Decorating with Mosaics
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| Rating | : | 4.19 (690 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 158180010X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 128 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-02-06 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Deborah Schneebeli-Morrell is an award-winning artist who has exhibited widely in Europe. She has appeared on radio and television and is a frequent magazine contributor. She has worked widely in art education and is the author of a number of craft books including Simple Wire and Metal, Decorating With Mosaics and Traditional Christmas Crafts.
Clear color photos illustrate every step of the directions, as well as the finished product. --Amy Handy. Utilizing shards of china and ceramic tiles with the occasional array of seashells or terra cotta, projects include bowls, plates, flowerpots, boxes, a small table, a birdbath, and a bathroom backsplash. The designs are not exceptional nor are the colors especially exciting, but the presentation is less intimidating than more-advanced guides and should prove helpful to the novice. Although more-experienced mosaicists will want to look elsewhere, Decorating with Mosaics offers a decent introduction to
Clear instructions and step-by-step photos ensure that even the beginner finds success. Mosaic artists of any skill level will want to try these 20 unique mosaic projects, which include furniture and home designs, mosaics for the garden, and gifts and accessories. Experienced mosaic artists will be intrigued by the use of paper-mache, colored grout, and other innovative ideas not explored in other mosaic books.
Peggy A. Morin said gorgeous, inspirational, and instructive too!. This one single book has had a tremendous impact on me. I bought it "gorgeous, inspirational, and instructive too!" according to Peggy A. Morin. This one single book has had a tremendous impact on me. I bought it 2 years ago and since have followed several of the author Morrell's ideas and instructions. Okay, I am not a natural artist, I am a wanna-be through and through. Not only did every gorgeous eye-popping-wow project, piece, layout, page inspire me but simple clear actually do-able instructions went with each project like a recipe book with step by step pictures. From the simple inlaid box, to a mosiac inlaid birdbath laid on. years ago and since have followed several of the author Morrell's ideas and instructions. Okay, I am not a natural artist, I am a wanna-be through and through. Not only did every gorgeous eye-popping-wow project, piece, layout, page inspire me but simple clear actually do-able instructions went with each project like a recipe book with step by step pictures. From the simple inlaid box, to a mosiac inlaid birdbath laid on. A Customer said hard to recommend this one. Besides being a mosaic artist, I am a collector of mosaic books (more than a dozen in all) and I can't recommend this book. Not only have you seen these projects executed in a more interesting fashion in other books, the technique (what technique?) is really poor. If you follow it, you will get poor results. Buy Cheek, Goodwin, Dierks or Biggs/Hunkin instead. They are mosaicists.. Decorating with Mosaics This book is great for the begginer such as myself. Pleanty of ideas to try, and also the start of designing something on your own. I looked at several other books on mosaics, and found them interesting , however, for the begginer and/or the craft person who dosent need to know the why's and wherefores, these other books, I found, were for the art student, or perhaps art teacher. For someone who wants to learn how to do mosaics in her/his home for the FUN of crafting, this book answered my