Classic Mosaic Elaine M Goodwin Projects 6000 Years of Mosaic Art Hardcover 2000

by Elaine M. Goodwin

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Classic Mosaic: Designs and Projects Inspired by 6,000 Years of Mosaic Art (Hardcover, 2000) By Elaine M. Goodwin Hardcover with dust jacket, published in Canada by McArthur & Company, Toronto. Copyright 2000 Quintet Publishing Limited; a Quintet book designed and produced in London. ISBN 1-55278-123-2 (ISBN-13 9781552781234). Printed in Singapore. Photography by John Melville and Jonathan Russell Read. Includes bibliographical references. A full-colour guide to making mosaics that draws on designs from Ancient Greece and Rome through Byzantine work to contemporary pieces. It has detailed practical chapters on materials (including where to find them and how to use them), equipment, design and techniques such as siting, fixing, cutting, grouting and sealing. It also has 16 step-by-step projects inspired by classical mosaics, with about three hundred colour photographs, including historical mosaics and sites to visit around the world. Projects shown in the photos include a bird wall piece, a mosaic terracotta pot and a pebble mosaic set into brick steps. Condition: Very Good. There is a sticker on the front of the dust jacket (shown in the photos); the pages are clean and the binding is tight. Who it's for: Mosaic makers and crafters at any level who want projects with clear instructions, anyone interested in the history of mosaic art from the ancient world to today, and gardeners and home decorators looking for ideas for pots, walls and outdoor pebble mosaics. It also makes a

• Publisher: McArthur & Company
• Year: 2000
• Binding: Hardcover
• ISBN: 9781552781234
• Condition: Very Good

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