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:
Folk Art - Sun Wagon Wheel
The Back Story:
Sun Wagon Wheel
This design, from a barn near Boyertown, Berks County Pennsylvania, displays a wagon or sun wheel with an inner circle filled with a 5-pointed star and surrounded by triangles. The wheel is often meant to reflect warmth and fertility; stars are generally meant to provide: good fortune, hope, love, fertility, energy, harmony and protection against fires; and triangles are sometimes said to reflect the trinity.
The “Pennsylvania Dutch” (Deutsch) or “Pennsylvania Germans”, sometimes known as the “fancy” Dutch, created beautiful folk art designs often referred to as “hex signs.” These signs were painted on their barns and sometimes on their houses. Hex signs are traditionally round, utilizing this ancient symbol of continuity. What goes around comes around. Many legends surround the hex sign. Some people affix magical powers to
them, while others just enjoy the simple, colorful
geometric designs.