shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileAlaska

at the head of Johns Hopkins Inlet, in Glacier Bay National Park

Johns Hopkins Glacier inlet

Name: Johns Hopkins Glacier inlet — on ceramic tile, by WenderVista
Brand: WenderVista

— the blue the ice keeps for itself.

— Alaska wall art on a ceramic tile, made to order

from $22

$58

6 × 6 in, glossy, hidden mount · all sizes, murals and mounts ↓

Finished by hand in Knoxville. Free US shipping over $75, on your wall in about ten days. Damaged in transit? Free replacement within 30 days; other returns within 30 days. Returns · Contact

— 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.

— Beside the kettle, propped on the counter.

— On the nightstand, catching the morning.

— shown in a slim black floating frame · 6 × 6 in

— bring it home

Johns Hopkins Glacier inlet, 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.

— comes gift-ready

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.

— or build a grouping

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

— a note from the studio

“A twelve-mile fjord on the west side of Glacier Bay, walled by the Fairweather Range and closed at the head by a mile-wide tidewater face. Johns Hopkins is one of the few glaciers in Alaska still advancing. The inlet is closed to motor vessels from May through June so harbor seals can pup on the brash ice. Cruise ships sit two miles off the face and drift. The ice cracks like a rifle, then drops. The water reads green where the silt is heavy and a deep, held blue where it isn't. from the studio

from the studio

— about Johns Hopkins Glacier inlet

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

Johns Hopkins Glacier sits at the head of Johns Hopkins Inlet, a twelve-mile fjord on the west side of Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve. The glacier flows roughly twelve miles from the Fairweather Range and meets tidewater in a face about one mile wide and 250 feet tall above the water, with another 200 feet below. It was named in 1893 by Harry Fielding Reid for Johns Hopkins University. Unlike most Alaskan glaciers, Johns Hopkins has held its terminus position and in some years advanced.

— informed by Wikipedia, Glacier Bay National Park

— the water

The inlet runs deep, cold, and silt-laden. Tidewater from the calving face is mixed with rock flour ground from the Fairweather Range, so the surface reads jade-green close in and deep blue further out. From May 1 through June 30 the National Park Service closes Johns Hopkins Inlet to all motor vessels to protect harbor seals during pupping season; the seals haul out on brash ice near the face. After July 1 cruise ships and small craft may enter no closer than a quarter mile from the terminus.

— informed by NPS vessel regulations

— the visit

Most visitors see the glacier from a cruise ship or the day-boat operated by Glacier Bay Lodge out of Bartlett Cove. There is no road access to Glacier Bay; the park is reached by air or boat through Gustavus. Rangers board large vessels at the park entrance and narrate the run up Tarr Inlet and over to Johns Hopkins. Best viewing is mid-summer, after the inlet reopens July 1, on a clear morning before the wind comes off the icefield. The face calves on its own schedule.

— informed by Glacier Bay Lodge

— where

United States · Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, Alaska

— within

Glacier Bay National Park

— position

58.8300° N · 137.1000° 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.

15 km NE

Margerie Glacier

tidewater glacier

8 km S

Lamplugh Glacier

tidewater glacier

30 km W

Mount Fairweather

peak

95 km SE

Bartlett Cove

park headquarters

Johns Hopkins Glacier inlet

Margerie Glacier

Lamplugh Glacier

Mount Fairweather

Bartlett Cove

— common questions

What people ask.

A few questions we get about Johns Hopkins Glacier inlet — and about bringing the piece home.

— about the place

At the head of Johns Hopkins Inlet, a twelve-mile fjord on the west side of Glacier Bay National Park in Southeast Alaska. It flows from the Fairweather Range to tidewater.

The tidewater face stands about 250 feet above the waterline and extends roughly 200 feet below it, across a width of about one mile. It calves regularly during summer.

It is one of the few tidewater glaciers in Alaska that has not retreated significantly. In some years it has held its position or advanced, while most Glacier Bay glaciers have receded.

From May 1 through June 30 the National Park Service closes the inlet to motor vessels so harbor seals can pup undisturbed on the brash ice near the glacier face.

Geologist Harry Fielding Reid named it in 1893 for Johns Hopkins University, which had supported his glacier survey work in the region during the early 1890s.

By cruise ship or by the Glacier Bay day-boat from Bartlett Cove near Gustavus. There is no road access to Glacier Bay. Access is by air or boat only.

— about the piece in your home

Yes. For travellers who watched the face calve from a ship rail, this works as recognition rather than souvenir. The Medium with a handwritten note from the studio reads well.

The cold blues and ice-greens suit coastal-modern, mountain-modern, and minimalist Scandinavian rooms. Pairs cleanly with raw oak, pale linen, and brushed nickel.

Yes. Cold-water and glacier imagery is central to the current biophilic and Nordic-quiet looks. A Large above a console gives the wall a still focal point.

A single Large reads well above a standard sofa. For a wider wall, a four-tile Mural carries from across the room. A nine-tile Mural suits a stairwell.

Yes, in Dura Satin or Matte finish. The colour is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, so humidity and splash leave it alone.

Soft microfibre cloth and water. No solvents, no abrasive pads. The thin finish wipes clean and the colour lives in the surface beneath it.

Yes. Every WenderVista piece is original to our family studio in Knoxville. No licensing, no stock art. Reid is the eye; the work is hand-finished in-house.

— if this one stayed with you