Technical / Practical tips
You'll find a list of articles here to help you increase your technical and practical knowledge about creating mosaics. Click on the article title to open the document.
Originally published over three editions of Opus Oracle in 2017, this document explains many mosaic terms. Included here with the permission of Kim Grant, mosaic artist.
Between 2014 - 2016 Opus Oracle published a series of tips and tricks from a wide range of mosaic practitioners. Here is a selection of the most useful.
Using metals in mosaics. This article is extracted from Opus Oracle November 2018 and is added here with the permission of the artist, Heather Vollans.
Do you avoid grouting and find the process daunting? In this article Amanda Tattam looks at how to build confidence with cementitious grouting and asks Tami Macala and others for their advice.
Having high quality photos and good video are useful for many reasons, not just entering a juried show. Amanda Tattam provides some tips for making the most of your camera.