Making Mosaics

New course for 2021. This 'course in a box' comes with detailed conjunction with online tuition. It provides everything you need to make a mosaic at home, (with the exception of your nippers). The tutor, Anne Cardwell, an experienced mosaic artist, has been delivering mosaic courses since 2002 and online since 2018. (To find out more about Anne as a teacher visit GOLD 'course reviews' on this website). The kit provides colourful hand painted tiles and a ceramic design (in this instance a duck), along with various *colourways of manufactured...

Mosaics are a traditional craft which you can’t just pull off in a half hour, they take time, patience and planning to create - so if you are having a sociable and creative get together why not build a design around one of my ceramics pieces - it gets proceedings off to a good start and ensures a wonderful result. It also keeps the activity to a manageable time frame (and leaves plenty of time for chatting and supping!). Depending on your choice the activity will be 1.5 to 3...

Learn mosaic art making decorative pots or pictures using fun materials, including china. They can be placed indoor or out. Car boot sales, thrift stores, junk or charity shops, garage sales, in every part of the world someone is disposing of old china - beautiful patterns and forgotten designs will bring your work to life in a way that manufactured tiles cannot do. Incorporating china into mosaic work is a great way to start off in mosaic and it's easy to do at home if you follow this easy instruction...

Mosaics are magical in the garden - they sparkle in rain and glint in sunshine and provide colour all the year around. These mosaic balls look grand mounted alongside blooms or intrigue peeping out from the undergrowth - and they float, making them perfect for water features! Watch and enjoy a 25 minute demo of making the mosaic balls, - no need to line up your materials at this stage. A few tips and you'll be sticking your ball ornaments in no time. And don't imagination your skills will be...

A sweet little mosaic kit, a project in a box, with soft, easy to break tiles, and no grouting! Mixed with with some hand painted ceramics by Anne Cardwell. A delightful couple of hours to produce a very credible artwork to be proud of. Instructions are supplied online and a link will be emailed instantly, you can watch this whilst you wait for your kit to arrive by post. The skills are general for any mosaic art and will help you in any future project. The project will take about...

A project in a box, with soft, easy to break tiles, and no grouting! Mixed with some hand painted ceramics by Anne Cardwell. A delightful couple of hours to produce a very credible artwork to be proud of. Instructions are supplied online and a link will be emailed instantly, you can watch this whilst you wait for your kit to arrive by post. The project will take about 1-2 hours, depending on your previous experience, this design is little more demanding than other kits, less suitable for children. A pair...

A sweet little mosaic kit, a project in a box, with soft, easy to break tiles, and no grouting! Mixed with some hand painted ceramics by Anne Cardwell. A delightful couple of hours to produce a very credible artwork to be proud of. Instructions are supplied online and a link will be emailed instantly, you can watch this whilst you wait for your kit to arrive by post. The project will take about 1-2 hours, depending on your previous experience. A pair of nippers is included in the box. Plenty...

A sweet little mosaic kit, a project in a box, with soft, easy to break tiles, and no grouting! Mixed with with some hand painted ceramics by Anne Cardwell. A delightful couple of hours to produce a very pretty artwork for any garden lover. Instructions, detailed step by step, are supplied online and a link will be emailed instantly, you can watch this whilst you wait for your kit to arrive. There are plenty of general tips about mosaic making in general, ready for a more ambitious project. The project...

A sweet little mosaic kit, a project in a box, with soft, easy to break tiles, and no grouting! Mixed with with some hand painted ceramics by Anne Cardwell. A delightful couple of hours to produce very credible artworks to be proud of. Instructions (a very straightforward slideshow) are supplied online and a link will be emailed instantly, you can watch this whilst you wait for your kit to arrive by post. The projects will take about 1 hour to 2 hours each, depending on your previous experience. A pair...

The Magic of Mosaic. This course is thorough, broad ranging, stylish and is a thoroughly good introduction to the art of mosaic making, or for those who are wanting to broaden their skills. Mosaic is absorbing, mindful and peaceful, you can be creative and focus your thoughts on building something really positive - and colourful! Many mosaic artists are self taught - you can start with found objects, shells, stones - but if you want to move on and find out more about this ancient and fascinating craft, then this...