Book includes basics, traditional techniques, and new projects to allow you to customize your home with style. Book includes ideas for using designer accent tiles, fresh decorative tile, mosaic tiles, and designing with large or three-dimensional tiles. Also covers using tile in both indoor and outdoor spaces and adding an artistic element to any room with specialty tiles. 272 pages with more than 700 color photos.

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Transform your garden, back patio or path with stunning designs. Learn how to design, create and install pebble mosaics. Make your own projects following step-by-step photographs and clear instructions. Features 400 color photographs and design templates ideal for everyone from the weekend hobbyists to professional landscape designers.

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From Distinguished Artist Ronit Attias Even beginners can create incredible mosaics with these innovative techniques, ideas and step-by-step instruction. This invaluable volume even covers computer sketching. The dazzling projects all feature a festival of colors, and vary in size and dimension from 60-inch sculptures to tabletop lamps, from expansive murals to decorative candlesticks. Learn how to incorporate mosaic art into your home in contemporary, sophisticated applications that will accent your personal style. All projects shown below are from this exciting volume. Artist Ronit Attias.

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Dazzling projects and innovative techniques demonstrate the unique and extraordinary beauty you can achieve with mosaics. Learn how to make an assortment of garden accessories using a variety of material like ceramic tile, pebbles, stained glass and colored mirror. A richly illustrated section on the fundamental tools, techniques (transferring patterns, cutting shapes, grouting), and materials (tesserae, glass tile) will get beginners started so they can experience the creative pleasure of constructing a variety of eye-catching items. 22 wonderfully creative projects, including flowerpots, pillar planters, shrines, tabletops, birdhouses, lanterns and more. Each project includes a materials list and instructions. Images from book. Projects below from author and artist Jill MacKay.

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A Comprehensive Guide to Cutting All Types of Glass Regardless of what type of glass art you create, glass cutting techniques are essential to success. Get great tips from TV and 39;s The Glass Guys Joe Porcelli and Tommy G to get a better fit and finish on every project. This 120 minute instructional DVD is packed with useful tips and techniques in a fun to follow format. Topics include choosing a glass cutter, positioning for perfect scores, cutting tools, and safety. 120 minutes. DVD.

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Learn From Delphi and 39;s Glass Instructors at Home Delphi has taught thousands of beginners stained glass and mosaics by making it easy. Now you can take a class in your own home, at your own pace, with a Delphi instructor. Each DVD includes a full-size beginner project. Stained Glass Made Easy guides the viewer step-by-step through a simple but elegant window project. Learn the basics of the copper foil method of stained glass, including glass cutting, copper foiling, soldering, finishing and framing. Begin a new craft with confidence, with all the basic instruction you need to successfully complete your first stained glass window. Running time 44 minutes. Soldering Glass Made Easy shows you step-by-step how to improve your soldering, which directly affects the quality of your stained glass art. Learn insider tips and techniques from Delphi and 39;s stained glass experts. Running time 22 minutes. Mosaics Made Easy guides the viewer step-by-step through simple yet charming mosaic projects for the home. Learn how easy and fun it is to create a mosaic masterpiece by following the step-by-step instructions in this DVD. Create custom home d?cor and mosaic stepping stones with these basic glass mosaic techniques. Running time 35 minutes. DVDs also sold separately.

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Best Seller A comprehensive guide to the art of making mosaics packed with creative ideas, theories of design, composition, and color. Provides information about the correct technical approach to working with a wide variety of materials, tools, techniques, and surfaces. From planning your projects, to choosing materials, to working with tools, to a huge variety of techniques, it and 39;s all covered. This is an excellent reference for mosaicists of every skill level.

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Found materials are taking the craft world by storm because the creative potential is tremendous. Contemporary mosaic artists—who continue to expand the limits of construction and materials—can benefit greatly from this movement toward reuse. Even the mosaic neophytes among us can explore the myriad possibilities of these new materials with this fabulous guide. Learn everything you need to get started in the world of found art mosaics, from materials, glass, ceramics, natural materials, grouts, surfaces, sealants, safety gear, and more. The 27 projects here—including the Buttons and Pebbles Vase, Glittering Jewels Belt Buckle, and Recycled Bathtub Garden Planter—each reuse and repurpose objects differently, as the found object may be the surface, the tesserae, or both.

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A Delphi Favorite. Bring the elegance of stained glass into your home or garden as a beautiful, durable, and functional table. Transform any table into a beautiful stained glass mosaic with 18 creative designs in this book. Includes a pattern CD. By Karen Seymour.

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Perfect For Every Skill Level Each issue of Glass Patterns Quarterly has over a dozen full-size patterns, materials listings, glass color suggestions, and color photos of completed projects. Using the full color step-by-step instructions you can create projects in many types of glass art, from stained glass to mosaics to fusing and flameworking. With the pattern pull-outs, variety of projects and wealth of information, each issue is an excellent value. New for Spring 2009 Be sure to catch the Spring 2009 issue of Glass Patterns Quarterly, where you and 39;ll find Techniques for tracing with paint on glass; a Tiffany-style Magnolia lampshade; a rose window created with frit that is designed for younger art students, and instructions for creating appliqu?d glass decor items. Also find a selection of stained glass panels, a free-form chestnut horse, a bird and 39;s nest complete with eggs ready to hatch, and an English garden landscape. Tips for beginning crafters on the unbreakable rules for building stained glass panels. Fusing artists will enjoy the rose textured pendant and drop ring vase. Rounding out the offerings for this issue is an additional Tiffany-style Golden Lotus fan lampshade. Complete four-color, step-by-step instructions, patterns, and tips walk you through each process for projects that fit every level of crafting expertise. Also check this issue for favorite regular features on New Products, New Books and Patterns, What and 39;s Hot, Industry News, and full-size patterns available only from GPQ. While supplies last. Projects in the additional images are from this issue of the magazine, featuring the art of Scott Riggs, Carol Giffin, Karen Stephenson, Dan Alfuth, David Williams, and Stephen Byrne.

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