Traditional designs meet modern function in our new Coastal Comforts Coaster Set, designed by Ts’msyen/Tsimshian artist and weaver Kandi McGilton. In this set of glazed ceramic coasters, Kandi has reimagined age-old basketry designs for a new use that is as functional and beautiful as the baskets they honor. "Basketry is one of the oldest art forms in the world, and was traditionally a utilitarian skill," shares Kandi, who herself is a practitioner and teacher of Annette Island cedar bark weaving. Kandi helps bring these traditional designs to new audiences by using them to decorate a variety of modern home goods, including her Ancestral Echoes Wool Blanket and now her Coastal Comforts Coaster Set.

This set of ceramic coasters comes packaged with a wooden case, perfect for display and storage, while each coaster has a cork bottom to prevent scratching. The set shares four different embossed designs, each depicting a traditional Northwest Coast basketry pattern, including:

• Sandhill: repeating triangles in a blush pink glaze
• Spiraling Cresting Wave: spiraling geometric waves in a pale forest green glaze
• Modified Box Within a Box: concentric squares with corner details in a powder blue glaze
• Raven’s Tail: diamond pattern in a light brown glaze

Whether you're protecting your coffee table from your morning coffee, or using as a trivet under a small plant pot or candle, may our Coastal Comforts Coaster Set help you feel ready for the day ahead while comforted by these familiar, traditional designs.

Product Details:

• Designed by Kandi McGilton (Ts’msyen/Tsimshian)
  Set of 4 glazed ceramic coasters, one of each design
• 4 in x 4 in / 10.16 cm x 10.16cm
• Spot clean glazed surface with damp rag; do not submerge cork back in water
• Not microwave or dishwasher safe
• Imported

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