Mosaics Inside & Out: Patterns and Inspirations for 17 Mosaic Projects
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| Rating | : | 4.87 (707 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1564967425 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 128 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-05-19 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
This book makes easy the seemingly daunting task of creating mosaics for your home. Presenting both creative ideas and stunning projects for both interior and exterior decoration, this book provides the information, inspiration, and tools to add the colorful and sophisticated art of mosaic to you kitchens, bathrooms, floors, walls, porch and garden.
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc. The introductory section gives basic techniques, including the best ways to break up old dishes for raw materials. Interior projects include floors and mirror frames, and outdoor garden projects are birdbaths, stepping stones, and planters. A gallery of photographs of work by mosaic artists completes the book. Recommended for crafts or garden collections. From Library Journal This is a collection of step-by-step projects for decorative mosaics using irregularly shaped pieces of glass, ceramic, or stone.
Ceramic artist and color maven, Doreen Mastandrea runs the ceramic studio Paint-a-Plate. She is the author of Ceramic Painting Color Workshop (Rockport Publishers).
Doreen is delightful A Customer I met Doreen today and without knowing she wrote a book to inspire those interested in mosaics, we got to talking about what she and I both do. It turns out, we both do mosaics. She is unbelievably talented and motivated me to get out there and do so much more. She is involved in a very large scale mosaic comission at the moment and I can understand why someone would hire her to do this. She happened to have a copy of he. Good Book for Beginners This book is very helpful to a beginner in the mosaic arts because it goes over the tools and materials needed to create almost any mosaic. There are many projects included in this book with step by step instructions, supply lists, and photos to demonstrate the process. If you would like to get involved with mosaic art but don't know where to start this book will help you gather supplies and give you enough ideas and tec. Jill A. Warnick said Excellent Book!. I'm just a beginner and have already picked up a few books, but by far this is the easiest to understand, I like how the book is laid out, the projects are wonderful, and after reading it from cover to cover I have a much better understanding of the art of mosaic tiling.I highly recommend this book, no matter what level your at.