Mosaic Techniques & Traditions - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Mosaic Techniques & Traditions write by Sonia King. This book was released on 2006. Mosaic Techniques & Traditions available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This visually arresting volume showcases mosaics from all corners of the globe and teaches the skills needed to produce 15 beautiful pieces of your own.
Making Mosaics
Making Mosaics - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Making Mosaics write by Leslie Dierks. This book was released on 2004-03. Making Mosaics available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. “Of greatest use to beginners. The dozen projects will introduce first-time mosaicists to the art without...frustration.”—Booklist “You’ll never look at a shard of glass in the same way again.”—Glass Craftsman Innovative techniques, in tandem with striking and original designs, will make you revel in the creative pleasure of fashioning beautiful mosaics. An overview covers four basic mosaic methods: pique assiette, which uses fragments from plates, mugs, and pictures; direct (just lay it down and glue); indirect, where the work is done on a temporary surface before being cemented; and three dimensional applications. Magically transform everyday objects into art by replacing a standard kitchen counter with one covered in fragments of stone, glass, and pottery, or turning a simple lamp into a finely crafted sculpture. For additional inspiration, 50 artists provide invaluable hints and tricks of the trade.
Mosaic
Mosaic - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Mosaic write by Isotta Fiorentini Roncuzzi. This book was released on 2002. Mosaic available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Mixed-Media Mosaics
Mixed-Media Mosaics - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Mixed-Media Mosaics write by Laurie Mika. This book was released on 2007-05-24. Mixed-Media Mosaics available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Imagine beautiful mosaic pieces with tiles that you easily create yourself! Mixed-Media Mosaics offers a fresh, new approach to a traditional art form. By making your own tiles from polymer clay, you control the size, shape, color and even the texture, resulting in beautiful finished pieces that include tabletops, boxes, jewelry and shrines. In addition to learning traditional tiling techniques such as working with grout and cutting glass tile, you'll also explore creative options for personalizing tiles: • Discover the magic of mica powders and the regal look they can give to mosaics • Learn quick and easy ways of adding paint to handcrafted and commercial tile • See how easy it is to create molds and cast your own relief tiles • Find ways to add personal meaning to your work with the addition of text tiles • Experiment with the addition of beads, jewelry and other embellishments by embedding them right into the tile! Whether you'd like to complete a mosaic tabletop for your patio, a jewelry box as a special gift, or simply experiment with jewelry, you'll find the inspiration you seek in Mixed-Media Mosaics. Start creating your custom mosaic pieces today.
Mosaics as History
Mosaics as History - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Mosaics as History write by G. W. Bowersock. This book was released on 2006-11-15. Mosaics as History available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In the past century, exploration and serendipity have uncovered mosaic after mosaic in the Near East—maps, historical images and religious scenes constituting a treasure of new testimony from antiquity. In them, Bowersock finds historical evidence, illustrations of literary and mythological tradition, religious icons, and monuments to civic pride.
