Manhole Cover Coasters: Mexico City/CDMX
Manhole Cover Coasters: Mexico City/CDMX
Mexico City, the city of palaces, drowning in the lake upon which it was built. The manhole covers there get a lot of use given the geographical and challenging sanitary conditions. Enjoy a tequilla on a coaster from Naresa. Or a margarita on a coaster from Astra. Or a cerveza with the rain god Tlāloc. Or a questionably potable water on an agua coaster! Packaging in our best Spanglish.
Make a stand by adding a display stand
Tombino replicates manhole covers from around the world into functional art in the form of coasters, trivets and magnets. Each illustration is initially hand-drawn for precision and then permanently etched into cork. These make the perfect birthday or holiday gift. Each coaster is .25" thick and 4" in diameter. The engraving method has incredible detail and tactility. Fabricated from sustainable Portuguese cork. Designed and packaged in Philadelphia, PA USA.
Cork is a natural material, thus rare aberrations within the etching can occur, but at this scale good luck noticing.
As each one is made to order please allow three business days for delivery.
“We all have three cities: the one in which we grew up, the one where we live and the one in which we wished we live."-Alan Furst
A custom display rack can be ordered too. See the individual trivets and magnets as well.