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Re: Ceramics 2

From: Buerkle, Jennifer (buerklej.fl.us)
Date: Sun Jan 30 2000 - 12:05:42 PST

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    LM Paris wrote:

    > What planning process do they go through? Do they draw their design on paper
    > first?

    Check the web for mosaic sites...also lots of good books. They design first on
    sketch paper, then edit and enlarge full-sized cartoons.

    >
    > So do they each do a slab of one color at a time? and then do they share their
    > slabs with each other?

    Yes, all tesserae became community property. You'll have some kids who are happier
    making the pieces while some are happier designing.

    > What do you mount these on? Wood? What do you use to
    > hold them in place? grout? And how would you coming about these supplies in the
    > middle of the year?
    >

    I had a great PTO parent who took 4x4 foot pieces of 1/2 inch plywood and framed them
    with molding. Not hard, really. I used full strength Elmer's to adhere, and then
    grout you buy at the hardware store. Sax has all the stuff, as well. I know some
    use contact cement, but I have a problem with the fumes. I found the Elmer's was
    just fine, laid on fairly thick. You can also add other materials like glass globs,
    pieces of broken china, stones, glass,etc. Just try to keep all the pieces fairly
    even in height. It is hard to grout extreme differences in height because the low
    pieces get covered over.

    Jen 

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