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:
Sun with a Face
The Back Story:
Radiant Solar Face
Illustrations of the sun are the common property of both secular cosmologies and religious theologies. Traditionally, the sun is both the measure and the director of time. The sun is also symbolic of our inner core radiating out into the world. A circle with a face and radiations emanating from the circumference has represented many ancient solar deities, including Helios, the Greek sun god, and Apollo, the Roman sun god. It is pervasive in church art, and it is among the pagan symbols reproduced and used as Tarot cards in the 15th and 16th centuries. The sun attracts and conveys power, energy and drama. It brings to us wealth, courage, warmth and life itself.