By Chrissie Grace
Combined Media Meets Mosaics
If you think that in simple terms «ceramic tile» if you happen to imagine «mosaic,» reconsider - and get ready for Tiles long gone Wild to open your brain to an international of mixed-media chances! during this follow-up to the best-selling Wild Tiles, mosaic artist Chrissie Grace bargains up twenty new initiatives that includes unforeseen fabrics - from paper to bottle caps, stained glass to home made clay tiles - mixed in her trademark whimsical style.
Take a stroll at the wild facet as step by step directions educate you ways to:
Tile on strange surfaces like PVC pipes and brick pavers.
Customize your paintings through the use of picture modifying software program to layout tile portraits.
Create enjoyable and sensible items in your domestic, in addition to funky exhibit items in your patio or garden.
Combine mosaic and mixed-media strategies to take your creations to a complete new level.
Let Tiles long past Wild motivate you to aim a clean method of mosaics - and enable your creativity run wild!
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Cut 20 clay stars with the star-shaped cookie cutter and 6 clay flowers with the flower-shaped cookie cutter. Gather the remaining clay scraps and roll the clay out again to ¼" (6mm) thickness. Cut the clay sheet into strips—these will be used to create the blue background tiles. 3 Finish clay tiles Let all of the clay pieces dry to leather hardness and use a wet sponge to smooth out any rough edges. Paint each tile with 2 to 3 basecoats of underglaze in the appropriate color. Use a squeeze bottle filled with the black underglaze to write “Art Is Life” in the banner, and to fill in the fine details on the other clay pieces.
Gloves are extremely important to use while grouting a mosaic. They protect your hands from staining, drying out and, most importantly, from being cut by sharp tesserae. I recommend surgical gloves or dishwashing gloves. Filter masks are another very important safety precaution. Always wear a filter mask when mixing grout and when cleaning grout off of a mosaic to prevent breathing in harmful dust particles. Painter’s tape is the best product I’ve found to protect different surfaces from paint or grout.
Allow the clay to cool completely. 8 Finish frame Pound 5 nails into each side of the frame, 2" (5cm) apart. Glue the polymer clay spheres onto the nails. Secure the mirror to the frame using silicone adhesive. Attach 2 screw eyes to the back of the piece, 2" (5cm) in from the top edge and 2" (5cm) in from the sides. Add wire to hang (see Preparing a Mosaic for Hanging). Wild Idea I left wider grout lines in this project with the intention of painting the grout. Although it is possible to create many different colors of grout by adding acrylic paint, this is the best way I have found to emulate a metallic grout.