Garden Mosaics
Описание книги
Create a colorful garden with tiles galore! A beginner-friendly guide, Garden Mosaics opens with insightful chapters on understanding the materials, tools, and techniques necessary to prepare and get started. Using ceramic, vitreous glass, marble, mirrors, or granite tiles, you’ll move on to create 19 stunning mosaic garden projects that range from simple to elaborate, from one-of-a-kind pots, garden ornaments, and bird baths to stepping stones, garden tables, wall panels, and more! Each design contains step-by-step instructions and coordinating photography, as well as pattern templates. Authors and talented mosaicists Emma Biggs and Tessa Hunkin have written more than 5 books on mosaic art, design, and techniques.
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Emma Biggs. Garden Mosaics
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
MATERIALS
Glass. Vitreous glass
Stained glass
Gold, silver, and mirror
Smalti
Ceramic. Square unglazed ceramic &
Circular unglazed ceramic
Broken china
Marble, stone, and pebbles. Marble rods
Sheeted stone
Pebbles
Slate
Marble cubes
Backing materials and fixing surfaces. Timber
Sand and cement, screed, renders, and slabs &
Tile-backer board
Timber and aluminum framing angle &
Ceramic floor tiles
Terracotta and polystyrene
Other surfaces
Adhesives and grouts. Cement-based adhesives
Latex/cement adhesives
Epoxy
Cement-based grout
Wood glue
Silicone
Mirror adhesive
TOOLS
Drawing equipment. Colored pencils
Geometry instruments
Charcoal
Paper
Mosaic cutting tools. Heavy-duty tile nippers
Tile nippers
Double-wheel nippers
Score and snap tile cutters
Glass cutters
Hammer and hardie
Mosaic fixing tools. Mixing trowel
Plasterer’s small tools
Small screwdriver
Small-notched trowel
Grouting tools. Grouting float
Squeegee
Tiler’s sponge
Rubber gloves
Health and safety
Knee pads
Brushes
Protective goggles
Masks
TECHNIQUES
Drawing
Color sketches
Enlarging
Tracing
Templates
Cutting techniques
Cutting circles and other curves
Cutting triangles
Cutting strips
Laying techniques
Spacing
Lines of laying
Fixing
The direct method
Direct onto threedimensional forms
The indirect method
Casting
Grouting
Pre-grouting
Grouting
Regrouting
Buffing up
Finishing and hanging. Framing
Edging
Fixings
HOUSE NUMBER
TABLETOP
SIMPLE FLOWERPOT
TERRAZZO TABLE
BIRD BATH
CIRCLE PANEL
SMALTI MARBLE WALL STRIP
NIGHT AND DAY ROUNDEL
CAST SLAB
FLYING JAY WALL PLAQUE
SEAT
RUNNER BEAN
WALL PANEL
HORSE AND OX UNDER A TREE
CHINA PLANT POT
SPHERE
CAST FOSSIL PAVER
BLUE CAT
SLATE PAVER
TEMPLATES
House number (pages)
Bird bath (pages)
Flying jay wall plaque (pages)
Night and day roundel (pages)
Runner bean (pages)
Horse and ox under a tree (pages)
Blue cat (pages)
Sphere (pages)