Where to Find Materials for Making Mosaic Art

Series Summary

Most people have seen at least a picture of mosaic tile art, and many have seen mosaic art up close. Much of it is breathtaking. It may seem unfathomable how these artists create such beautiful masterpieces, but they had to start somewhere. If you would like to learn how to make mosaic art, the best place to start is at the beginning and the best instructor is an artist who has designed and created their own mosaic art.

In this free how-to video series, learn how to make mosaic art from artist Eileen Haller. Eileen will show you how to break mosaic tiles and plates to make material for mosaic art. She will also teach you how to arrange mosaic tiles, how to glue mosaic tiles to your design, how to grout mosaic tiles, how to clean grout off your mosaic tile design, and how to add the finishing touches to your mosaic tiles design.

Video Transcript

"This is Eileen Haller for Expert Village. About five years ago I started doing the craft of mosaic. Being that I am from a very artistic family it was something that really captured my attention and today I'm going to show you my technique of how I create mosaic craft. OK, mosaic for me is about a treasure hunt. I look for pieces in fish stores, the Salvation army is a great place, or I go to the local home improvement store. I go to the beach. These are all materials that I have gathered from my hunts. This is regular tile from a home improvement store. These are dishes that I found at a Salvation Army or thrift store. Tiles that were donated to me. I get lots of donations from friends and acquaintances. Obviously sea shells. Craft stores, these great marbles are really wonderful to use. And these are some of my favorite things. These are cup handles and they make perfect hearts. What I do is I adhere my ceramic to pieces that already exist. Glass vases, I use terracotta pots, I use stepping stones that are plain stepping stones and then make them into beautiful mosaic stepping stones. I use glass table tops to make mosaic table tops and I'm going to show you how I do that."