Posts tagged: mosaic
Evit's Extraordinary Glass Tiles
By DIY Maven
Evit's glass mosaic and tile collection is nothing less than extraordinary. Their intricate shapes and luscious colors are undeniably eye-catching. So much so, their implementation would require a certain amount of pluck.
Barbie Pink Mosaic Toilet
By DIY Maven
Whether this mosaic toilet appeals to you or it doesn't, you gotta give its maker props. All those pieces of mirror, the pink grout, the naked lady flush handle?! It's one impressive crapper.
How to make and decorate with magazine reeds.
By DIY Maven
Diane at CraftStylish puts old magazines to good use by turning their pages into reeds. Although she shows us how to make a magazine reed box, she tells us that the reeds can be used to decorate a myriad of things.
How to Make a Wooden Box Mosaic
By simplyfunstuff
If you want to make mosaics like the two shown above, all you need is a cigar box and some easy to find materials from your local home improvement store.
Materials:
- Tiles of desired color
- Hammer
- Tile cutter
- Glue (we used Acryl Pro tile adhesive)
- Sand Based Tile Grout
- Wooden Cigar Box (available at cigar or smoke shops)
- Paint or stain
- Spray Polyurethane
- Sponge
- Plastic Knives or Palette Knives
- Paint brush
- Paper towels
- Pai » READ MORE
Mosaic House Numbers
By DIY Maven
If you've always wanted to try mosaic something but were intimidated by the process, don't be! It's really not that hard. Think of it like this: It's sort of like putting a together a jigsaw puzzle, only you decide what the design will be. » READ MORE
Tiled Penny Floor
By DIY Maven
Yup, that's right. It's a floor that's been tiled with thousands and thousands of pennies. If you're in the NY area, visit The Standard Grill to see it in person. Having done my share of tiling with mosaic, I can't even imagine. » READ MORE
Appliance Art
By ModHomeEcTeacher
Awhile ago I posted a photo of my friend's mosaic surfboard. Now she's gone and done a toaster and the piece of toast, to boot. She's revving up for a big mosaic workshop in San Francisco. Lucky!
I'm thinking she could try her hand at a Mosaic Sewing Machine.
To see more of her unconventional and conventional work
Nail Mosaic
By DIY Maven
A few years ago contemporary mosaic artist Saimir Strati made a very large mosaic out of nails in the likeness of Leonardo Da Vinci. The piece took almost 400 kilos of nails which covered a 2 x 4m surface. To see more of his mosaic work, visit this page on his website. Via.
Create Your Own Post-It Mosaics.
By Chrisjob2008 was the year of the sticky-note mosaic...large, pixelated images created on walls from the sticky squares of Post-Its (see here, here, and here). So, in 2009, make your own with the help of this Instructable and some open source software. Just be careful with your paper waste.
A (Tile) River Runs Through It
By DIY Maven
Spotted this in a recent publication distributed by The Tile Shop. The ‘stream’ is actually glass tile. Also, imagine a 'dry river bed' made out of river rocks or rock mosaics, much like the image below, only more organic in shape, of course.
Solistone’s Stainless Steel Stones
By DIY Maven
These stone-shaped stainless steel tiles from Solistone lend an organic feel to this very modern kitchen. They’re available in 8 different colors, including a gold-ish, coppery, graphite and watery blue, among others. For more information, visit Solistone’s Metal Collection.
3 Ways to Re-Use Old Plates
By DIY Maven
Decorating Cent’s Joan Steffen & Co. share some clever ideas for reusing old plates. The 3-tiered desert tray made out of lamp parts is inspired!
How to Make Scrap Paper Mosaics
By DIY Maven
Jeffrey Rudell over at Craft Stylish shares his process of making scrap paper mosaics. Materials are minimal on this one and include scrap paper–junk mail works perfectly–and some time. Simply tear your paper and assemble the pieces in the image you imagine. I’d suggest maybe using archival glue to adhere your final vision to, perhaps, an artist’s board or even just posterboard. When fashioning your image, Jeffrey says there’s two things to kee » READ MORE
How to Make a Mosaic Tiles out of Aluminum Cans
By DIY Maven
Check this out...a very clever crafter cut up a bunch of aluminum cans and made mosaic tiles out of them. She cut them into squares, flattened them out, folded over the edges (to make them ‘safe’) and then nailed the tiles into place with tacks. Fabulous! To find out how she made the frame pictured above, go to Bean-Sprouts. Via Crafty-Crafty.
Curbly Video Podcast: How to Make Maven’s Mosaic Flower Pot
By DIY Maven
Several years ago I made a mosaic flower pot as a shower gift. Everyone at the shower went a little ga-ga over it. Their enthusiasm got me thinking. Would people actually like to learn how to make such things and pay me to teach them how to do it? Apparently so, because a few months later I was teaching the technique at several local adult education programs. Here, my fellow Curblians, is a complimentary tutorial, just for you!
Bottle Cap Art
By DIY MavenArtist Molly B. Right's medium is bottle caps, and the results are amazing. Take a look.
Medusa II
Love in the Floating World
David
Venus
Mosaic Mirror Magic, or How to Tart Up a Table
By DIY Maven
Check this out. A very plain table has its own extreme make over, going from a country mouse to an uptown girl, complements of mirror bling.
What you’ll need:
Unfinished wood hall table
Sandpaper
Wood primer
Graph paper
1/4-inch mirror
1/4-inch blue mirror
Mirror mastic adhesive and caulking gun
Nonsanded grout and latex additive
Smooth hard rubber float
Synthetic scrubber
Grout sealer
Paint to match grout
What you’ll do:
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Giant Mosaic Mural:Return of the Grout
By beccajoIt is finished. My giant, lovely mosiac mural is installed and hasn't fallen off the wall, yet. Fabulous.
So where were we with the last couple of posts?
Well, we'd come up with a design, collected and then broken up the plates and tiles, glued them down, and let them set.
GROUTING
Always my least favorite step in the mosaic making process. And, the one that always has to come last, so you can't get mad at me for leaving the dirty work un » READ MORE
Build a giant mosaic mural, part the second
By beccajoWell, you've read round one, are you ready for round two?
Breaking and Creating
This is the really, really fun part. Depending on your design and your materials, your milage may vary.
DON YOUR PROTECTIVE GEAR: Goggles and gloves, and an apron, are greally critical for this step.
An old box or clear container works just great for this. Take your hammer and SMASH! It somehow helps to have the other tiles underneath to help you smash the ones on top. » READ MORE
Build a Giant Mosaic Mural: step 1!
By beccajoOK friends, one of the reasons I've been absent from writing much lately is that I've been working on a HUGE mural: a wall mounted mosaic commission for a coffee shop that's being constructed in my neighborhood! Exciting!
So I'm going to lead you through the process of building a giant mosaic installation of your very own.
Since it's not installed yet, I'm gonna break it into a few parts (just like you break a plate, ha!)
1. Planning and purchasi » READ MORE
