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Introduction to Mosaic Artwork

Tesserae Cutting

A course by Gary Drostle , Mosaic Artist

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Audio: English

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About the video: Tesserae Cutting

Overview

“In this lesson I will show you some of the different cutting tools available and you will learn how to cut your glass or ceramic tesserae using the tile nippers. ”

In this video lesson Gary Drostle addresses the topic: Tesserae Cutting, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Mosaic Artwork. Learn how to create a timeless mosaic from its design to the final polished piece, using the traditional paper-face technique.

Partial transcription of the video

“Tesserae Cutting In this lesson we'll be looking at cutting our tesserae. I've got my nippers here and some tiles, and we're gonna go through a few simple cuts to get the hang of it. The first cut we're going to make will be to cut our tesserae in half. I'm just gonna mark it. Don't mark the tile yourself, I'm just showing you where the intended cut wants to be. We're gonna cut the tile directly in half. And the way we do that is to hold the tile between our thumb and forefinger, like this. And then with our nippers we're going put them just on the tile. So, we don't want right in the middl...”

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Course summary for: Introduction to Mosaic Artwork

Level: Beginner
100% positive reviews (434)
15712 students
5 units
19 lessons (3h 50m)
4 downloads

Category
Craft
Areas
Arts & Crafts, Ceramics, Decoration, DIY, Furniture Design & Making

Gary Drostle

A course by Gary Drostle

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Mosaic Artist

Gary Drostle has been a professional mosaic artist in London for over thirty years. After studying at the three top art schools in London (Camberwell, St Martins, and Hornsey), he went on to create large scale painted murals. After being asked by a client to create a mosaic in 1990, it unknowingly changed the course of his career.

Since then, he has completed many large scale mosaic commissions around the world. His work has received recognition from organizations like The National Terrazzo & Mosaic Association of America, The Society of American Mosaic Artists, The Prix Picassiette in Chartres, France, and The Worshipful Company of Tylers and Bricklayers in the UK.