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The Complete Pebble Mosaic Handbook

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This book contains spectacular photography through-out: both photos that highlight the artistry of finished works and the close-up, clear, work-in-progress photos that highlight techniques for successful projects. Accompanying text is very readable, and contains a wealth of information about pebble mosaics. I bought the book for the photographs, but was also fascinated by the information about the people and communities that came together to create stunning mosaics to enhance public spaces in their towns.

If only I could study with this master of all masters of stone mosaics! She is an inspirational, brilliant mosaic artist. This book makes one want to order truck loads of stone and do nothing but re-do your driveway, walkways and beyond. Lots of wonderful photos. Close ups. Wonderful explaination. Photos of mosaic works from around the world. Ordering her other book as soon as possible.

Good overview of pebble mosaics with very helpful information on materials and techniques. The book also has good examples of works by professional mosaicists in the field of pebblework.

If you are contemplating doing a pebble mosaic, then the Complete Pebble Mosaic Handbook by Maggy Howarth is essential. It includes easy to follow, start-to-finish instructions written by an experienced professional. Moreover, it includes a plethora of high quality photos of a diverse set of pebble mosaic projects. I also purchased two other books: Pebble Mosaics by Ann Frith, and Pebble Mosaics by Deborah Schneebeli. These are also pretty good books, but on a much smaller scale than Howarth's. If you are serious, get all three. If you only want one book, get Howarth's book. I recently completed my mosaic with stones so small I set many of them with tweezers. About 120 hours of work, but it was worth it. It is an unusual installation, being inverted, Sistine Chapel style (I started feeling like Michelangelo, always looking up!). It includes several elements, including a cat, sun, moon, dragon, galaxy, Audrey (from Little Shop of Horrors), and Old Man Winter. For pictures see [...].

I am so impressed with the detailed information and instructions provided with this book. It covers all aspects of working with pebbles and stone mosaics. It also has lots of pictures of projects from around the world and offers lots of ideas for individual projects. The book is very well set out. I highly recommend this book.

My Dad collects books like this for pictorial inspiration. He said this book was very useful and had lots of fresh ideas.

Comprehensive, inspiring, historical, and practical. I'm so happy to have gotten my hands on this book.

What a joy! I am in the process of planning a new home and would like to incorporate some pebble mosaic. I have long been a fan of pebble mosaic but just recently came across this book. It looked great and I keenly read pages on-line before buying it. After it arrived my initial impression was that it was picture heavy (all of which are inspirational and of good quality) but light on facts. On reflection, this was not a fair assessment of the book and now, having actually taken time to read through about a third of the book I believe that all the necessary information is there. The book has over 250 pages, all packed with visual treats. The book is well organized and is divided into three sections. Each section is well planned and written in clear factual but encouraging language. The book addresses such issues as suitable techniques for dry or wet climates and is full of encouraging comments with just one cautionary comment on an abandoned project on the Greek island of Rhodes. I think this comment, together with photo is testimony to the hard work needed to bring a project to completion and reminds us not to underestimate the scale and demands of our project before we start. The estimates of mass/volumes for some of the projects help to provide the reader with a sense of the scale and demands of any project which they might want to plan. I have great admiration for the author who has somehow found the time to write and compile this wonderful asset. Her inclusion of only "the best" examples helps her readers to aspire to well structured and durable works of art. The around the world section in which the author showcases amazing examples and techniques might seem unnecessary and probably adds significantly to the overall cost of the book but it serves to inspire. The book is fairly priced and I am happy to recommend this to artists, hobbyists, anyone who enjoys things visual and might want some inspiration.

This book is very good. It has complete and detailed instructions as well as wonderful ideas to inspire.

great book step to step information on how to do pebble mosiacs. lots of examples