Foreword | p. 6 |
About this book | p. 6 |
Essential preparation | p. 3 |
Plan your working environment | p. 10 |
Tools of the trade | p. 3 |
Consider your substrate | p. 18 |
Adhesives and how to use them | p. 22 |
Grout: Choosing and using | p. 28 |
All about tesserae | p. 32 |
Know your tesserae | p. 34 |
Choosing tesserae project: Millefiori heart | p. 40 |
Cutting with confidence | p. 42 |
Templates: Beasts, birds, and bugs | p. 48 |
About andamento | p. 52 |
Andamento project: Letters | p. 56 |
Tips for laying tesserae | p. 58 |
Laying curves project: Sailboat | p. 62 |
Templates: Under the sea | p. 64 |
Research and plan your design | p. 68 |
Find inspiration | p. 70 |
Planning and designing | p. 74 |
Planning project: Checked pattern | p. 80 |
Composition considerations | p. 82 |
Mural project: Jungle menagerie | p. 88 |
Consider color: Tesserae | p. 92 |
Consider color: Grout | p. 96 |
Color project: Red pepper | p. 100 |
Tessellations | p. 102 |
Tessellation project: Swimming fish | p. 106 |
Templates: Patterns | p. 108 |
Templates: The everyday-past and present | p. 110 |
Working methods | p. 112 |
Direct techniques | p. 114 |
Double direct techniques | p. 117 |
Direct working project: Flower | p. 122 |
Indirect reverse techniques | p. 124 |
Practical applications | p. 130 |
Outdoor ideas | p. 132 |
Outdoor project: Shell flower trough | p. 134 |
Templates: Flowers, foliage, and fruit | p. 138 |
Glass on glass project: Stained-glass window hanging | p. 142 |
Finishing and fixing | p. 144 |
Thinking outside the box | p. 148 |
Glossary | p. 152 |
Resources | p. 154 |
Index | p. 156 |
Credits | p. 159 |
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