The Complete Pebble Mosaic Handbook

Howarth, Maggy

ISBN 10: 1554074185 / ISBN 13: 9781554074181

Published by Firefly Books, 2009

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Complete Pebble Mosaic Handbook
• Publisher: Firefly Books
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1554074185
• ISBN 13: 9781554074181
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: very_good

About this title

Synopsis

This comprehensive, one-of-a-kind sourcebook is now revised and expanded with 32 additional pages. Ideal for architects, landscape designers and home crafters, it features authoritative text and beautiful photographs that explore classic and new mosaic materials, designs, tools and techniques.

The book opens with a section on techniques used in designing, making and installing pebble mosaics, including information on patterns, mosaics for frost-prone areas, how to pre-cast a mosaic, computer-aided patterns and unusual materials. Step-by-step photographs with clear how-to instructions show how each project is made. Maggy Howarth shares her designs templates for:

Allover patterns and interlacing patterns

Repeating centric patterns and borders

Celestial forms and geometrics

Humans and mythological figures

Reptiles, fish, insects, birds and other animals

Flowers, trees and other plants.

There is also a special section that explores pebble mosaics as a decorative art throughout history. Complete Pebble Mosaic Handbook is a rich resource of design ideas, many based on Howarth's personal creations.

About the Author

Maggy Howarth is one of the world's leading authorities on pebble mosaics. Her commissions fetch high prices and appear in city squares, hospital grounds and public gardens and fountains. She teaches at the Chicago Mosaic School, and her summer workshops in the U.K. sell out year after year.