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Book Reviews

Mosaics & How to Embellish Glass & Ceramics (Hardcover)

April 25, 2010

This book contains every technique you need to make attractive and original mosaics, decorative china, painted tiles and stained glass ornaments. 165 original and stylish projects to decorate the home and garden, illustrated with more than 1500 step-by-step photographs, templates and easy-to-follow instructions. (more…)

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Maxine’s Mosaics… a how-to series about creating mosaic art. Working with metal. [VHS]

March 31, 2010

Family Circle Home Crafts Magazine, Summer 2004 If you learn better by seeing rather than reading, this hands-on program is just what you’ve been waiting for. From the Actor There are so many opportunities for items in metal to mosaic. My favorite metal surfaces to mosaic happen to be planters and watering cans. Metal requires [...]

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Encyclopedia Of Mosaic Techniques: A Step-by-step Visual Directory, With An Inspirational Gallery Of Finished Works (Encyclopedia of Art Techniques) (Hardcover)

March 26, 2010

From Library Journal This is a handy guide to the materials and techniques of designing and laying mosaic tiles in both indoor and outdoor settings. Well illustrated with color photographs throughout, the “A to Z of Techniques” section has step-by-step instructions. Finished mosaics are pictured in the “Gallery” section. Workshop set-up and safety tips are [...]

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Forging Damascus: How to Create Pattern-Welded Blades (DVD)

March 5, 2010

Jim Hrisoulas is a master bladesmith specializing in medieval broadswords and daggers and Damascus pattern welding. He has almost 30 years of experience at the forge. (more…)

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Maxine’s Mosaics… a how-to series about creating mosaic art. Working with clay. [VHS]

May 19, 2012

Family Circle Home Crafts Magazine, Summer 2004 If you learn better by seeing rather than reading, this hands-on program is just what you’ve been waiting for. From the Actor There is a surface treatment specific to all clay surfaces before you adhere mosaics. The process I use to demonstrate a mosaic clay birdbath will be [...]

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