This delightful 6x6 tile is based on Charley Harper's larger illustration, 'Once There Was a Field,' created in 1974 to accompany an article of the same name published in Ranger Rick. We love the artist's description of a busy, blooming field teeming with life:
'It was a wondrous world. Birds. Blooms. Bugs. Butterflies. A breeze. Bees buzzing inside buttercups. A bluebird, killdeer and quail chasing grasshoppers on a glorious morning among morning glories. The sounds are long past hearing. The scents are past savoring. The sights are past seeing, but live forever in a picture.'— Charley Harper (1922–2007)
Motawi tiles are striking art pieces and installation accents; each tile is made by hand and with heart in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The company embraces the variation and beauty of a handmade item; their methods yield a nuanced range of color with depth and translucence.
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