers cling to its slopes, all steadily retreating, and their meltwater is what gives the lake its colour and keeps it filled.

It has been a meaningful gift for people with ties to Cortina d'Ampezzo and the eastern Dolomites, and for anyone who has made the climb to the lake. A Keepsake or Small with a handwritten note from the studio carries the place well.

The frozen palette, cool whites, ice-blue, and the dark Sorapiss rock, settles into alpine-modern, Scandinavian, and quiet minimalist rooms. The winter version reads calmer than the summer turquoise, so it sits well in a bedroom or a study where you want stillness.

Yes. Cool, nature-drawn art is central to both alpine-modern and biophilic interiors, and a frozen Dolomite lake brings a real place into the room. The Medium works as a single quiet anchor; a pair reads well in a mountain-house entry.

Above a sofa, a single Large holds the wall, or a four-tile Mural for more presence. Over a console or a nightstand, the Small or a Keepsake in a stand suits the scale. For a feature wall, a nine-tile Mural.

Yes. Order it in Dura Satin or Matte for any room with moisture or steam, a bathroom, a shower wall, or a kitchen backsplash. The colour lives in the ceramic surface, so humidity does not affect it. The Glossy finish is best kept to dry walls.

A soft microfibre cloth and a little water, nothing more. The colour is infused into the ceramic surface beneath a thin finish, so there is no print layer to wear and no need for sprays or polishes.

Yes. Every WenderVista piece is original work from our studio in Knoxville, Tennessee, in our own stained-glass and alcohol-ink visual language. Nothing is licensed or stock; each place is painted once and made into tiles in-house.