by Emma Biggs A complete guide to materials, tools and techniques for cr3eating fabulous mosaics. Discover new techniques and innovative styles for creating mosaics for a variety of purposes. Learn foolproof methods for coordinating color choices to produce dynamic designs of enduring appeal. Covers a wide range of tesserae, from traditional ceramic tiles to pebbles, broken pottery, found objects, and other improvised materials.

by Doreen Mastandrea This book makes easy the seemingly daunting task of creating mosaics for your home. Here are creative ideas and stunning projects for both interior and exterior decoration, plus the information, inspiration, and tools you need to add the colorful and sophisticated art of mosaic to kitchens, bathrooms, floors, walls, or porch and garden. Seventeen contemporary projects feature illustrated step-by-step instruction accompanied by a complete list of tools, materials, color palette suggestions, and professional tips to ensure perfect results. Each project also features a variation for adapting the pattern or palette choices, making it easy to customize the projects to your decor A gallery of twelve additional mosaic designs will give you inspiration for a myriad of other beautiful projects.

-Unique step-by-step mosaic projects that range from splendid floors and fountains to bright and bold accessories and garden ornaments
-New tile products for the home make mosaic crafts easier and more stunning than ever
-Special sections on how to use found objects, broken ceramics, and natural objects such as beach pebbles in your mosaic projects. Paperback 128 pgs 7.84in x 10.25in

by Joann Locktov Mosaic Art and Style, a stunning follow-up to The Art of Mosaic Design, is a celebration of how mosaics can be integrated into our lives. Author JoAnn Locktov explores our fascination with mosaic art and illustrates how artists have crafted architectural installations, decorative, and functional objects that have added immeasurably to living environments. Readers will enjoy seeing how mosaic art can be applied to every surface imaginable with a panoply of materials. Mosaic Art and Style tells the story of how the projects were conceived and fabricated from the artists’ own point of view. It will confirm some conceptions and shatter others.
Locktov has forged special relationships with a multitude of artists, who allowed her to feature their work in Mosaic Art and Style. Through these relationships, Locktov takes the reader into the world of the artist and gives them a behind-the-scenes pass into their workshops where she shares the artists’ personal thoughts about the creation and inspiration that imbues their work. Hardcover 200 images 144 pgs 9in x 11in.

by Peggy Vance and Celia Goodrick-Clarke The Mosaic Book is an invaluable resource for anyone interested in acquiring hands-on skills in mosaic art. It offers step-by-step projects, explanations of tools and techniques, and a final section of motifs for use in creating mosaic designs. The Mosaic Book includes beautiful photographs of mosaic art in gardens and pools and on floors, walls, furniture and decorative objects. Paperback 1996, 128 pp 8.6in x 11in.

by Elaine M. Goodwin This book reveals the exquisite simplicity of decorating and designing with mosaics. Beginning with the history of the art, it draws on sources from Ancient Greece and Rome, the Renaissance, Pre-Columbian Mexico, the Victorian age, the Art Nouveau movement, through to the latest contemporary work. Enhanced with hundreds of color photos, Classic Mosaic explores the application of mosaics using classical influences. The author clearly demonstrates how a design is developed, from the initial idea to the finished piece. From intricate Grecian floor patterns to a shimmering Klimt chair mosaic, Classic Mosaic shows how to create designs inspired by 6,000 years of mosaic art. 2000, 144 pp

By Barbara A. McGuire.  This one-of-a-kind book defines traditional, fundamental design elements and illustrates their applications in beautiful, modern polymer clay. After you have studied such concepts as color, pattern and dimension, you will complete a project which will help stimulate and improve your design quality and creations. You will surely return to this art principals reference book, which applies to all media, over and over. 144pp. Soft-cover.  

By Maureen Carlson. For close to a decade now, crafters of many ages have been enjoying the fruits of polymer clays (aka Fimo, Sculpey, and by other brand names) as easy-to-fashion materials for jewelry. Self-taught artisan Carlson concocts 21 personable creatures few will be able to resist. Even better are the marvelously detailed instructions, from the formation of hands, feet, and faces, to solving 21 common problems, such as crumbly clay and (horrors!) breakage. included are color photographs, clothing templates, explicit instructions about equipment and basic techniques, and other tips (e.g., pre-bake the eyeballs). Something from the oven that shows a professional artist at work. 128pp. Soft-cover.