Ann

I'd love to hear how to do this too...
I've always wanted to learn to mosaic...bird baths, stepping stones pots...on and
on and on...
Ha, ha
Ann

Cindy Ferguson wrote:

> Mercedes wrote:
> >
> > Hahaha - good idea....
> >
> > Any ideas for those stupid little square (white, red, green, yellow, orange)
> > plastic "clips" that are on bread packaging?? I was thinking a mosaic??
> >
>
> Or collage!
>
> I was at my sister's wedding a few weeks ago and luckily we sat at
> the table with my brother and his artist wife - she was taking all the
> little favor thingies for her collages. I kept all the ones for us
> to use. She sure opened my eyes to potential art supplies.
>
> Does anyone have suggestions for how to break tiles into smaller
> pieces? We want to do some mosaic stepping stones and the best source
> for tiles is to go to a tile store and go to their reject bin. I
> want smaller and not regular pieces to work with. I'd like my children
> (aged 6 & 4) to break them too - but I want them to be safe! I
> figured safety goggles and a mallet would do the trick - if anyone
> has done this, I'd love some ideas or advice!
>
> --
>
> Cindy Ferguson
> crma@...
>
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Tracy Oldfield

I'd love to hear how to do this too...
I've always wanted to learn to mosaic...bird baths,
stepping stones pots...on and
on and on...
Ha, ha
Ann

I'm not sure, but if you search at the BBC site
http://www.bbc.co.uk for Changing Rooms or Home Front
there'll prolly be hints and tips... And both these
shows have done mosaic enough :-)

Love
Tracy

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In a message dated 8/28/01 1:26:03 PM, crma@... writes:

<< Does anyone have suggestions for how to break tiles into smaller
pieces? >>

Larger, thin tile you can use a glass-scorer---the little tool you use to
scratch a line on glass so you can break it. There is a tile cutting tool
you can use (maybe rent one?) but I've never used one. Another rental item
is a water saw. It cuts tile with a circular saw which is set in water at
the bottom. You can draw on the tiles with markers or crayons and cut on the
lines.

<< I
want smaller and not regular pieces to work with. I'd like my children
(aged 6 & 4) to break them too - but I want them to be safe! >>

OHH!!!! I answered thinking you wanted to make small squares or
rectangles--straight lines.

Sorry. Use rags or towels. Put cloth down on concrete, cloth on top (I'd
fold an old terry-cloth towel over the top). If you hit it straight on with
a hammer you'll probably crush what's right at the point of impact. but if
you put something like a piece of wood on top (masonite, thin plywood, or
even a piece of 2x4), and hit that with the hammer, it will diffuse the blow
and should break it up pretty well. I wouldn't hit it too hard. The wood
doesn't have to cover the whole piece of tile.

Another way (but messier and potentially dangerous) is just to hold the tile
up flat a couple or three feet off the concrete and drop it flat. If the
kids do that, they should be wearing jeans, shoes, socks. (That particular
knowledge comes from accidents, and from dropping already-broken pots to get
shards for the bottoms of other house-plant-pots.

Sandra, who has broken a lot of tile (mostly accidently), and cut some.




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If you tape the tops of the tile with masking tape before smacking them
the broken chunks stick together better - not such a hassle to pick up.
I tried laying them out on contact paper -- huge mistake. Make a tic tac
toe pattern on the tile with the tape. Then a criss cross. Some pieces
still come loose but not that many.
Deb L

Ann

So Sandra sounds like you have done this a bit...
What does one use for the mortar when doing mosaic? Then what about the grout?
And...how do you seal it?
Ann

Tami Labig-Duquette

Put them in an old pillow case, cover them with an old towel but maybe make
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>From: Cindy Ferguson <crma@...>
>Reply-To: [email protected]
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: [Unschooling-dotcom] more on art supplies!
>Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 11:52:27 -0700
>
>
>
>Mercedes wrote:
> >
> > Hahaha - good idea....
> >
> > Any ideas for those stupid little square (white, red, green, yellow,
>orange)
> > plastic "clips" that are on bread packaging?? I was thinking a mosaic??
> >
>
>Or collage!
>
>I was at my sister's wedding a few weeks ago and luckily we sat at
>the table with my brother and his artist wife - she was taking all the
>little favor thingies for her collages. I kept all the ones for us
>to use. She sure opened my eyes to potential art supplies.
>
>Does anyone have suggestions for how to break tiles into smaller
>pieces? We want to do some mosaic stepping stones and the best source
>for tiles is to go to a tile store and go to their reject bin. I
>want smaller and not regular pieces to work with. I'd like my children
>(aged 6 & 4) to break them too - but I want them to be safe! I
>figured safety goggles and a mallet would do the trick - if anyone
>has done this, I'd love some ideas or advice!
>
>--
>
>Cindy Ferguson
>crma@...
>


