Comments on How to Turn Broken Ceramics Into Art

Good idea since I'm always breaking dishes.

How timely! I just broke my favorite coffee mug last night. I shall indeed apply your principles and create art out of catastrophe! :-)

continued (from below): on the disc, for less wear; (b) change location of work on the piece, which gets less hot; (c) change direction of cut (get done faster)-- sanding only the sharp edges producing a piece which is safe for children to use to put together creative structures like with wood blocks. 4. Your next toy project, of course, will be to sand (scrap salvaged) wood blocks, which are even more educational because they, once sanded (all edges and faces), exhibit the God-given grain and natural beauty.

1. DON'T break up slightly chipped vases etc., they're still worth something, instead go to a dump and pick up thousands of fragments, all types and colors, even glass and small stones, that have been lying there months or years, but still good after a washing. 2. To cut sharp pointy corners off a larger piece, use a "glass-cutter" (little metal thingy the length of a ballpen with a tiny diamond wheel at one end) to make a straight score line, then turn the piece over, tilt it against a surface, and rap it lightly with your hammer for a neat straight break-off. 3. Don't both cutting down all larger pieces, instead after trimming off a sharp point or two so they have 3 or more straight sides, sand each polygon on a 7" carbide disc which is mounted on a regular 1725-rpm motor shaft. Use the "C-stroke" (on the left, dust-flies-down side of the disc) to (a) change location of work...

This article gives me a good idea on how to use up my leftover grout, glue, and broken dishes. Thanks much! 5*'s for you!

This article gives me a good idea on how to use up my leftover grout, glue, and broken dishes. Thanks much! 5*'s for you!

Novel idea! I should pass this along for the mothers of my grandchildren to consider.

Very creative, I need to give this a try.

What a fantastic art idea.

Thank you for the tips. I made a cute trinket box with a broken ceramic vase that I almost threw out into the trash. It worked great!

always wanted to do this, especially when my kids would break my sentimental "china" that belonged to my grandmother. Thanks

After you lay the shards down without adhesive, you can take a photo so that you remember more easily where they went.

wonderful! I have done this and it turned out great, thanks a bunch for the tips and the great steps!

This really is a great idea. It seems a shame to throw pieces of favorite items away when you can make something fun out of the bits a pieces.

I have thought of doing this on my kitchen wall, but thought there had to be more to it. Now I know. Thanks!

Thanks for the great tips on ceramic pieces!

I've always wanted to do this ... I even have a friend who buys chipped, yet beautiful ceramic plates, bowls, etc for almost nothing at garage sales and then brings them home, breaks them up and creates the most beautiful ceramic art tables which, she sells for stunning amounts. I don't think I'll ever have her talent for creating fantastic designs, but maybe it's time to just do it and simply enjoy it! Thanks for the article.

Several items in your list of "needs" are listed more than once. You might want to fix that.

Thanks for writing. 5*

Well! I think It'd be much better to show out illustration of some samples of broken things decorated with ceramic, just to help make the image close.

Love this idea...5*s

Love this idea...5*s

To mosaic a terra cotta flowerpot, seal the pot with a sealer inside and out befor mosaicing. Then use grout sealer when you are finished. This way, your beautiful flowerpot will last you for many years!!!! from Louella

To mosaic a terra cotta flowerpot, seal the pot with a sealer inside and out befor mosaicing. Then use grout sealer when you are finished. This way, your beautiful flowerpot will last you for many years!!!! from Louella

To mosaic a flowerpot, you should seal the pot first, inside and out. And use grout sealer when you are finished! This way your pot will last many years! by Louella