Mosaics (New Crafts) [Hardcover]

Helen Baird (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1, 1998 | Series: New Crafts

These stylish craft books are highly accessible, with all techniques fully explained, and each project photographed from start to finish. Each book contains 25 beautiful and original projects.

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From the Publisher

This exciting series of design books presents a fresh, contemporary look at popular and traditional design and craft techniques. Each book in the Inspirations Series contains many original projects accompanied by 250 full-color photographs to enhance the home, shown in easy-to-follow, step-by-step photographs. Other books available in the Inspirations Series are: Stained Glass 1-85967-654-5; Window Treatments 1-85967-750-9; Decorating with Beads 1-85967-749-5; Candles 1-85967-448-8; Cross Stitch 1-85967-534-4; Cushions 1-85967-430-5; Decoupage 1-85967-431-3; Dried Flowers 1-85967-535-2; Fresh Flowers 1-85967-607-3; Paint Effects 1-85967-602-2; Papier Mache 1-85967-432-1; Salt Dough 1-85967-537-9; Stenciling 1-85967-429-1 --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Helen Baird graduated with a degree in Fine Art from the University of Newcastle and then worked for several years in a freelance capacity as an artist, illustrator and animator. She is now a highly acclaimed mosaic-maker, producing commissioned pieces for Liberty and other companies and selling her work privately. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 96 pages
• Publisher: Anness (March 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1859673821
• ISBN-13: 978-1859673829
• Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 10.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,923,406 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Helen Baird makes the art of mosaics easy!, January 26, 1999

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This review is from: Mosaics (New Crafts) (Hardcover)

I've been a glass artist for some time now. I came across Helen's book and really love it. She explains techniques very well and gives you some great projects to do. Some of the projects in the book are clocks, love letter rack, aztec box, flower pot and many more. A great book for the beginner or experienced glass artist!

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pretty things, April 4, 2002

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This review is from: Mosaics (New Crafts) (Hardcover)

The instructions for the mosaic projects in this book are not as thorough as some other mosaic books, and the text and step-by-step photos are a little small for my taste, being that I like them to be easily visible at a safe distance from the project I'm working on. However, the instructions are adequate for beginners, and there are certainly a variety of fairly easy, pretty project ideas. There's a nice mosaic-encrusted wine bottle, a lamp that includes undetailed instructions for its wiring, a charming chest of 5 mini-drawers, a lovely clock face, a couple of mirrors that nicely show how to attach the mirror as well as the mosaics, an attractive partially-covered flower pot, some small ceramic square tiles decorated with several different mosaic designs that can be used for a variety of decorative purposes, and other projects. This is a fairly good book for a person getting started, but serves better as one to add to your collection as a resource for ideas.