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I have been collecting shells at the beach for this sort of stuff.. I have
jars of orange, purple, pink and so on.... they are pieces of big conch
shells or whole smaller shells....
someday..
grout & plaster/cement ?

-----Original Message-----
From: Ann <mumsienc@...>
To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Date: Tuesday, August 28, 2001 3:50 PM
Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] more on art supplies!


>I'd love to hear how to do this too...
>I've always wanted to learn to mosaic...bird baths, stepping stones
pots...on and
>on and on...
>Ha, ha
>Ann
>
>Cindy Ferguson wrote:
>
>> Mercedes wrote:
>> >
>> > Hahaha - good idea....
>> >
>> > Any ideas for those stupid little square (white, red, green, yellow,
orange)
>> > plastic "clips" that are on bread packaging?? I was thinking a
mosaic??
>> >
>>
>> Or collage!
>>
>> I was at my sister's wedding a few weeks ago and luckily we sat at
>> the table with my brother and his artist wife - she was taking all the
>> little favor thingies for her collages. I kept all the ones for us
>> to use. She sure opened my eyes to potential art supplies.
>>
>> Does anyone have suggestions for how to break tiles into smaller
>> pieces? We want to do some mosaic stepping stones and the best source
>> for tiles is to go to a tile store and go to their reject bin. I
>> want smaller and not regular pieces to work with. I'd like my children
>> (aged 6 & 4) to break them too - but I want them to be safe! I
>> figured safety goggles and a mallet would do the trick - if anyone
>> has done this, I'd love some ideas or advice!
>>
>> --
>>
>> Cindy Ferguson
>> crma@...
>>
>>
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Mercedes

Maybe just drive over it with a car.. LOL!
;)
Mercy
-----Original Message-----
From: SandraDodd@... <SandraDodd@...>
To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Date: Tuesday, August 28, 2001 4:52 PM
Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] more on art supplies!


>
>In a message dated 8/28/01 1:26:03 PM, crma@... writes:
>
><< Does anyone have suggestions for how to break tiles into smaller
>pieces? >>
>
>Larger, thin tile you can use a glass-scorer---the little tool you use to
>scratch a line on glass so you can break it. There is a tile cutting tool
>you can use (maybe rent one?) but I've never used one. Another rental item
>is a water saw. It cuts tile with a circular saw which is set in water at
>the bottom. You can draw on the tiles with markers or crayons and cut on
the
>lines.
>
><< I
>want smaller and not regular pieces to work with. I'd like my children
>(aged 6 & 4) to break them too - but I want them to be safe! >>
>
>OHH!!!! I answered thinking you wanted to make small squares or
>rectangles--straight lines.
>
>Sorry. Use rags or towels. Put cloth down on concrete, cloth on top (I'd
>fold an old terry-cloth towel over the top). If you hit it straight on
with
>a hammer you'll probably crush what's right at the point of impact. but if
>you put something like a piece of wood on top (masonite, thin plywood, or
>even a piece of 2x4), and hit that with the hammer, it will diffuse the
blow
>and should break it up pretty well. I wouldn't hit it too hard. The wood
>doesn't have to cover the whole piece of tile.
>
>Another way (but messier and potentially dangerous) is just to hold the
tile
>up flat a couple or three feet off the concrete and drop it flat. If the
>kids do that, they should be wearing jeans, shoes, socks. (That particular
>knowledge comes from accidents, and from dropping already-broken pots to
get
>shards for the bottoms of other house-plant-pots.
>
>Sandra, who has broken a lot of tile (mostly accidently), and cut some.
>
>
>
>
>Sandra
>
>"Everything counts."
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>http://expage.com/SandraDodd
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Lynda

My dad worked for P.G. & E. and use to bring home those HUGE spools that
electrical cable were rolled out from. He would stain the center and the
base and do mosiacs on the tops and sold them for picnic tables. They were
neat. Wish I had one now!

