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:
Hex Sign
The Back Story:
What Are Hex Signs?
It wasn’t until the middle third of the 19th century, perhaps because barns weren’t generally painted at all much before 1830, that the big colorful signs were first seen painted on the huge red barns in Pennsylvania Dutch Country. The signs, which were originally geometric have since evolved to include more elaborate decorations such as distelfinks and other Pennsylvania Dutch trademark designs. They were painted directly on the sides of barns by one of the community’s ‘hexenmeisters’. The hexenmeister or hexmaster, when he wasn’t designing hexes, was typically a barn painter by trade.