|
|
 |
|
|
Tips about Making Mosaic Tiles by Vicky Smith
|
|
|
Tips about Making Mosaic Tiles |
|
|
|
|
|
Business
|
|
|
Mosaic tiles make beautiful coasters, trivets or pieces of artwork for display. Create your own mosaics quite simply by incorporating a few arts and crafts supplies into your artistic flair. Perfect for giving as gifts, the items you create may start appearing on friends' and family members' holiday gift lists. The art of making mosaics is also an excellent craft activity for club or group meetings as well as a unique birthday party craft. Supplies Purchase a piece of clear acrylic sheeting from an arts and crafts or paint supply store. You will also need a bag of grout mix, some broken pieces of slate tile, a small trowel or putty knife and odds and ends from around your home like pencils, sponges, paper and glue. Read the directions on the bag of mortar mix and have whatever the instructions require available and ready to mix. If you don't have broken pieces of tile, purchase some odd pieces of tile in the clearance section at your local home and garden supply store. Put them in a pillowcase and tap them with a hammer until they are broken into a variety of pieces. You will also need to know what you're going to make with your mosaic. If it's a coaster or trivet, you may wish to purchase an additional piece of tile for each item. You will create the mosaic design on top of the tile. Other items to consider are wooden trays or canvases that may be hung on the wall or framed for display. Process If you're making a trivet or coaster, and using a tile as your background, you may omit this next step. However, if you're tiling a wooden tray, for instance, you will first need to cut a piece of your clear acrylic to fit the dimensions of the interior of the tray. Your mosaic will be created on the acrylic, and the entire piece will then be affixed to the tray. Use of the acrylic is completely dependent on the type of surface on which you'll create your mosaic. Play with your pieces of broken marble tiles until you've made a pattern that you like. You may either trace the design onto tracing paper or simply begin making your mosaic, taking each piece of tile from your design idea one at a time and re-creating the pattern on the proper surface. Brush just a little bit of glue on each piece of tile before transferring it to the acrylic piece or the trivet or coaster tile. This will help keep the tiles in place while you're working. Finish Once all your tiles are in place on the surface of the coaster tile, tray or whichever item you've chosen to create your mosaic on, you will want to mix the mortar according to package instructions. Use your small trowel or putty knife and spread the mortar over the entire mosaic, gently scraping away the excess with this same tool. Once everything is set into place, use a damp sponge or cleaning rag and firmly clean off any residue on top of your mosaic. Allow the tiles to dry for about 24 hours before using or displaying the piece you've made. Finally, let me have a conclusion. As a popular business E-platform of promoting stone industry, our client resource has accounted over 100 thousand spreading more than 100 countries and regions, with a visit volume exceeding 5 million times annually. If you are interested in us and want to consult us freely, you can also see bathroom ceramic or become a loyal follower of us by @ https://twitter.com/stonebtb.
Related Articles -
mosaic, craft,
|
Rate This Article  |
|
|
|
|
|
Do you Agree or Disagree? Have a Comment? POST IT!
| Reader Opinions |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Author Login |
|
|
 |
Advertiser Login
ADVERTISE HERE NOW!
Limited Time $60 Offer!
90 Days-1.5 Million Views
|
|
TIM FAY
After 60-plus years of living, I am just trying to pass down some of the information that I have lea...more
|
|
|
|
|
LAURA JEEVES
At LeadGenerators, we specialise in content-led Online Marketing Strategies for our clients in the t...more
|
|
|
|
|
ALEX BELSEY
I am the editor of QUAY Magazine, a B2B publication based in the South West of the UK. I am also the...more
|
|
|
|
|
GENE MYERS
Author of four books and two screenplays; frequent magazine contributor. I have four other books "in...more
|
|
|
|
|
SUSAN FRIESEN
Located in the lower mainland of B.C., Susan Friesen is a visionary brand strategist, entrepreneur, ...more
|
|
|
|
|
STEPHEN BYE
Steve Bye is currently a fiction writer, who published his first novel, ‘Looking Forward Through the...more
|
|
|
|
|
SHALINI MITTAL
A postgraduate in Fashion Technology. Shalini is a writer at heart! Writing for her is an expression...more
|
|
|
|
|
ADRIAN JOELE
I have been involved in nutrition and weight management for over 12 years and I like to share my kn...more
|
|
|
|
|
JAMES KENNY
James is a Research Enthusiast that focuses on the understanding of how things work and can be impro...more
|
|
|
|