Lynda
----- Original Message -----
From: Ann <mumsienc@...>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2001 12:50 PM
Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] more on art supplies!


> I'd love to hear how to do this too...
> I've always wanted to learn to mosaic...bird baths, stepping stones
pots...on and
> on and on...
> Ha, ha
> Ann
>
> Cindy Ferguson wrote:
>
> > Mercedes wrote:
> > >
> > > Hahaha - good idea....
> > >
> > > Any ideas for those stupid little square (white, red, green, yellow,
orange)
> > > plastic "clips" that are on bread packaging?? I was thinking a
mosaic??
> > >
> >
> > Or collage!
> >
> > I was at my sister's wedding a few weeks ago and luckily we sat at
> > the table with my brother and his artist wife - she was taking all the
> > little favor thingies for her collages. I kept all the ones for us
> > to use. She sure opened my eyes to potential art supplies.
> >
> > Does anyone have suggestions for how to break tiles into smaller
> > pieces? We want to do some mosaic stepping stones and the best source
> > for tiles is to go to a tile store and go to their reject bin. I
> > want smaller and not regular pieces to work with. I'd like my children
> > (aged 6 & 4) to break them too - but I want them to be safe! I
> > figured safety goggles and a mallet would do the trick - if anyone
> > has done this, I'd love some ideas or advice!
> >
> > --
> >
> > Cindy Ferguson
> > crma@...
> >
> >
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Lynda

There is another thing that is like contact paper but not as sticky. We saw
them using it to make some really fancy tile squares to inlay in a tile
floor. It was on HGTV or one of those stations that This Old House and the
guy that use to do it are on. It would probably be on their website.

Lynda
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To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2001 2:09 PM
Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] more on art supplies!


> If you tape the tops of the tile with masking tape before smacking them
> the broken chunks stick together better - not such a hassle to pick up.
> I tried laying them out on contact paper -- huge mistake. Make a tic tac
> toe pattern on the tile with the tape. Then a criss cross. Some pieces
> still come loose but not that many.
> Deb L
>
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In a message dated 8/28/01 3:42:02 PM, mumsienc@... writes:

<< So Sandra sounds like you have done this a bit...
What does one use for the mortar when doing mosaic? Then what about the
grout?
And...how do you seal it? >>

I think the same as you use for any tile. Just ask at any old store. Any
old grout. Seal?

Oh! There's some outside tile stuff. And even if I thought I knew (which I
don't) my info would be many years outdated. Home building supplies of the
spackling/grout type tend to "new-improve" pretty quickly.

I have tile house numbers my kids did when we moved. I haven't put them up
yet. It's been three years. I cannot begin to practice what I preach.

In my youth, though, I had a pottery shop (home, not professional) at home
and did two bathroom tile jobs (sink/counter) and have done some stuff with
commercial tile afterward. I've enjoyed it a ton every time. Enjoying it
doesn't make me good at it.





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Lynda,
We have one of those :) the kids walk it all over the yard like loggers
would.
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>From: "Lynda" <lurine@...>
>Reply-To: [email protected]
>To: <[email protected]>
>Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] more on art supplies!
>Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 18:52:30 -0700
>
>My dad worked for P.G. & E. and use to bring home those HUGE spools that
>electrical cable were rolled out from. He would stain the center and the
>base and do mosiacs on the tops and sold them for picnic tables. They were
>neat. Wish I had one now!
>
>Lynda
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Ann <mumsienc@...>
>To: <[email protected]>
>Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2001 12:50 PM
>Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] more on art supplies!
>
>
> > I'd love to hear how to do this too...
> > I've always wanted to learn to mosaic...bird baths, stepping stones
>pots...on and
> > on and on...
> > Ha, ha
> > Ann
> >
> > Cindy Ferguson wrote:
> >
> > > Mercedes wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hahaha - good idea....
> > > >
> > > > Any ideas for those stupid little square (white, red, green, yellow,
>orange)
> > > > plastic "clips" that are on bread packaging?? I was thinking a
>mosaic??
> > > >
> > >
> > > Or collage!
> > >
> > > I was at my sister's wedding a few weeks ago and luckily we sat at
> > > the table with my brother and his artist wife - she was taking all the
> > > little favor thingies for her collages. I kept all the ones for us
> > > to use. She sure opened my eyes to potential art supplies.
> > >
> > > Does anyone have suggestions for how to break tiles into smaller
> > > pieces? We want to do some mosaic stepping stones and the best source
> > > for tiles is to go to a tile store and go to their reject bin. I
> > > want smaller and not regular pieces to work with. I'd like my
>children
> > > (aged 6 & 4) to break them too - but I want them to be safe! I
> > > figured safety goggles and a mallet would do the trick - if anyone
> > > has done this, I'd love some ideas or advice!
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > Cindy Ferguson
> > > crma@...
> > >
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that sounds like a cool idea.
Johanna
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Lynda" <lurine@...>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2001 8:52 PM
Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] more on art supplies!


