The Mosaic Sourcebook: Projects, Designs, Motifs [Paperback]

Paul Siggins (Author), Paul Cooper (Author), Richard Foster (Photographer)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1997

This sourcebook contains eight step-by-step projects, all of which can be completed in a weekend. The look throughout is clean and contemporary, and there are ideas for inside the home as well as outdoors. Projects are accompanied by a template and colour-code and two alternative, more complex designs for the more ambitious. They include a tabletop in African style, a silver mirror frame, and a kitsch vase made from smashed crockery. A supplementary section of miscellaneous motifs allows for experimentation with different patterns and shapes, to create personal designs.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Trafalgar Square Publishing (October 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1570760985
• ISBN-13: 978-1570760983
• Product Dimensions: 11.6 x 8.3 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,334,349 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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52 of 52 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good design and how-to book, but not a "sourcebook"., July 24, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: The Mosaic Sourcebook: Projects, Designs, Motifs (Paperback)

This is a good book of inspirations and instructions for mosaic vases, tables, mirrors, and pots. There are lots of illustrations and patterns. However,the title is misleading; there are only a few sources listed, none of which have web site info, toll-free numbers, or a description of what they supply.

51 of 54 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Mosaic has never looked so fabulously trendy !, January 19, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Mosaic Sourcebook: Projects, Designs, Motifs (Paperback)

Any one with an eye for detail & a creative bone in their body will love this. Much more contempory & fun than the more 'crafty' selection of mosaic making books on the market. Whilst retaining the traditonal format of 'introduction - gallery - techniques - projects - useful addresses, etc' the projects are far from traditional in style if not in technique. This will probably appeal to the more style conscious person because the ideas in the book are more fitting in a modern setting but the principles in making decorative mosaic objects for the home are obviously traditional & well presented. The book has a 'clean' feel to it but I hope that anyone buying it will not stay clean for long as they cover themselves in glue, grout & bits of glass & ceramic (not literally, of course!) This will appeal to anyone who wants to try out a new & rewarding craft but is afraid of that word -"CRAFT" aghhh! This is so stylish you'll be staying in on Saturday night to make a mirror ! I might buy another copy to keep one clean ! Mosaic doesn't have to be folky, religious or in the swimming pool... It is THE up & coming decorative art & these boys have made it their own. Why not have a go ?