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    Making Mosaics with Found Objects
    Making Mosaics with Found Objects
    Making Mosaics with Found Objects
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    Making Mosaics with Found Objects

    By Mara Wallach

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    Make mosaics on any surface--mirrors, tables, chairs, picture frames, bowls, switch plate covers, wooden shoes, and more.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherStackpole Books
    Release dateDec 20, 2010
    ISBN9780811744270
    Making Mosaics with Found Objects

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      An entertaining book with clear instructions on how to create mosaics with dishes, ceramics, old game pièges, list goes on and on … How to make something beautiful out of repurposing something that has been discarded. A new spin on UpCycling.

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    Making Mosaics with Found Objects - Mara Wallach

    Journey

    There are many mosaic tile artists that I admire, and I’ve had the honor of taking classes from a few of them. Without exception, every class I’ve taken has taught me something that either saves me a great deal of time or provides just the creative permission I need to learn a new technique and nurture my creative self.

    My attraction to china, tile, found objects, and castoffs has brought a lot of joy (and a little clutter) into my life. At times, it can become overwhelming. There is so much cool stuff to glue, so many ways to glue it, and so little time. A piece of chipped china can be reincarnated a thousand ways. But that’s the beauty of the craft: old things become new again, and discarded objects hold renewed value.

    Laurel Skye is one of the great mosaic tile artists I have taken classes with.

    This is a whimsical and random journey with infinite possibilities. Anyone, and I mean anyone, can create a masterpiece of found objects that will ignite the creative spirit. Whether it’s a funky random declaration or a fine arts finished piece, it’s all good!

    This book was written as a basic guide to the world of mosaic tile and found objects. I’ve included many of the tips, tricks, and techniques that I’ve learned along the way. I hope this book will help to answer many of the questions that you may have regarding this art form, and blow a little breeze of creative inspiration your way, too. The projects in this book were designed with beginners in mind. They involve just enough cutting to give you a gentle push, providing the momentum you need to begin your own journey down the tiled path.

    Like any respectable pilgrimage or expedition, when you begin this journey you must take an oath. You have to acknowledge that you’re creative, or at least promise never to say that you’re not creative (even if you claim to have only bought this book for the pictures).

    Everyone is blessed with creativity, even if you haven’t discovered it yet. Mosaic tile and found object art is the best way to prove your nay-saying self wrong. Fear of artistic exposure can be intimidating. Just performing the process and putting it out there for all to see takes courage. But since there isn’t one right way to do this, what have you got to lose?

    The basic mosaic tile process I use

    Find the base.

    Choose a color palette and theme.

    Gather materials—tile, china, jewelry, buttons, game pieces, stained glass, other glass, marbles, gems, and stones—that fit into your chosen palette.

    Mosaic Basics

    Don’t like what you’ve glued? Remove it.

    Grout color wrong? Live with it.

    Prepare the surface properly, to get the pieces to stick securely—it’s worth the extra effort!

    Start moving the pieces around until you reach a design that you’re happy with.

    Cut materials to fit into the design you’ve decided on. If pieces don’t lie flat, cut them smaller.

    When you’re happy with your design, start gluing your project with the appropriate adhesive. If it’s a larger project with many sides, glue the shards in sections, allowing drying time before moving on to the next area.

    Let the glued surface dry a minimum of 24 hours.

    Grab your grout, water and/or additive, and disposable gloves.

    Grout.

    Clean the grout from the piece.

    You can paint grout with acrylic paints if you want—after it’s dry, of course. Painting grout can be very messy and tedious, but it is doable.

    Let the grout dry.

    Polish with a soft lint-free cloth.

    Enjoy.

    Admire.

    Smile.

    Pique Assiette

    The term pique assiette was originally applied to the art of making mosaics with the pieces of broken plates. It is now often used for any kind of mosaic making.

    Tesserae n. pl. (tes-uh-ree) A standard mosaic tile term that describes all of the bits and pieces that are applied, with an adhesive, to a base or surface.

    Vitreous glass tile is a very popular glass tile that comes in thousands of colors. The tiles have a flat top face and ridged back. Vitreous glass tiles are durable, stain resistant, and a good choice for projects that will brave the elements.

    Stained glass comes in thousands of colors, textures, and sizes. Most people remember beautiful stained glass windows adorning houses of worship and cathedrals. Adding stained glass pieces or shards to your projects will provide a magical visual touch that sometimes cannot be captured using anything else. One caveat to working with stained glass is that its thickness doesn’t match that of china or tile in most circumstances.

    This glass-on-glass project, one of the many projects that can be created using stained glass, won first place in an annual recycled art contest.

    Smalti are handmade irregular rectangles of opaque glass in brilliant colors. They have irregular pitted shapes with a very reflective surface.

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