> My dad worked for P.G. & E. and use to bring home those HUGE spools that
> electrical cable were rolled out from. He would stain the center and the
> base and do mosiacs on the tops and sold them for picnic tables. They
were
> neat. Wish I had one now!
>
> Lynda
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Ann <mumsienc@...>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2001 12:50 PM
> Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] more on art supplies!
>
>
> > I'd love to hear how to do this too...
> > I've always wanted to learn to mosaic...bird baths, stepping stones
> pots...on and
> > on and on...
> > Ha, ha
> > Ann
> >
> > Cindy Ferguson wrote:
> >
> > > Mercedes wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hahaha - good idea....
> > > >
> > > > Any ideas for those stupid little square (white, red, green, yellow,
> orange)
> > > > plastic "clips" that are on bread packaging?? I was thinking a
> mosaic??
> > > >
> > >
> > > Or collage!
> > >
> > > I was at my sister's wedding a few weeks ago and luckily we sat at
> > > the table with my brother and his artist wife - she was taking all the
> > > little favor thingies for her collages. I kept all the ones for us
> > > to use. She sure opened my eyes to potential art supplies.
> > >
> > > Does anyone have suggestions for how to break tiles into smaller
> > > pieces? We want to do some mosaic stepping stones and the best source
> > > for tiles is to go to a tile store and go to their reject bin. I
> > > want smaller and not regular pieces to work with. I'd like my
children
> > > (aged 6 & 4) to break them too - but I want them to be safe! I
> > > figured safety goggles and a mallet would do the trick - if anyone
> > > has done this, I'd love some ideas or advice!
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > Cindy Ferguson
> > > crma@...
> > >
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>>> >> So Sandra sounds like you have done this a bit...
>> > What does one use for the mortar when doing mosaic? Then what about the
>> > grout?
>> > And...how do you seal it?
>> > Ann
>
>
>
Not that I¹ve done any mosaic, (more that enough tiles in bathrooms ­ but
not mosaic) but talking with artists who do they say ²same stuff you use for
a shower². One artist was covering concrete stepping stones with broken tile
mosaic and she was using thin set mortar. That¹s the stuff that is a fluffy
gray powder (looks like regular concrete cement) but when you mix it with
water it becomes an unbelievably sticky goo. This provides a great
opportunity to talk about chemical reactions with the kids! She also used
standard floor grout that has sand in its mix. (Himmn... I wonder why sand
would be in the mix for use on the floor and not when it is use on the wall?
You don¹t need to call it physics <G>) She was adding dry pigments as she
was applying it give some visual movement and structure to the background.
(Himmn...you could point out later how varying color in the grout background
makes the whole project look think, deep, and rich without making it an art
lesson.) We didn¹t talk sealers.

Now, three years later plantings and dirt have given the stones and mosaics
a rich organic patina. All tiles are still holding fast and no cracks
anywhere.

All the tile sealers I know of are just silicone water repellents. They
³seal² by making moisture bead up. They do need to be reapplied on occasion
as they loose there effectiveness. Even more chemistry talk here!

-Dan Vilter


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Ann

Okay, all this talk...I'm getting pumped to try it now..
Thanks
Ann

Lynda

If you do any of the wood thingys, use spar varnish for the wood finish. It
lasts longer than that deck stuff. It's the stuff they use on the bottom of
boats.

Lynda
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To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2001 10:24 PM
Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] more on art supplies!


