Garden Mosaics

Author: Becky Paton
Publisher: CICO Books
ISBN: 9781782493303
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Suitable for a tiny terrace or a large country expanse, the projects in Garden Mosaics show you how to decorate your outdoor space in the most charming, individual, and enduring way. Suitable for a tiny terrace or a large country expanse, the projects in Garden Mosaics show you how to decorate your outdoor space in the most charming, individual, and enduring way. One of the most long-lasting and hard-wearing artforms, mosaic pieces are perfect to make the most of your outdoor room. The extensive techniques section shows you how to choose and use the right tiles for your environment. The range of tiles on the market today is better than ever, and the book makes the most of the wealth of new materials available such as spangled tiles or inexpensive but authentic gold-leaf tiles. As you progress, you can develop your own creativity with tips on tile and color-matching that allow you to adapt the projects to make pieces completely unique to you and your garden. All suitable for beginners, the 25 projects in the book range from simple decorative pieces, such as the enchanting, simple child’s footprints and butterfly stones to practical and sturdy weatherproof pieces, including a trompe l’oeil chequered mosaic tabletop and delightful planters that will add color to your garden even in winter. Some projects, such as the night light, can be finished in under two hours.

Making Bits and Pieces Mosaics

Author: Marlene Hurley Marshall
Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC
ISBN: 9781580173070
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 96

Book Description
Bits and pieces, pique assiette, memoryware -- there are many names for this unique folk art technique that has flourished for centuries around the world. Mosaic art, revered for its intricacy and beauty, can now be made by anyone with the simple methods found in Making Bits & Pieces Mosaics. Marshall's easy-to-follow techniques make it fun for readers to transform everyday items into one-of-a-kind works of art by attaching broken dishes, ceramics, jewelry, and glass to a wide range of surfaces. With clear, step-by-step directions and inspiring photographs, crafters can create fabulous projects of their own, including flower pots and vases, lamps, fireplace mantels, bird baths and bird houses, plant stands, garden tables, walkways, and more!

The Art of Mosaic

Author: Caroline Suter
Publisher: Aquamarine
ISBN: 9781903141854
Category : Mosaics
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
The Art of Mosaic shows, through the work of contemporary artists, how materials can be used to create dynamic mosaic features for walls and floors, fascinating sculptured forms, individual items of furniture and a host of decorative ornaments, for both inside and outside the home. There are eight practical projects to follow in this source book of ideas and designs, ranging from an abstract wall panel to a stained glass table and a sophisticated mosaic hearth. The book also includes a brief history of the art, and explores the imagery that inspires mosaic work. With practical sections on selecting materials and mastering basic techniques, The Art of Mosaic reveals how this enduring medium can bring style, color and texture to your home and garden.

Garden Mosaics Project Book

Author: Helen Baird
Publisher: Southwater Publishing
ISBN: 9781780191669
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
The principles of mosaic making are easy to master and this book gives you all the practical advice you will need on the basic techniques and materials, including concise information on the adhesives and tools required.

Creative Garden Mosaics

Author: Jill MacKay
Publisher: Lark Books (NC)
ISBN: 9781579905996
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Offers instructions for twenty-two mosaic garden objects, including a latern, tabletop, birdbath, garden shrine, and flowerpots.

Found Art Mosaics

Author: Suzan Germond
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company
ISBN: 9781402735059
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 140

Book Description
Found materials are taking the craft world by storm because the creative potential is tremendous. Contemporary mosaic artists--who continue to expand the limits of construction and materials--can benefit greatly from this movement toward reuse. Even the mosaic neophytes among us can explore the myriad possibilities of these new materials with this fabulous guide. Learn everything you need to get started in the world of found art mosaics, from materials, glass, ceramics, natural materials, grouts, surfaces, sealants, safety gear, and more. The 27 projects here--including the Buttons & Pebbles Vase, Glittering Jewels Belt Buckle, and Recycled Bathtub Garden Planter--each reuse and repurpose objects differently, as the found object may be the surface, the tesserae, or both.

Beautiful Mosaic Flowers

Author: Sigalit Eshet
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789655723304
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 50

Book Description
In this book you will learn how to cut and create beautiful mosaic flowers from tiles in an easy and precise way - step by step. The book is accompanied by mosaic images, explanations and illustrations to help you integrate mosaic flowers into the work you create - not to mention, get tons of compliments!

Marvelous Mosaics for Home & Garden

Author: George W. Shannon
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9781895569728
Category : Mosaics
Languages : en
Pages : 132

Book Description
Choose from a range of extraordinary mosaic techniques and materials for making 20 exceptional decorative items. Use silicone to apply art glass onto a translucent background for a uniquely shimmering look. Incorporate natural and found objects like fossils and bottles washed up on shore and polished by the sea. Projects include a table adorned with rocks and glass, a mirrored tray, a 3-D decanter, and more.

Mosaics

Author: Kim Flachmann
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780130163141
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
KEY BENFIT: " Part of a three-level developmental writing series that integrates critical thinking, reading, writing, revising, and editing, this book teaches the "processes and skills" common to all good academic writing. It includes both professional and student writings as well as a multitude of exercises and activities which help users apply the techniques and skills to their "own" writing. This book focuses on sentences in the context of essays, with related grammar, syntax, and mechanics covered in detail in the Revising and Editing sections. The rhetorically based instruction is repeated at more sophisticated levels in each of the three books. For those interested in a thorough examination of the academic writing.

Making Mosaics with Found Objects

Author: Mara Wallach
Publisher: Stackpole Books
ISBN: 0811744272
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 118

Book Description
Make mosaics on any surface--mirrors, tables, chairs, picture frames, bowls, switch plate covers, wooden shoes, and more.