Custom Coasters


Custom Coasters  


I promise I completed these a week ago. 

I have been the worst for uploading my work to my blog. 

However, I wanna just say that these weren't even my fist coasters. My original ones were actually crappy plywood I got for cheap at the bookstore. I got so excited about the project that I wanted to make them out of plastic. 

I went back and touched up my design a bit according to the test run I did on the plywood. Then I figured I may as well make three coasters out of high quality wood while I was at it. We have a nice wooden table at home that could use some 'decor', and it'd be a waste to have an artist in the house who didn't contribute to the Feng shui. 

So these are my objects. Im really happy with the way they turned out, and it's a good feeling knowing I can bring a design to life. 

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