Tickled Ivory - 003 - Copper Art Block

"Life is like a piano. What you get depends on how you play it." - Tom Lehrer

Any musician will tell you that the art is a science in its technicality, and a moving emotional target in its practice. Just because you KNOW the notes, doesn't mean you FEEL them. And you must feel them. Life is like this. We feel our way through, practicing always into order to play out what exists within us.

• Release Date: November 1, 2008
• Collection: Winter 2008
• Made by hand with USA-sourced copper, glass enamel, and a custom wood box frame.
• 5¼" x 8½" x 1¾" - akin to the size of a novel.

What is a Spiritile?

Each Houston Llew Spiritile is carefully handmade using a series of intricate stencil techniques. From the beginning, Houston’s vision for his enameled artworks drew from the beauty of simplicity. He sought after an imagistic theme for his work rather than pursuing the abstract often seen in other enameled wall art. The image is just the beginning - each piece is paired with a quote around the sides to create an inspiring story through words and images in glass.

Houston believes that meaningful art is about emotion. Thus, every Spiritile created reflects a piece of our story. These icons stretch our memory and bring to mind the people we love, the things we cherish, and the passions we pursue. When collected, Spiritiles become a montage of moments that make us smile, laugh, remember, and dare to dream.