- Hardcover: 160 pages
- Publisher: Ebury Press (7 Oct 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0091868548
- ISBN-13: 978-0091868543
- Product Dimensions: 28.2 x 20.8 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 304,724 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Mosaics offer a medium to experiment with a wide variety of materials and to create imaginative color schemes. The authors, Kaffe Fassett and Candace Bahouth, are accomplished designers known especially for dramatic color combinations, and for their first collaboratioin they have chosen the rich subject of mosaics -- presenting a collection of creative projects for interiors and exteriors. This book offers plenty of inspiration for those already interested in this increasingly popular craft, as well as solid information for the beginner. The mosaic projects in this book can bring life to your home and garden. You'll find both simple and ambitious ideas here, and the many contemporary materials used here include broken crockery, tiles and mirrors, shells, pebbles, beads, gold-leafed and covered glass, unglazed ceramic and objets trouv's. You'll get full design guidelines for each project, and a special chapter that gives directions for making the mosaics and working with the various types of material that appear in the designs. You get all the information you need to transform your interiors and exteriors with these colorful, irresistible mosaics.
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24 of 24 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This book was extremely inspirational and after reading it I couldn't wait to get my hands dirty with adhesive and grout. As with other books this publication goes into all the equipment and the technical details required to make mosaics, but its quirky and colourful pictures set it apart. It gives a zaney, rich and fun element to mosaics which is invigorating and has a very different slant to other books on mosaics. The fabulous use of colour in the tiles and grouts give the work portrayed a magical quality. This book is suitable whether you are a beginning, or very experienced, mosaic arist. If you are looking for something different and want to add sparkle to your mosaics buy this book. The authors emphasise the fact that you don't have to be wealthy to create wonderful mosaics, that you just need to have a sense of fun and a good nose for seeking out broken tiles, plates, garden pots, shells or pebbles, in fact anything. This book will see readers rolling up their sleeves in order to create their own wonderful, fun and creative mosaics.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
A bright and colour book of eclectic mosaics using broken tiles, crockery and found objects.Beautifully photographed but not for the conservative mosaicist!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This book is a good source of information on mosaics, however it seriously lacks a section on how to design your mosaic. Also, the style of the mosaic artist(s) is not very varied, so if their thing is not yours, you'll be hard pressed to get inspired. The step by step guides are helpful but could do with more images of the different steps. As a beginner I do not find this guide enough to get me going properly. However, it's a pretty book and easy to read.
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Could buy better
I remember seeing this book when it was first published and at the time thought it was amazing. However with some research you could buy a much better and more inspiring book on... Read more
Published 16 months ago by lema
BRILLIANT mosaic book
I love Candace Bahouth's work and Kaffe Fassett is super inspiring too. This book is an absolutely brilliant mosaic bible for creative mosaicists. Read more
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