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:
Pre-columbian Art
The Back Story:
Pre-Columbian Motif
This beautiful early Mexican design was obtained from the surface of a “Malacates”, hand selected by Jorge Enciso (one of the pioneers of Mexico City’s “Mural Renaissance” in the post-revolution 1920’s). “Malacates”, objects of baked clay found in the oldest of Mexican archeological digs, were very common just before the Conquest of Mexico. These very early, unknown artists showed great imagination and originality in decorating these objects. In the large outer circles there often appear motifs of the manlike deities, animals both real and imagined, reptiles, birds, flowers, masks, geometrical figures, frets etc. – employed with all the boldness characteristic of this Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican Art.