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Mills, Teresa.

Mosaic basics : everything you need to know to start making beautiful mosaics / Teresa Mills.

Hauppauge, NY : Barron's Educational Series, ©2006.

128 pages ; 29 cm

The author, an experienced mosaic artist, instructs in the core techniques of preparing baseboards, cutting and gluing tiles, grouting, and creating designs. She also lists all needed tools and equipment and explains their uses. Finally, she presents 15 projects for budding mosaic artists, allowing them to master the techniques and create beautiful finished pieces as they learn. The projects include everything from a still-life panel suitable for framing to a decorative design to embellish an outdoor path or patio.

Mosaics -- Technique.

Mosaicbasics

Machine derived contents note: Introduction 6 -- How to use this book 7 -- GETTING STARTED 8 -- The mosaic workspace 10 -- Tiles 14 -- Tools for mosaics 18 -- Getting ideas 20 -- Scaling designs 22 -- Transferring designs 24 -- Working with color 25 -- Preparing baseboards 28 -- Placing tesserae 30 -- Gluing 32 -- Grouting 34 -- Cutting tiles 37 -- Cutting triangles 38 -- Cutting circles 39 -- ROJECTS AND TECHNIQUES 40 -- Tessellation 42 -- PROJECT 1 Checkerboard 44 -- PROJECT 2 Pyramid frame 46 -- Cutting other shapes 48 -- PROJECT3 Rooster 50 -- PROJECT 4 Aphabet etters 53 -- Opus 56 -- PROJECT5 Op-artcow 58 -- PRJECT 6 Swimming fish 62 -- Creating curves 64 -- PROJECT 7 ' Sailing boat 67 -- PROJECT 8 Flower 70 -- Understanding tone 72 -- PROJECT 9 Statue of Liberty 74 -- Color aternatives 77 -- PROJECT 10 Kingfisher 80 -- PROJECT 1 1 M iefiori heart 83 -- Outdoor mosaics 86 -- PROJECT 12 Shel flower trough 88 -- Found materias 92 -- Painting ties 94 -- PROJECT 13 Dancing ladies 98 -- Light sources 102 -- PROJECT 14 Circs seal 104 -- PROJECT 15 Red pepper 106 -- Composition 09 -- PROJECT 16 Jungle menagere 12 -- Hanging your work 18 -- Professionatips 122.

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