Paste paper techniques on the mat board is another idea - use art paste for
the base of the colored paste, and it definitely wouldn't get too wet.
There's a really nice book out there about paste paper, but I don't remember
the name (it's at school); I'm sure there are lots of great websites too.
-Lydia in Toledo
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Subject: Re: [teacherartexchange] Mosaics - Sugggestions needed
> Wonder if you could use this idea and do paper marbling on the mat board
> before cutting, or if the matboard would get too wet and come apart. I
> suppose you could do the shaving cream marbling method, and then maybe
> spray with a varnish or something?
>
> Deb
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> I love Mosaics and I did them in class with my Art 4 a few times. However
> we
> did not use ceramics. Instead we made tiles from scrap Matt-board painted
> with
> inexpensive acrylics and glued with white glue on colored Matt-board.
> After
> designing the composition the tiles were painted, dried and then cut on a
> paper
> cutter into squares. The squares where then cut again and glued down as
> they
> needed them. Different colors were kept in envelopes and they worked long
> and
> hard on this. The results were very nice. this could be a way of
> starting them
> or for others who want to do this with out using ceramic tiles. This is
> not
>> better but just another thought.
>>
> I have some examples on slides and I have to scan them to get examples, so
> I
>> don't have them yet.
>
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