The boss of mosaic coat racks

We recently finished a commissioned coat rack based on our line of mosaic coat racks in reclaimed wood frames with hand-forged hooks. This big guy, however, was almost four times as big as our usual coat racks!

The client's hallway rug was the source of inspiration for both the colors and the design.

Pulling together the color palette and sketching out design ideas.

Johannah used grout lines and andamento, the visual flow created by the placement of the tesserae (tiles), to create a sense of movement and balance of colors similar to the rug.

Kyle created a reclaimed wood frame twice as wide as our usual frames to support both the physical and visual weight of the mosaic. He added his V-style hand-forged hooks to complete the piece.

A few custom coat racks

We first introduced our line of mosaic coat racks with hand-forged hooks and a reclaimed wood frame last fall, and they have turned out to be such a fun item!  We love that they bring together all three components of our work: metal, mosaics, and wood. They're a colorful, unique way to dress up a functional household item. And there's lots of room to make them personal, whether in color, theme, or material. Here are a few of our favorite custom coat racks so far:

One of our very first custom coat racks was for our smaller two-hook version.

This was our first coat rack with a frame in reclaimed walnut rather than pine. We loved it so much, we made it a standard part of our coat rack repertoire.

Arranging the palette for a blue and white mosaic based on the very first one we made in green and white.

This one incorporates personal objects collected by the client. It was a joy and an honor to put together such a meaningful piece.

Here's a completed (non-custom) coat rack with hooks installed. For more customization fun, we have two styles of hooks: the V on this coat rack, and a more traditional U style.

A few projects

Sneak peek of the award we made for RVA Creativity Awards.

This Thursday evening marks the first-ever RVA Creativity Awards. Many of the awards were created by members of RVA Makers. Everyone really let their imaginations fly on this project and the results are wonderful. You can see more sneak peeks of the awards on the RVA Creativity Awards Facebook page.

You can see some of the other projects we’ve been working on as we prepare for craft shows below, from bonfire pokers to mosaic mirrors and jewelry.

Kyle forged these bonfire pokers from reclaimed steel. The pokers are extra long, designed to be used for those great spring evening outdoor fires.

Check out the color & texture on these new mirror frames. Johannah used reclaimed concrete & glass for the mosaics, and the frames are reclaimed wood.

Latest grouping of mosaic pendants before they were grouted. Come on out to the show to see the completed version!