What even is a coaster anyway? Coaster Concepts
For my coaster designs, I was stuck on eyes and stars. I really want to incorporate the eyes into my final design because they act as a literal reminder to the importance of "watching your drink". I also love eyes and stars as motifs in general and I'm really drawn to working with these shapes. Since a lot of my designs featured similar elements, I opted to include more of them to try lots of different ideas. The specific designs I am really excited about are #6, #15, and my overall concept of the "biblically accurate coaster". In my 6th design, I really like the star shape that extends beyond the round edges of the coaster that frames the eye. I am also drawn to the specific details I used for this eye overall. For #15, I like the nautical star combined with the eye. The nautical star is a symbol I have always loved for both its general meaning of guidance, luck, and safe passage home as well as its lesbian history from the 1940s. I think I would like to see ...