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Why Mosaics Are Back in Style

For a long time, mosaics had to settle for a rather dusty, old-fashioned image. Now, the intricate tile art is experiencing a ...
Creative inspiration is an interesting thing. Sometimes it happens right away, sometimes it doesn’t. If there was a magic lamp that granted you creative ideas, I’d be the first in line to use it.
It’s been years since Phoenix artist Tammi Lynch-Forrest started toying with the idea of launching an international mosaic tile project. Now, she’s off and running, looking at possible locations.
Wanting to make a lasting, artistic impression on future generations who will enter through the Spring-Ford 5-6 Grade Center’s doors, fifth-and sixth-grade students at the school recently completed a ...
Leftover tiles from renovation projects don’t have to gather dust in storage or end up in the trash. Those ceramic, marble, ...
ZANESVILLE ‒ One local organization took home a top prize for the ongoing work on one of the county's biggest developments. The Muskingum County Land Reutilization Corporation won the Project of the ...
WASHINGTON — Italian workers will soon begin to tile the mosaic of the Trinity Dome at D.C.’s Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. Ahead of their arrival, the project at the ...
Q: I want to do a large mosaic tile floor in my new room addition. I have no clue where to start. I’ve never done tile work before, and I don’t want to goof up and have to rip it up. What can you ...
Lansing resident Keith Donley has high praise for the Shiawassee Street Mosaic Project, a collaborative creation artist Alexandra Leonard has championed. "It fills me up inside," Donley said. "She's ...
The largest tile mosaic mural in Houston is scheduled for installantion next month and the art piece, from design to finished product, is the work of 13 local high school students. Sections of the ...