Mosaic Tile Safety

Series Summary

Mosaic tile art has a long history that goes back even to the Byzantine Era. Making mosaics can be done with mosaic patterns or by freehand design done by the mosaic artist. Mosaics can be as simple or complicated as an artist chooses and it is up to you as the artist what to choose to make as your mosaic subject. If you would like to learn how to make tile mosaics you can learn for free from a mosaic artist.

In this free video series on mosaic art you can learn how to make broken tile mosaics from mosaic artist Rachel Kadner. Rachel will teach you how to make tile mosaics with tips such as how to maintain proper safety when making tile mosaics, what tools and supplies you need for mosaics, what substrates and adhesives to use for mosaics, and how to design mosaic tile art. She will also demonstrate how to break tiles for mosaic tile art, how to use tile nippers to cut tiles for mosaics, how to shape mosaic tiles, how to position mosaic tiles in mosaic tile art, how to glue mosaic tiles, how to grout mosaic tiles, and how to clean up after grouting mosaic tiles.

Video Transcript

"Today I'm going to teach you how to make a very simple and basic tile mosaic mirror for your home. We're going to take one nice small wooden mirror and some beautiful different kind of tiles for indoor use. I'm going to teach you how to break the tiles, how to shape the tiles, how to design your overall project and then position the tiles. I'll teach you about different adhesives to use and how to use adhesives to glue your tiles to your surface. And then we'll talk about grouting the project. And we'll also talk about things to consider for indoor projects, or outdoor projects, different kinds of multimedia materials you can use for your project, and different tools that you want for safety. Since safety is so important for anything that you do, we're going to take that into special consideration when we're tiling mosaics. You usually want to consider having gloves to protect our hands when we break the tiles, glasses to protect your eyes from any shards that might be flying about. And during the grouting process you want rubber gloves to protect your hands from the grout, and also a face mask to protect you from any things that might be in the air with the dry grout."