Introduction to Mosaic Artwork
Tesserae Cutting
A course by Gary Drostle , Mosaic Artist
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
“In this lesson, we're going to be looking at cutting our tesserae So I've got the 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 directly in half. I'm just going to mark it. you don't want to mark the tower yourself, but I'm just showing you where the intended cut wants to be. So we're going to 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 to put them just on the tile. S...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Mosaic Artwork
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Arts & Crafts, Ceramics, Decoration, DIY, Furniture Design & Making
Gary Drostle
A course by Gary Drostle
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.
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