How to Make a Foam Base for a Mosaic Sculpture. How to make a garden sculpture. Frances Green - Mosaic Chair Tutorial. How to Make Cement Sculptures. How to Make Toadstool Table and Chairs. Note: This process takes about two weeks to complete, but the concrete application requires only a short time each day.
Materials and Tools: 14-gauge wire or 3 tomato cages22-gauge wire¼-inch wire meshwire cutters2 pairs of plierssurface-bonding cementtrowelrubber gloveslarge waterproof vessel for mixing cement (wheelbarrow, large bucket or mixing trough)hand aerator (small gardening implement with a handle and claw)garden hose with nozzlelevel work surfaceconcrete or masonry paintlevelold carpet (optional)silicone glue (optional)utility knife (optional) Steps: 1. Build the frame for the table by turning a tomato cage upside down and bending the spikes perpendicular to the base. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. How to Make a Lightweight Concrete Mosaic Sculpture.
Cast in Stone: DIY Landscape Accent. Mosaic making hints and tips. Mosaics and mosaic making information from The joy of shards Mosaics Resource Here are a few mosaic making tips in "question and answer" form.
For more information about how I make my mosaics, look in the galleries and, especially, in the projects. Good sources for methods and materials include the Mosaic Matters site and the mosaics group at Yahoo (search the archives). See the links page for details of both of these. Can you recommend any good books on the subject? There are lots of books out there, but I particularly recommend "Making Mosaics" by Leslie Dierks. I'm a big fan too of "Creating with Concrete" by Sherri Warner Hunter as an excellent source about cement-based materials: The book is currently being reissued in a new edition called "Making Concrete Garden Ornaments" Also very good and full of pique assiette projects is "Mosaics" by Kaffee Fassett and Candace Bahouth. Nobody should ever have to be without a copy of "Fantasy Worlds" by Deidi von Schaewen and John Maizels.
iDream Mosaic - Hand Crafted Custom Mosiacs. How a mosaic is made depends on what it is to be used for if a level finished surface is required, the indirect method is by far the best.
This approach might be preferred for tables or paving slabs (although there is an argument that a paving slab might be safer underfoot in wet weather if it has a slightly irregular finish), or for mosaics where the different materials used are significantly different in thickness, and where the desired result dictates a need to minimise or completely do away with those differences. if an irregular surface is desired or acceptable, use the direct method. The indirect method When making a mosaic by the indirect method, the design is first drawn out in reverse on substantial brown paper.
The substrate is then applied: In either case you will then need to peel off the brown paper from the tesserae to reveal the design, which is when the importance of using washable PVA - the red carton NOT the black! The direct method Adhesives Tools. Redding Arboretum mosaic sculpture. La Crosse Schools: KidsFirst - Summit Environmental School Mosaic. Mmunity mosaic projects, private and public commissions: mosaics for outside or inside. Based in Otley, West Yorkshire, but operate throughout Yorkshire and will travel beyond.
Community Projects, Private and Public Commissions Mosaic is an ancient and incredibly versatile art form, and produces work that is not only stunning to look at, but is tactile too.
We undertake public and private commissions as well as running community projects. See headings below. Mosaics can be for indoor or outdoors, on board for wall mounting, three dimensional mosaic sculpture, or mosaic cast in concrete for floor mosaic. The cast concrete method means that the mosaic is extremely strong a durable. We also run mosaic courses. This mosaic featuring medicinal plants and herbs was specially made for the ‘Places of Change’ garden at the Chelsea Flower Show 2010.
Community & Schools Projects Year 5 and 6 pupils made this mosaic to go on the wall outside the entrance of their school. We have worked with a variety of community groups, including schools, inter-generational groups, learning disabled groups, homeless hostels, groups involved in or at risk of offending. Creative Stepping Stone. Mosaic Stepping Stones.