Mosaics made from recycled glass are a beautiful, elegant and environmentally friendly way to decorate your showers or countertops. Learn more about natural, nontoxic tiles and flooring in this free online natural home decorating video guide.
Expert: Shelley Jones
Bio: Shelley Jones is a professional environmental decorator and lives in her own straw bale home.
Duration : 0:2:4
Make two copies of your design when creating a mosaic, and use one to make a pattern for cutting your glass tiles. Learn how, and get tips on creating and laying out your mosaic design pattern, in this free mosaic glass art instructional video.
Expert: Gale Gassiot
Bio: Gale Gassiot makes her own organic compost or “gardener’s black gold.”
Duration : 0:1:13
I have a wood burning ceramic chiminea and would like to put a few rows of glass mosaic tiles on it to tie it into my space better.
Would the glass tiles be able to stand the heat and what do I use to adhere the tiles to the ceramic?
I would appreciate any tips or advice please as I have never done any mosaics before.
Go to home depot or lowes and ask for a thinset that withstands heat. It’s what they use for tiles over radiant heat floors.
High-density fiberboard is the only material thin and flat enough to use as a level surface for my new backsplash. The drywall was ruined slightly when we ripped the old laminate crap off the wall. Can I do glass mosaic tile over hardboard if I glue & screw the hardboard to the drywall? I’m using a modified thinset for the tile, so hopefully it will have good adhesion since hardboard is porous.
Just curious if this is a bad idea or not. There’s are no specialty tile guys to ask in my little town.
I wont recommend it, Since it is so porous it can swell a bit and tile should not be put over any wood that thin.
You d be better off mudding over the holes and ripped up areas in the dry wall. You can even repair some ( depending on the size) with a good thin set. It may take a couple of coats since on bigger rips and tears the thin set will shrink a bit.
EDIT: I saw your 1 st question before this one and saw the pictures you also posted there. I go by my recommendations. Those are not bad fixes, useing a compound or spackle just a quick primer or paint on thoses areas to seal the paper os compound which ever way you decide to go. Easier and cheaper than doing all that area in any kind of board. Plus you run into a fire hazard and possible code violations by having wood that close to electrical. That you can fix by adding box extensions but thats more work and expense.
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Various materials can be used along with glass in glass mosaics. Learn what materials are good to use in glass mosaics in this free video lesson on mosaics.
Expert: Ruth Starr
Contact: www.RuthStarr.com
Bio: Ruth majored in art at Northeastern University in Chicago. Her first professional art showing was in downtown Indianapolis when she was in high school. She has shown her work all over the country.
Filmmaker: Patrick Eaves
Duration : 0:1:15
Specific tools are necessary for making glass mosaics. Find out what tools you need to make glass mosaics in this free video on mosaics.
Expert: Ruth Starr
Contact: www.RuthStarr.com
Bio: Ruth majored in art at Northeastern University in Chicago. Her first professional art showing was in downtown Indianapolis when she was in high school. She has shown her work all over the country.
Filmmaker: Patrick Eaves
Duration : 0:1:44
Glass mosaic is done by cutting pieces of glass to the desired shapes, gluing them down onto a base with thin-set mortar and applying grout over the entire piece. Create glass mosaic artwork with a demonstration from an artist in this free video on art.
Expert: Robert Markey
Bio: Robert Markey is an artist who works in several media including painting, sculpture, installation, video and mosaics.
Filmmaker: EquilibrioFilms Erik
Duration : 0:3:9
Attaching a hanging hook to a glass mosaic can be done easily with a drill and hook. Learn how to attach a hanging hook to a glass mosaic in this free video lesson on mosaics.
Expert: Ruth Starr
Contact: www.RuthStarr.com
Bio: Ruth majored in art at Northeastern University in Chicago. Her first professional art showing was in downtown Indianapolis when she was in high school. She has shown her work all over the country.
Filmmaker: Patrick Eaves
Duration : 0:2:14
The base of a mosaic is determined by where and for what the mosaic will be used. Learn what base to use for a mosaic kitchen backsplash, and get tips on designing and creating your mosaic, in this free mosaic glass art instructional video.
Expert: Gale Gassiot
Bio: Gale Gassiot makes her own organic compost or “gardener’s black gold.”
Duration : 0:0:59
Glass Mosaic Backsplash