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In this day and age, it is easy to do something about that long stretch of blank wall that is nagging at you. There are muralists, original paintings and knock-offs of the great masters, there are a number of neat plasters that add texture and color, and whatever the means, the end should stay the same – it’s your house, why not make it pretty?
Mosaics and glass tile designs, however, are too often forgotten when it comes to this endeavor, and they shouldn’t be. In using glass tile, either in repeating patterns, custom designs or actual art pieces, all these little pieces of broken tile come together to create something beautiful.
It is easy, too, to bring this to your home, with the help of certain companies. If you can’t find a talented local mosaic artist that fits your needs, companies like Hakatai and Mosaiclegs make custom mosaics, have them numbered and packed, to be shipped and reassembled at your home. In addition to serving as art, tile designs are an excellent way to line pools and spas or to color walls or countertops. The tiles themselves are made of variety of materials, like Byzantine and Venetian glass, marble and even more exotic substances like river rock and sea shells.
These companies employ talented mosaic artists that can take your ideas and turn them into mosaic art. With a variety of services, both can tile your home, your pool and just about anything else in creative, aesthetic and entirely unique ways.
Because they work in tile, mosaics hold up under the elements and can be as large or as small as you’d like. They add sophistication to an outdoor wall, liven up an interior and can line a pool or water feature with elegance.
For the do-it-yourselfer, mosaic does take some practice. First, you will need a collection of broken tiles, dishes or whatever you wish to make your mosaic with. Start with a table, since this provides a fairly easy surface for you to make into a mosaic. You may want to lay out the tiles before your glue them to the table, to make sure it looks the way you want it to, then number the tiles so you can easily put them back. When you are ready to fuse them to the table, you will need mastic and unsanded grout. If you are going to leave this outside, you will need to add an acrylic additive to make the grout more durable. Colors can be added to the grout, but it is best to ask your local art shop for help with how to make this work for you. Then get to arting. Put a dab of mastic on in the back center of each tile, glue them to the table, let it dry for eight hours, then grout it. It is, of course, harder than it sounds, but that, my friend, is the fun of it. |
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