The New Mosaics

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Exploring a number of unexpected mosaic materials and surfaces, The New Mosaics utilizes basic mosaic-making principles to create soft furnishings, journal covers, jewelry, and more; even the more common choices such as tabletops, frames, boxes, and vases often take a less traditional and sometimes downright funky approach.

Besides stone, glass, tile, and metal, materials include fabric, paper, buttons, eggshells, cork, seashells, cardboard, magnets, and found objects. A business-card holder constructed from an old camera housing becomes a travelogue of souvenir plates accented with costume jewelry; a game table sprouts a multitude of playing pieces and small toys; hundreds of bottle caps unite to form a tramp art wall hanging; tiny rhinestones and faux pearls adorn a delicate toiletry set.

A gallery of creations by various artists provides further proof that mosaics can be taken to unusual and often interesting extremes: a staircase, a shower tiled to look like a library, clothing, buildings, and even cars sport a vast array of mosaic motifs, and then of course there's South Dakota's famous Corn Palace, entirely covered with elaborate mosaics of the state's history.

With just a few simple and fun-to-do techniques, turn tabletops into artworks, chair backs into creative displays, jewelry boxes (and the jewels inside) into real gems, and planters and pitchers into pretty-as-a-picture eye-catchers.

Want an instant party? Serve a tall pitcher of iced tea and some treats on your fiesta tray, decorated with cut-paper shapes painted in fruit-bright... .)

Published/Edition: (November 1999) .

ISBN/1579901387