Table of Contents
Foreword 6
About this book 6
1 Essential preparation 3
Plan your working environment 10
Tools of the trade 3
Consider your substrate 18
Adhesives and how to use them 22
Grout: Choosing and using 28
2 All about tesserae 32
Know your tesserae 34
Choosing tesserae project: Millefiori heart 40
Cutting with confidence 42
Templates: Beasts, birds, and bugs 48
About andamento 52
Andamento project: Letters 56
Tips for laying tesserae 58
Laying curves project: Sailboat 62
Templates: Under the sea 64
3 Research and plan your design 68
Find inspiration 70
Planning and designing 74
Planning project: Checked pattern 80
Composition considerations 82
Mural project: Jungle menagerie 88
Consider color: Tesserae 92
Consider color: Grout 96
Color project: Red pepper 100
Tessellations 102
Tessellation project: Swimming fish 106
Templates: Patterns 108
Templates: The everyday-past and present 110
4 Working methods 112
Direct techniques 114
Double direct techniques 117
Direct working project: Flower 122
Indirect reverse techniques 124
5 Practical applications 130
Outdoor ideas 132
Outdoor project: Shell flower trough 134
Templates: Flowers, foliage, and fruit 138
Glass on glass project: Stained-glass window hanging 142
Finishing and fixing 144
Thinking outside the box 148
Glossary 152
Resources 154
Index 156
Credits 159
