Mosaic Tile Craft Design

Mosaic Tile Craft Design

Making a mosaic tile design is a craft that allows for personal creativity and expression. The interesting patterns and colors of these items can be broken into pieces, rebuild by your ideas, and formed into a new picture.

Prepared all necessary materials

Its important to collect all materials together before your start to the whole project. You can finish the art design with help of nipper,grout,sponge,sponge trowel,glue,colorful mosaics pieces,etc.Please make sure that you have enough glass mosaic materials to finish the project, it will be very difficult to match color from different sets ,when you are running out of any items.

Design

If this is your first attempt at mosaic, simpler designs are better.Choose a design pattern such as a checkerboard or a star burst and a color scheme. Examine the basic patterns being used. Anything from geometric shapes to kitchen-themed items such as an apple can be incorporated into a custom mosaic table. Try tracing multiple designs on a sheet of paper and coloring them in to decide which you like best.  

Setting the mosaic tile

Once you have a design sketched out on paper, apply it the tabletop, first as a vague outline and then with tiles. You can do this by drawing intersecting lines with a ruler to make sure to center your design correctly.

Once it is time to start applying the tiles, focus first on any detailed areas, such as those you sketched out. Only proceed to the background once you have all details and borders in place. 

This technique of detail work first ensures that all patterns look fully incorporated into the larger mosaic.

Filling and cleaning

Mortar is the most common choice for attaching tiles, but for small projects like these, a glue gun is an easier alternative. Simply place a large dab of glue where you're setting the tile and press the tile into it. After all the tiles have been set, use grout to fill in the gaps between the tiles.Spread the gout liberally over the entire surface, until you can no longer see the tiles; then use sponge trowel to spread it evenly.

Epoxy grout is the easiest and least messy choice for small projects. 

Wait about 10 minutes for the grout to set up a little, then wipe off any extra grout with a damp sponge. Use a dry towel to polish the tiles. It takes about 24 hours for grout to completely dry, so set your project somewhere safe until then.