Making Mosaics

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 without any investment in tiles at all, and it's easy to do at home if you follow this easy instruction online. A few tips and you'll be sticking your pots in no time....

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. Guidance is provided on shaping and placing...

New course launching at £40 - £5 off for January 2021. A brand new course - a 'course in a box' in conjunction with online tuition. This kit provides everything you need to make a small 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...

The Magic of Mosaic. This course comes with a very inexpensive price tag - but it is no reflection on it's content, which 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...