The Mosaic Artist's Bible is an invaluable sourcebook for both novice and experienced mosaicists, featuring more than 200 themed, traceable motifs and a wealth of information and instruction.
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Mosaicists of every level will delight in this new sourcebook, featuring page after page of inspiring motifs. Arranged by theme—from animals, birds, and marine life to flowers, cultural symbols, and children’s motifs—these striking designs are easy to copy and scale. A comprehensive techniques section offers step–by–step instructions on everything from choosing materials and selecting color combinations to cutting and grouting tiles, while a gallery section demonstrates how the motifs can be used to decorate ceramics, furniture, and accessories—or be works of art on their own. Written by a mosaic artist of international standing, this is a rich source of ideas for all who aspire to this ancient, enduringly beautiful art form.
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Teresa Mills' previous book was The Mosaic Artist's Source Book.
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Ranks right up there with chocolate!,
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This review is from: The Mosaic Artist's Bible: 300 Traditional & Contemporary Designs (Spiral-bound)
It's eye candy! Wonderful layout! The book starts out with a brief introduction by the author and an explanation of how to use this terrific little book, (6.75" X 8") though 249 pages of cover-to-cover inspiration is no little thing. The next section entitled "Inspirations" is a gallery of original works by various mosaic artists, followed by Materials and Tools, then techniques (which covers color selection, design and application.) Finally, 190 pages of patterns! What I like best about the page layout in the pattern section is that each pattern (shown as a scale drawing) includes a PHOTOGRAPH of an actual mosaic, rather than just a colored line drawing. In addition, along with the scale drawing and photo are a suggested color palette, a key indicating level of difficulty, plus lots of notes offering ideas for combinations and directions for working the design (such as starting points and direction.) The patterns range from very simple to involved. There's a section dealing with the alphabet and numbers that shows one style letter, upper and lower case, but each letter is done in a different tiled design. This book is worth every penny. If I had to offer a negative, I would say that it, like too many of the mosaic books, doesn't go into outdoor application deep enough. I would really like to find a book that addresses that issue thoroughly. But then, this is primarily a pattern book.
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This review is from: The Mosaic Artist's Bible: 300 Traditional & Contemporary Designs (Spiral-bound)
A good buy definitely worth the money. A must have for anyone serious about pursuing this art. It gives details of scale drawings for all projects and a color palette which are helpful. However,it doesn't give an estimate of the number of tiles or the best type of tiles needed for each project.
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Great resource,
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This review is from: The Mosaic Artist's Bible: 300 Traditional & Contemporary Designs (Spiral-bound)
This book has more examples than any other I've seen. Great for someone looking for design ideas. Excellent for beginners and advanced mosaicists.
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