Garden Mosaics: 25 Step-By-Step Projects for Your Outdoor Room

by Becky Paton

With the 25 delightful projects in Garden Mosaics, readers will discover how to revitalize their outdoor living spaces in charming and enduring ways. Inexpensive to create, frostproof and colorfast, the mosaics in this guide are perfect projects for beginners and experienced artists alike. Readers will learn to *An ivy hanging pot *A bird bath *Suncatchers *Flowerbed borders *A birdhouse *A trompe l'oeil checkered mosaic tabletop *And more! Professional artist Becky Paton provides step-by-step instruction for each project, along with valuable technique advice and project variations, allowing readers to adapt the projects in their own unique and creative ways.

Genres: Gardening, Art

128 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2004

Reviews

[Connie D]

Very clear instructions on what kind of tools, equipment and steps to take when making outdoor mosaics.

[Teshamae]

This book includes step-by-step instructions for 25 outdoor projects. After you read a few, you know how the rest will go. The author and artist Becky Paton makes most of her stuff from scratch using chicken wire, newspaper and styrofoam. She also uses the indirect method frequently, placing her mosaic pieces in reverse on brown paper, putting them together and then transferring them to a wall or other item. Her adhesive of choice is P.V.A., and she also uses it to seal her projects (1 to 4 ratio). I most appreciated the footstep pattern -- it's just adorable!