Endless Knot Tile with Poem
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$350.00
$350.00
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Dimensions: approximately 10.5" x 19.75" x 1/2"
Weight: about 6 lbs 12 oz
{The Endless Knot Poem Plaque is made to order. Please allow 6 to 8 weeks for shipping. Custom colors may be substituted for the knot and background colors upon request. Please specify hanging orientation preference: horizontal (as pictured) or vertical}
Question about the Endless Knot Poem? Contact Blue Willow Studio
Weight: about 6 lbs 12 oz
{The Endless Knot Poem Plaque is made to order. Please allow 6 to 8 weeks for shipping. Custom colors may be substituted for the knot and background colors upon request. Please specify hanging orientation preference: horizontal (as pictured) or vertical}
Question about the Endless Knot Poem? Contact Blue Willow Studio
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With no beginning or end, the knot in Celtic art symbolizes interconnectedness and eternity. The Endless Knot Plaque's original design features two intertwined knots of light and dark blue weaving together into a whole. A poem etched into the plaque (written out below) frames the knots and speaks to their union. Perhaps representing two loved ones, their lives as joined as the knots, this wall hanging is perfect for a wedding or anniversary.
The creation of the plaque is quite labor intensive, and carving and glazing alone take tens of hours to complete! The plaque is shaped from a single slab of stoneware clay. Each line of the woven design and each dot of texture on the background is meticulously hand-carved into the surface of the clay using a series of small, metal tools. The poem is then impressed onto the border of the plaque using individual letter stamps.
After the design is complete, the piece is allowed to dry for a couple weeks before it is fired for the first time. After the first firing, the plaque is hand-glazed with brushes, and the lines between the knots are filled with glaze using an adapted syringe. The piece is then fired for a second time to over 2000oF to ensure long-lasting beauty and durability.
Rubber bumpers on the back of the piece protect surfaces, and picture wire allows for easy hanging.
Due to the hand-made nature of the Endless Knot Tile, colors and sizes of the actual piece may vary from the picture.
Knot Poem
Come walk with me a little while.
Let your life weave into mine.
And for a time, our paces match
O’er grassy dell or rocky patch,
My hand in yours, our paths entwined.
Come dance with me from year to year,
As Summer fades and Autumn falls;
As Winter’s maw ensnares the land
With icy breath and frosty hand,
‘Til Spring again reigns over all.
Come bide with me a little while.
The road runs on ‘neath weary feet,
And fleeting days wind swiftly by,
Binding us with knot and tie,
‘Til endings and beginnings meet.
~Suzanne Banks
The creation of the plaque is quite labor intensive, and carving and glazing alone take tens of hours to complete! The plaque is shaped from a single slab of stoneware clay. Each line of the woven design and each dot of texture on the background is meticulously hand-carved into the surface of the clay using a series of small, metal tools. The poem is then impressed onto the border of the plaque using individual letter stamps.
After the design is complete, the piece is allowed to dry for a couple weeks before it is fired for the first time. After the first firing, the plaque is hand-glazed with brushes, and the lines between the knots are filled with glaze using an adapted syringe. The piece is then fired for a second time to over 2000oF to ensure long-lasting beauty and durability.
Rubber bumpers on the back of the piece protect surfaces, and picture wire allows for easy hanging.
Due to the hand-made nature of the Endless Knot Tile, colors and sizes of the actual piece may vary from the picture.
Knot Poem
Come walk with me a little while.
Let your life weave into mine.
And for a time, our paces match
O’er grassy dell or rocky patch,
My hand in yours, our paths entwined.
Come dance with me from year to year,
As Summer fades and Autumn falls;
As Winter’s maw ensnares the land
With icy breath and frosty hand,
‘Til Spring again reigns over all.
Come bide with me a little while.
The road runs on ‘neath weary feet,
And fleeting days wind swiftly by,
Binding us with knot and tie,
‘Til endings and beginnings meet.
~Suzanne Banks