| The Mosaic Artist's Bible: Over 300 Traditional and Contemporary Designs | 
 enlarge | Authors: Theresa Mills, Teresa Mills
Publisher: Trafalgar Square Books
Category: Book
List Price: $24.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 204203
Media: Spiral-bound
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 256
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 6.5 x 1.1
ISBN: 1570762937
Dewey Decimal Number: 745
EAN: 9781570762932
Publication Date: February 1, 2005
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Condition: Perfect condition. New book!
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Product Description
The Mosaic Artist's Bible is an invaluable sourcebook for both novice and experienced mosaicists, featuring more than 200 themed, traceable motifs and a wealth of information and instruction.
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 The Aspiring Child Novice's First Book of Mosaics August 20, 2008
This book's title and the publisher's description of it are misleading. This little tome would more accurately be touted as a brief first book about mosaics for a child who has not yet made a mosaic. It is certainly not a bible (which implies comprehensive as well as authoritative) and it is certainly not a mosaic artist's bible. No one who considered herself or himself a mosaic artist would require the guidance proffered.
Change the title and change the description and you have a very fine product.
 The Mosaic Artist's Bible: Over 300 Traditional and Contemporary Designs February 29, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Excellent book on mosaics for both beginners and advanced crafters. Contains a great selection of designs ranging from simple to more complex. Also includes a well constructed technical section. Highly recommended to anyone who wants a mosaic book at their fingertips that has it all.
An artist's bible February 26, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a great book for newbies to the world of mosaic art and designs. I highly recommend it.
 Limited and disappointing, perhaps mislabled as a "bible" for artists February 20, 2008
7 out of 9 found this review helpful
A mosaic artist's "bible" should cover, or at least refer to, all things mosaic. I found this to be more of a craft-oriented, paint-by-numbers book of patterns, not geared to artists. I suppose the patterns may be helpful for those who do not create their own designs but if that's not what you're after, this book not only doesn't offer anything new, it doesn't even touch on many of the most important mosaic materials and techniques, so the title is very misleading. This book never once refers to smalti, the most basic and historic of tesserae, not does it discuss any artistic techniques, such as visual flow(andemento) or outlining. The words "bible" and "artist's" should not be in the title, maybe more "how-to" for beginners.
Good beginner's resource. December 23, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
My first impression was less than excited, but the more I look at it, the more I see that it can serve as either a jump start for inspiration, or information for technical applications. Can also serve to show a client some possibilities or how something might look upon completion for simple jobs, like address plaques. Nothing, or very little, in the way of pebble or marble or smalti mosaics, but big on glass, which is okay, but leaves the title a somewhat misleading. And nothing on framing, mounting or hanging.
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