Flower of Life coasters.

The design

The Flower of Life is a figure of overlapping circles of equal size. Each circle has its centre on the edge of its neighbours, and nineteen of them form the classic figure inside a larger circle. On our coasters this pattern sits on a metal disc 1.5 mm thick. How the figure is built and where it comes from is in our guide The Flower of Life, explained.

Stainless steel coasters

Stainless steel is hard-wearing and keeps its cool grey colour. In normal household use it does not rust, and it wipes clean with a damp cloth. It is the quiet version of the coaster, for glass, porcelain and dark wood.

Copper coasters

Copper is a warm, reddish metal. Left bare, it darkens over time and forms a patina where water and air reach it, so no two copper pieces age the same way. How our copper coasters will be finished, we will say here before they are available.

Two sizes

100 mm across: for a glass, a cup or a small vase. 180 mm across: for a carafe, a bowl or a plant pot. Both sizes are 1.5 mm thick, in copper and in stainless steel.

A note from the editor

I live with these coasters, not just next to them. There is a bottle of water beside my bed, and it stands on one of them. In fact I make a point of always having enough water resting on the Flower of Life, and for long enough: usually four to six bottles in a row, a small line-up from which I take whatever has been standing there a while. The large coasters sit under my plants, and it was the plants, not me, that came up with the 180 mm size: I wanted to see the pattern under a pot, not only under a glass. That they look just as good under glasses and cups goes without saying, that is what they are made for, and that is how they sit on my table too. But their real life happens under water bottles and plants. When I travel, at least one comes along. And yes, some days the water tastes softer to me. That is perception, not a measured effect, and I claim nothing more.

It all began, as so much does, with books. Years ago I read Masaru Emoto, the Japanese author who photographed water after bringing it into contact with words, music and symbols. His water crystal experiments were never independently confirmed, and I do not take them as proof. But they gave me a different way of looking at water, and out of that way of looking, years later, came these coasters.

Sebastian, founder of Cosmic Peace Council

What they are not

A coaster with the Flower of Life is a beautiful object and a small daily ritual: you set your glass down on a figure that people have drawn for more than two thousand years. Online you will read that such plates charge, structure or energise water. There is no reliable scientific evidence for these claims, and we do not make them.

Care

Metal under a cold glass collects condensation. Wipe the coaster dry after use and clean it with a soft, damp cloth. Do not use scouring pads or abrasive cleaners.