Joanna Jorgensen on fri 27 sep 02
Dia,
Although I cannot take credit for this idea, it was dreamed up by one of
my best claybuds,,,,,,
Local home improvement stores sell plastic square lattice like covers
for recessed florecent lights. White plastic grids with hundreds of
little squares.
Roll a slab and place on top of this grid( spray with pam first) and use
a rolling pin or a large plastic rib to push the tiles level.
Let dry in the grid and they will pop out.
Don't use your favorite wood rib as the hard plastic will shred the
edge. Perfect little squares with the same shape and thickness every
time.
By the hundreds.
Joanna Jorgensen
Coconut Creek, Fl
Russel Fouts on sat 28 sep 02
Local home improvement stores sell plastic square lattice like covers
for recessed florecent lights. White plastic grids with hundreds of
little squares. Roll a slab and place on top of this grid( spray with
pam first) and use a rolling pin or a large plastic rib to push the
tiles level. Let dry in the grid and they will pop out. Don't use your
favorite wood rib as the hard plastic will shred the edge. Perfect
little squares with the same shape and thickness every
time. By the hundreds. <<
This is a great idea but how do they get glazed?
I agree with an earlier comment, most mosiac artists I've seen use
broken glazed pots or even make large tiles of a single color and break
and shape to get what you want.
This is how I worked when I did stained glass. Besides, aren't tessarae
glass?
Besides, you can probably buy them cheaper than making them.
Russel
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vince pitelka on sat 28 sep 02
> I agree with an earlier comment, most mosiac artists I've seen use
> broken glazed pots or even make large tiles of a single color and break
> and shape to get what you want.
> This is how I worked when I did stained glass. Besides, aren't tessarae
> glass?
Russel -
Byzantine tesserae were glass, Roman tesserae were marble. Neither were
clay, but lots of other cultures have used clay of for very small mosaic
pieces, and it seems like the term is pretty widely used in reference to
clay as well.
Making mosaics with broken glazed shards is fine if the surface is
non-functional. If the surface is functional, then there is some danger of
razor-sharp edges on all the broken pieces. When the grout wears away a
little, all of a sudden a razor-sharp edge is exposed. That's why I like
tiles that are made and glaze-fired separately - they all have that nice
rounded edge.
Best wishes -
- Vince
Vince Pitelka
Appalachian Center for Crafts
Tennessee Technological University
1560 Craft Center Drive, Smithville TN 37166
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Millie Carpenter on sat 28 sep 02
tessarae can be glass, ceramic, mirror, or metal. the main goal is that
it reflects light
at different angles.
I remember reading or hearing that the clay slab should be on a flat
surface and the lattice/grid should be pressed into the slab about
three quarters of the way through and then removed. glaze can be brushed
or sprayed on. after firing, the tiny tiles can be broken apart.
of course I have never done this so I really don't know how well it will
work.
if someone tries this, please let me know how it works.
Millie in Md
On Saturday, September 28, 2002, at 03:08 AM, Russel Fouts wrote:
> Local home improvement stores sell plastic square lattice like covers
> for recessed florecent lights. White plastic grids with hundreds of
> little squares. Roll a slab and place on top of this grid( spray with
> pam first) and use a rolling pin or a large plastic rib to push the
> tiles level. Let dry in the grid and they will pop out. Don't use your
> favorite wood rib as the hard plastic will shred the edge. Perfect
> little squares with the same shape and thickness every
> time. By the hundreds. <<
>
> This is a great idea but how do they get glazed?
>
> I agree with an earlier comment, most mosiac artists I've seen use
> broken glazed pots or even make large tiles of a single color and break
> and shape to get what you want.
>
> This is how I worked when I did stained glass. Besides, aren't tessarae
> glass?
>
> Besides, you can probably buy them cheaper than making them.
>
> Russel
Ababi on mon 30 sep 02
It looks like one of the few advantage of living in this peaceful region is the possibility
to use old glasses that were found in the sea shore.
Try to open
http://members4.clubphoto.com/_cgi-bin/getImage.pl?imgID=13142464-e5e0&trans=B
If it does not work go to
http://members4.clubphoto.com/ababi306910/777724/
The last slide: From the 1970th
A short explanation: I made it before I learnt to paint. Actually I had to learn painting to
be able to create the mosaics. It took a short time to find out that I enjoyed better the
painting and dropped the mosaics.
So this work was made with glass plus stones from around the country.
I looked today in the studio for my old mosaics books.
Making Mosaics by John Berry "a pocket how to do it" Studio Vista London
Watson-Guptill Publication
N.Y.
Mainly how to use ceramics for mosaics. As I used stones the benefit I had from the
book was the discovery of Gaudi and Simon Rodia
Library of Congresscatalog card number: 67-10437
Mosaics by Doris&Diane Lee Aller, Sunset, Lane books Menlo Park California
( I was in CA!)
Library of Congress catalog card number: 59-14313
A Good book
Mosaic Techniques "New Aspects of Fragmented Design Mary Lou Stribing .
Crown publishers N.Y.
An excellent comprehensive book
Library of Congress catalog card number:66-15121
Mine from 1969
Mary Lou Stribing is a great writer I have another book of hers
This is how I broke the stones:
First with a hummer: I covered the stone with a cloth and hit on the stone. The next
step: In a can up side down a chisel. around it I poured plaster, almost to the top. With
a hummer that one of it's sides was sharpened (plus goggles!) I hied on the stones to
get the shape I wanted. The tessarae fell into the can, as there was kind of pocket to
collect them.
I opened these books after 30 years and found that I can use them as ceramics
-guide books
Ababi Sharon
Glaze addict
Kibbutz Shoval Israel
ababisha@shoval.org.il
http://members4.clubphoto.com/ababi306910/
http://www.milkywayceramics.com/cgallery/asharon.htm
---------- Original Message ----------
>> I agree with an earlier comment, most mosiac artists I've seen use
>> broken glazed pots or even make large tiles of a single color and break
>> and shape to get what you want.
>> This is how I worked when I did stained glass. Besides, aren't tessarae
>> glass?
>Russel -
>Byzantine tesserae were glass,
>Appalachian Center for Crafts
>Tennessee Technological University
>1560 Craft Center Drive, Smithville TN 37166
>Home - vpitelka@dtccom.net
>615/597-5376
>Work - wpitelka@tntech.edu
>615/597-6801 ext. 111, fax 615/597-6803
>http://www.craftcenter.tntech.edu/
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