About GrafixMat Coasters • Front • Back Story
About GrafixMat Coasters:
Each GrafixMat® is a work of art, masterfully laser-engraved on the cork front with a unique and amusing story colorfully illustrated on its flip-side. For a treasured gift or your own personal collection; select one or create a set of 2, 4, 6 or more from 21 themed Collections totaling more than 500 contemporary and fine art designs. Made from eco-friendly recycled cork from Portugal and Spain, yet handcrafted in the U.S.A. GrafixMats® are so artfully designed and intriguing, we've created a hanging hole in the back of each coaster.
All Natural • Durable • Easy Wash • Singles or Sets • Storage Caddies • 4 1/4" Diameter, 5/16" Thick • Green Certified
Front Design:
Illustration of Longnose Butterfly Fish
The Back Story:
Longnose Butterfly Fish - (Forcipiger Longirostris)
This is a medium size yellow butterfly fish, with an extremely long snout, a black head above a white ventrally. It’s Hawaiian name is Lau-wiliwili-nukunuku-‘oi-‘oi relating the similarity between the color and movement of the fish and the yellow dropping leaves of the wiliwili tree; as the name translates “the leaf of the wiliwili tree with a sharp snout.” This fish feeds on small invertebrates, it sucks and swallows ‘whole’, collecting them from crevices with its long snout. It also bears the distinction of being the first Hawaiian marine organism to be collected and named by European scientists.