Beginner's Guide to Making Mosaics

Beginner's Guide to Making Mosaics
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Transform areas and items in your home into beautiful works of art! Eye-catching and a lot of fun to do, this introductory guide to mosaic art (literally) covers everything, from window sills, wall murals, and coffee tables to flower pots, picture frames, trays, and so many more decorative pieces for both the home and garden! With 16 beautiful projects to create, supply lists, step-by-step photography and captions, helpful tips, and everything you need to know about the materials, tools, and techniques to make colorful works of art, this is the go-to guide for starting a brand new hobby in mosaics!

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Delphine Lescuyer. Beginner's Guide to Making Mosaics

Contents

Introduction

Materials

Tesserae

Ceramic mosaic tiles

Porcelain mosaic tiles

Vitreous glass tiles

Other tesserae

Where to buy tesserae?

Upcycled Materials

Backing (Substrates)

FOR INDOOR MOSAICS. MDF (1) (Medium-density fiberboard)

Plywood

FOR OUTDOOR MOSAICS

Tile backer board (2)

Mesh (4)

Adhesives. White (PVA) glue

Thinset mortar

Grout

Tools

Wheeled nipper (1)

Tile nipper (2)

Montolit® wheeled nipper (3)

A Note About Mosaic Supplies

Glass cutter and running pliers

Fist-grip glass cutter (5)

Diamond-grit tile file

Other tools and materials you will need for various projects:

Techniques. A Few Safety Tips

Get into the habit of:

Cutting Tiles. Cutting technique with a wheeled nipper

CUTTING PLATES OR FLOOR TILES

Cutting technique with a glass cutter and running pliers

Grouting

Floral Trivet

Floral Trivet. Tesserae:

Materials:

Directions

Striped Flowerpot

Striped Flowerpot. Tesserae:

Materials:

Directions

Garden Ornaments

Garden Ornaments. Tesserae:

Materials:

Directions

Doily-Style Trivet

Doily-Style Trivet. Tesserae:

Materials:

Directions

Adding mirror pieces

Pixel Number

Pixel Number. Tesserae:

Materials:

Directions

Floral Bouquet

Floral Bouquet. Tesserae:

Materials:

Directions

Gluing the border

Useful trick

Dot Mirror

Dot Mirror. Tesserae:

Materials:

Directions

Colored grout

Teardrop Tray

Teardrop Tray. Tesserae:

Materials:

Directions

Pixel Rock ’n’ Roll

Pixel Rock ’n’ Roll. Tesserae:

Materials:

Directions

Cloud Paperweight

Cloud Paperweight. Tesserae:

Materials:

Directions

Sailor’s Shirt

Sailor’s Shirt. Tesserae:

Materials:

Directions

Upcycled Planter

Upcycled Planter. Tesserae:

Materials:

Directions

Garden Light

Garden Light. Tesserae:

Materials:

Directions

Odorico Windowsill

Odorico Windowsill. Tesserae:

Materials:

Directions

Applying the grout

Useful trick

Cloud Table

Cloud Table. Tesserae:

Materials:

Directions

Caution!

Exotic Bird

Exotic Bird. Tesserae:

Materials:

Directions

Reminder

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