Product Description

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:

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.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #368116 in Books
• Published on: 2009-02-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 256 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9781554074181
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Review
Pebble mosaic is slowly gaining in popularity with books and workshops springing up across the country. Whether it is the tactile quality of pebbles or the finished work of art, its organic quality appeals to today's more natural tastes. Go to a beach and you will find a diverse range of pebbles depending on the area of the country you are in: elliptical, strip-like, round; striped, muted, vibrant and more. A discerning eye can soon disseminate between them, breaking them down further to differing sizes and thus begins the art of pebble mosaic, with a sharp eye catching a first glimpse of a possible "star" for their design. Maggy Howarth, a well-known and respected pebble mosaicist, has travelled the world researching her art and here successfully collates all her information into an inspiring, informative collection of designs. Lavishly illustrated she covers ancient Italian wall mosaics, the stunning modern geometrics of the Praca do Municipio in Lisbon, Portugal to flowers, animals, birds and fish in all manner of designs, all intermingling to offer ideas for every taste and situation. This is a must for all enthusiasts of the medium, offering both practical and design advice on the subject. - Lucy Watson

Review
Appropriate for the uninitiated and the veteran of pebble walkways alike, this is truly a complete guide to the medium. (Home Builder (Pierrefonds, QC) )

This heavy, photo-filled book is both a tour of beautiful pebble mosaics and an instruction manual. (Oregonian )

A mesmerizing expose of one of the oldest forms of decoration--the plentiful photographs are guaranteed to inspire. (Colleen Miko B and B, Washington State Nursery and Landscape As )

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.

Customer Reviews

A beautiful collection
Maggy Howarth's COMPLETE PEBBLE MOSAIC HANDBOOK provides a review of pebble mosaics which can be used in gardens, patios and public places. Artists, landscapers, and any with a special interest in the design qualities of these mosaics will find this a beautiful collection which not only provides step-by-step insights, but includes a survey of traditional works by contemporary pebble mosaic artists.

Spectacular art and in-depth craft photography
This book contains spectacular photography through-out: both photos that highlight the artistry of finished works and the close-up, clear, work-in-progress photos that highlight techniques for successful projects. Accompanying text is very readable, and contains a wealth of information about pebble mosaics. I bought the book for the photographs, but was also fascinated by the information about the people and communities that came together to create stunning mosaics to enhance public spaces in their towns.

If only....
If only I could study with this master of all masters of stone mosaics! She is an inspirational, brilliant mosaic artist. This book makes one want to order truck loads of stone and do nothing but re-do your driveway, walkways and beyond. Lots of wonderful photos. Close ups. Wonderful explaination. Photos of mosaic works from around the world. Ordering her other book as soon as possible.