Mosaic

Usually, the attitude to "street art", or simply graffitis, is quite negative. City authorities fine artists who paint on walls and then paint over graffiti. But in some cities, the leadership went to meet street artists and allowed them to bring creativity to the urban environment. Let&# ...

We live in our city and do not notice beauty of facades sometimes. Conduct an experiment and ask your friends: what is the colour of your house facade? Just imagine, many people find it difficult to answer. More often we go and look in front of us; sometimes we wander about, delving into ...

Louis Comfort Tiffany became famous not only due to the invention of a new technique for making art stained glass, but also due to inventing new types of glass, which became the main, distinctive feature of his mosaics. In 1892, with support of his family Louis Tiffany, not satisfied with the glass ...

I did repairs in the kitchen 2 years ago and wanted to bring something original in it to make the kitchen cosier.After the repair, a bottle of wine was drunk. And its cork brought me to an idea to make something from a pile of corks, for example, a wall panel or coasters. And I began collecting.I&# ...

Oh, those sweet buttons! They gather all together! And are a great material for creativity and unusual solutions. I offer all craftswomen to take out needlework boxes full of different buttons and creat little miracles. For example, buttons can be laid out as a beautiful mosaic picture or be used ...

Winter hasn't come yet, so we have some time to remember bright autumn days. A funny garden sculpture would help you!  Especially if you have some remainings after repairs. Get these materials and tools: cement — 3-4 kg stucco — 200-300 g bowl (diameter 20 cm, height — 9 cm) ceramic tile — 2-3 ...

Today I want to offer a master class on creating a money storage for any currency. Instead of boring paper envelope this can be presented with the "money gifts" on wedding, anniversary or birthday. Materials and tools: money storage box or any suitable box primer or acrylic paint ...

Photo 1. Take a glass bottle as a basis and stick selected decorative colored stones and round mosaic with liquid nails. Photo 2. Allocate the coloured stones on the surface of the bottle. Photo 3. Once all the elements are glued, prepare a beige grout for filling the joints between the ...

I love candles and buy them in large quantity, and then many glasses remain and awaiting to be given a new life! :) In this tutorial I suggest decorating them with mosaics. So! You need: 1. Bases of used candles 2. Grout 3. Mosaic 4. Liquid nails — Moment Montage super strong transparent ( ...

  Materials and Tools: - box- polymer clay - rolling pin- blade- acrylic paint- coating Make the layout of the future mosaic. It is better to make the blank a little less than the expected area so that all pieces could definitely fit. It's easier to work with a square box, but I only had a ...