Art and Fear

Art and Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Art Making A book by David Bayles and Ted Orland I read this book in the hope that it would help me relax as a creator of art and it indeed did so. There were a lot of nice thoughts in favour of continuing one’s … Continue reading Art and Fear →

How to Start Making Mosaics?

My previous posts attempt to share leads to tools, tiles and adhesives used in mosaic-making but an interested learner may still be flummoxed in the face of choices and may still wonder how to go about making a mosaic. My view is to follow the approach below. Join a Mosaic Workshop If one can find … Continue reading How to Start Making Mosaics? →

Adhesives Used in Mosaics

Since mosaics can be made with varying media and substrates, a careful thought on adhesives becomes necessary. Some quick considerations that come to mind are these: . The intended location of the mosaic – outdoors or indoors . Weight of tesserae – ceramic tiles, glass, shells or stones . Size of mosaic – a large … Continue reading Adhesives Used in Mosaics →

Mosaic-making: Substrate Choices

After covering leads to tools and media for creating mosaics I’d like to share ideas on materials that can be mosaicked. The base that one uses to create a mosaic is called a Substrate. This base can be flat to hang on a wall or a 3D object to place indoors, outdoors or can be … Continue reading Mosaic-making: Substrate Choices →

Instructional Mosaic Books

This is a post I’ve long meant to write. As I could only find basic orientation on cutting and adhering of tiles, I felt that my further learning will come from published books, blogs and other Net resources. Even though they are wonderful in opening up a learner’s thought span, Net based features or blogs … Continue reading Instructional Mosaic Books →

Mosaic India Group on Facebook

Other than documenting in this blog what I’ve learned on mosaic tools and more, I’ve started a group on Facebook to encourage new mosaicists to seek inputs on their work or ask questions. There is still little orientation available to adequately learn the art of mosaics in India that I’m hoping this budding community to … Continue reading Mosaic India Group on Facebook →

Mosaic Media and Tools—Part 3

If a mosaicist wishes to include ceramic tiles in her range of media, then a couple more tools become necessary to acquire. Ceramic tiles are cheaper and rugged so prove useful for outside applications. Garden paving stones, planters, walls or staircases can be more effectively mosaicked with ceramic tiles than vitreous glass alone so a … Continue reading Mosaic Media and Tools—Part 3 →

Mosaic Media and Tools–Part 2

This post is for level 2 of mosaic-making. When a mosaicist finds her vitreous glass tile color palette to be limiting her designs, using stained glass along side will increase the colors available to her. Another advantage would be that stained glass would allow cutting of bigger and varied shapes for a composition which the small … Continue reading Mosaic Media and Tools–Part 2 →

Making Mosaics–Media and Tools–Part I

Per my current understanding, India doesn’t have an institute-conducted formal art course on mosaics. The country seems to have many traditional stained glass artists, and some teach as well, but glass mosaic-creation or teaching is still to gain visibility here. What I do see in parts of the country are wall murals in public spaces … Continue reading Making Mosaics–Media and Tools–Part I →

Mosaic Art and Me

I’ve believed in sharing useful facts and wherewithal on anything I’ve learned with determined efforts, and this new series of posts would reaffirm that compulsion 🙂 The next few posts will be on learning to mosaic in India from scratch (or the first ‘score’). Folks researching methods and ways of creating mosaics in India should … Continue reading Mosaic Art and Me →