The Practical Guide to Crafting with Mosaics, Ceramics and Glassware: 150 Easy-to-make, Original and Stylish Projects for Home and Garden Using ... Shown in 700 Step-by-step Colour Photographs - Tapa dura

This is a crafter's compendium of creative and original projects - 165 decorative mosaics, colourful ceramics, elegant tiles and ornamental glassware to add an individual touch to your home and garden. Learn how to master the classic art of mosaic; individualize ceramics and plain glassware with a range of decorative paint techniques; paint tiles with unique designs to brighten kitchens and bathrooms, and create stained glass images for windows and doors. Each project contains a complete list of material requirements, step-by-step photographs, clear, concise instructions, a template where appropriate and a picture of the finished object. It contains over 1500 beautiful colour photographs. Learning a craft skill can be an exciting adventure, a new opportunity to use creative skills and to produce decorative and useful objects for the home and garden. This unique book teaches three beautiful and complementary crafts - mosaics, ceramics and glass painting - with step-by-step techniques and over 165 practical projects. Each project is graded for level of complexity making it easy to choose an appropriate piece to make. Templates are provided for every project where needed, so no freehand drawing is required. Each chapter lists all the materials and equipment that you will need to hand before you begin, and provides a clear, concise explanation of all the techniques required with step-by-step example. With more than 165 creative and inspirational projects to make and bursting with over 1500 stunning colour photographs, this beautiful book is the ultimate reference for every crafter.

Simona Hill the compiler of this volume, is a highly creative editor of illustrated lifestyle and craft books. For this book, she has brought together a carefully selected team of leading contemporary artists and craftpeople, who have designed the specially commissioned projects in the book.