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Custom photo coasters in round glazed ceramic, printed in full colour with your own pictures and backed with cork. One size, sold singly but almost always ordered in numbers, because a set is what makes the idea work.
Your photograph is fired into the glaze rather than applied as a sticker or a transfer, which is the difference between a coaster that lasts and one that does not. Cheap photo coasters fail at the rim: the printed film lifts where a thumb catches it, and once it has started the whole edge goes. There is no film here to lift, because the picture and the surface are the same thing.
Glazed ceramic takes condensation, holds it on the surface and releases it as it dries, then wipes clean with no residue. A hot mug does it no harm either, so one coaster handles both the gin and tonic and the morning coffee. Wood absorbs and eventually darkens where a wet glass keeps landing, which is the main practical reason people choose ceramic over wood for a set that gets used daily.
We make both, and the difference is what the shape does to a picture. A circle crops evenly on every side and suits a centred face, a pet or a single subject. A square keeps the corners and suits a wider photograph with something happening at the edges of the frame. A round coaster also matches the base of a glass or a mug and has no corners to chip when a set is stacked.
The cork is bonded across the whole base rather than around the edges, so it does not lift at a corner or leave adhesive marks on a table. It also stops the ceramic sliding when a glass is lifted off it.
Most orders are sets: one per family member, or four pictures from the same event. Send the highest resolution files you have. Our designers crop each one to the circle and check that no face is cut by the edge before anything is printed. A metal coaster holder is made separately, and it keeps a set standing upright with the top picture facing the room. The photograph goes on by sublimation printing.
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Coasters exist to deal with water, and materials handle that differently. Wood absorbs moisture unevenly and eventually warps or splits at the edge. Slate looks handsome but stains from wine and oil and is heavy enough to mark a table if dropped. Acrylic and printed cork show ring marks quickly. Glazed ceramic takes condensation, releases it as it dries, wipes clean without residue and keeps its printed image intact, which is why a round ceramic photo coaster is the version that still looks presentable after a year of use.
A circle crops evenly on every side, so a centred face, a pet or a single object fills it naturally with nothing lost to a corner. Wide group photographs and landscapes lose their edges in a round crop and are usually better on a square coaster. Our designers show you the circular crop in the proof, and if a photo will not survive it they suggest either a tighter crop or a different image before anything is printed.
Most orders are sets, because the format invites it: one coaster per child, per pet, per year of a marriage, or four photos from one holiday. Wedding parties order sets as favours. Families order a set of four with the same photo in different crops. Ordering as a set keeps the colour treatment and crop style consistent across all of them, which is difficult to match if you order them separately later.
The image is fired into the glaze rather than applied as a sticker or transfer, so it does not peel at the rim, which is where cheap photo coasters fail first. The cork backing is bonded across the full base, not just at the edges, so it will not lift or leave adhesive marks on furniture. A hot mug does the coaster no harm, and a wet glass leaves nothing behind once wiped.
Upload your photographs at checkout and note whether you want a different image on each coaster. Names, dates or a short line can be printed alongside the picture at no extra design cost. A designer crops and colour-corrects every image before printing. Production is checked by hand, and the set ships in a gift box within 1-4 days in the US.