Fun Functionals are Mosaics that are actually more than art they are functional!

Lightweight Mosaic Birdbaths And Feeders

The Bird Baths are available in various sizes and styles of base.  We can do a custom order.

Mosaic Bamboo Cutting Boards double sided

Mosaic side for a serving tray and backside is a cutting board.
Mosaic side for a serving tray and backside is a cutting board.
Perfect for cutting fruit and cheese.
Perfect for cutting fruit and cheese.

Mosaic Serving Tray And Bed Table

This serving tray has legs that fold down to convert into a bed table. 12"x20"
This serving tray has legs that fold down to convert into a bed table. 12"x20"

Trivets

7"x8" cork backed. Available in other sizes.
7"x8" cork backed. Available in other sizes.

About The Artist

Susie Atkinson, SZY, a 32 year resident of Costa Rica, having retired at the age of 70 when she sold Pacific Edge Eco Lodge needed a hobby to keep her creativity active. Mosaics interested her having always been in some artistic or adventuristic field. She considers herself to be the first "flower child", being born and raised in her mother's flower shop and becoming a florist by 10.  Leaving the nest but still wanting to be her own boss, she worked at several of the Hollywood Blvd department stores doing window dressings and interior displays.  With a move out of Los Angeles city area living the hippy life, she supported herself with Macrame and named that venture "Knotty Things".  Needing more income, she learned silk screen printing and started "Waterfront Productions" and became the first direct printer on T-shirts in the Antelope valley. Wanderlust strikes, she went to LAX and asked what is the next flight to the other side of the world.  Singapore became her new base where she learned to sail and moved onto a sailboat eventually becoming "Captain Susie" for 10 years.  Finally in 1992, she threw out the anchor here in Costa Rica.  She was one of the few gringos in the Escaleras area and built Pacific Edge road and Pacific Edge Eco Lodge, which hosted for 28 years many of the people that now call Costa Rica home.

Mosaics has now became her new hobby and adventure, creating "Fun Functionals" - mosaics that are not just art but functional items.

Cutting tile pieces using protection.
Cutting tile pieces using protection.