> that sounds like a cool idea.
> Johanna
> Life is the ultimate learning experience!
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Lynda" <lurine@...>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2001 8:52 PM
> Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] more on art supplies!
>
>
> > My dad worked for P.G. & E. and use to bring home those HUGE spools that
> > electrical cable were rolled out from. He would stain the center and
the
> > base and do mosiacs on the tops and sold them for picnic tables. They
> were
> > neat. Wish I had one now!
> >
> > Lynda
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Ann <mumsienc@...>
> > To: <[email protected]>
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2001 12:50 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] more on art supplies!
> >
> >
> > > I'd love to hear how to do this too...
> > > I've always wanted to learn to mosaic...bird baths, stepping stones
> > pots...on and
> > > on and on...
> > > Ha, ha
> > > Ann
> > >
> > > Cindy Ferguson wrote:
> > >
> > > > Mercedes wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Hahaha - good idea....
> > > > >
> > > > > Any ideas for those stupid little square (white, red, green,
yellow,
> > orange)
> > > > > plastic "clips" that are on bread packaging?? I was thinking a
> > mosaic??
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > Or collage!
> > > >
> > > > I was at my sister's wedding a few weeks ago and luckily we sat at
> > > > the table with my brother and his artist wife - she was taking all
the
> > > > little favor thingies for her collages. I kept all the ones for us
> > > > to use. She sure opened my eyes to potential art supplies.
> > > >
> > > > Does anyone have suggestions for how to break tiles into smaller
> > > > pieces? We want to do some mosaic stepping stones and the best
source
> > > > for tiles is to go to a tile store and go to their reject bin. I
> > > > want smaller and not regular pieces to work with. I'd like my
> children
> > > > (aged 6 & 4) to break them too - but I want them to be safe! I
> > > > figured safety goggles and a mallet would do the trick - if anyone
> > > > has done this, I'd love some ideas or advice!
> > > >
> > > > --
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> > > > Cindy Ferguson
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thanks for the hint.
Johanna
Life is the ultimate learning experience!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lynda" <lurine@...>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 1:34 PM
Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] more on art supplies!


> If you do any of the wood thingys, use spar varnish for the wood finish.
It
> lasts longer than that deck stuff. It's the stuff they use on the bottom
of
> boats.
>
> Lynda
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Johanna SanInocencio <saninocencio@...>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2001 10:24 PM
> Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] more on art supplies!
>
>
> > that sounds like a cool idea.
> > Johanna
> > Life is the ultimate learning experience!
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Lynda" <lurine@...>
> > To: <[email protected]>
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2001 8:52 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] more on art supplies!
> >
> >
> > > My dad worked for P.G. & E. and use to bring home those HUGE spools
that
> > > electrical cable were rolled out from. He would stain the center and
> the
> > > base and do mosiacs on the tops and sold them for picnic tables. They
> > were
> > > neat. Wish I had one now!
> > >
> > > Lynda
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: Ann <mumsienc@...>
> > > To: <[email protected]>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2001 12:50 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] more on art supplies!
> > >
> > >
> > > > I'd love to hear how to do this too...
> > > > I've always wanted to learn to mosaic...bird baths, stepping stones
> > > pots...on and
> > > > on and on...
> > > > Ha, ha
> > > > Ann
> > > >
> > > > Cindy Ferguson wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Mercedes wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Hahaha - good idea....
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Any ideas for those stupid little square (white, red, green,
> yellow,
> > > orange)
> > > > > > plastic "clips" that are on bread packaging?? I was thinking a
> > > mosaic??
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Or collage!
> > > > >
> > > > > I was at my sister's wedding a few weeks ago and luckily we sat at
> > > > > the table with my brother and his artist wife - she was taking all
> the
> > > > > little favor thingies for her collages. I kept all the ones for
us
> > > > > to use. She sure opened my eyes to potential art supplies.
> > > > >
> > > > > Does anyone have suggestions for how to break tiles into smaller
> > > > > pieces? We want to do some mosaic stepping stones and the best
> source
> > > > > for tiles is to go to a tile store and go to their reject bin. I
> > > > > want smaller and not regular pieces to work with. I'd like my
> > children
> > > > > (aged 6 & 4) to break them too - but I want them to be safe! I
> > > > > figured safety goggles and a mallet would do the trick - if anyone
> > > > > has done this, I'd love some ideas or advice!
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > >
> > > > > Cindy Ferguson
> > > > > crma@...
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