| Details | | Publication Date: | 1999-11-01 |
| Size | | Length: | 128 pages | | Height: | 10.5 in | | Width: | 9.3 in | | Thickness: | 0.8 in | | Weight: | 23.4 oz |
Publisher's Note An exciting new slant on one of today's most popular crafts Sure, you can buy those itty-bitty ceramic tiles and glue them down in one more fish shape. Or you can try something really new. The New Mosaics shows how just about anything (and we mean anything) can be transformed into a stunning mosaic object. Forty different, "gee, I never thought about That?" projects range from utterly simple to fairly complex. Try a handsome side table covered with pieces of eggshells carefully fitted together. Or a sign for the front door that spells out "Welcome" in nuts and bolts. A candleholder covered with beach glass. A plant stand mosaic-ed with verdigris copper squares and decorated with coiled copper wire. A giant heart done in red bottle caps. And on, and on, and on. This is a book for people who love the look of mosaics (their numbers are legion). It starts out with a few projects using traditional materials in fairly traditional ways, just so readers can get their bearings. But it quickly moves on to "the new mosaics" -- traditional materials used in innovative ways, and mosaics created from novel materials. The 40 projects include complete step-by-step instructions, full-color photography, and all necessary patterns and templates. A gallery of mosaics from around the world features pieces both exquisite and strange, and illustrates that the possibilities of this craft are limitless.
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