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    setting mosaic in concrete slabs

    No I haven't, I can see that it might make them stronger but does that work with the reverse method? Could be expensive!
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    setting mosaic in concrete slabs

    Hi All, I have just started a mosaic project with lots of friends. We're making 50cm and 1m square mosaic panels featuring birds and animals using the reverse method which we're going to concrete separately, then put the slabs together to make a big mosaic pavement which will be sold off in...
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    Hi, I'm a mosaic maker/potter. I make my own tesserae and mosaics loosely in the roman tradition.

    Hi, Thank you! It depends on the size of the tesserae of course. Generally for the metre circles it takes a couple of weeks to stick the pieces down on the paper (but I'm not doing it eight hours a day). As I cut all the tesserae prior to firing, there's no cutting at this stage so it's fairly...
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    Hi, I'm a mosaic maker/potter. I make my own tesserae and mosaics loosely in the roman tradition.

    Hi, That's great, it's exactly what I hoped to hear! Thank you so much for taking the time to reply.
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    Hi, I'm a mosaic maker/potter. I make my own tesserae and mosaics loosely in the roman tradition.

    It's just an idea at the moment, but the idea is to do a patchwork of square mosaics of different local stories and characters.
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    Hi, I'm a mosaic maker/potter. I make my own tesserae and mosaics loosely in the roman tradition.

    Hi, Thanks for replying, just posted some pics.
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    Hi, I'm a mosaic maker/potter. I make my own tesserae and mosaics loosely in the roman tradition.

    Thanks for replying, I've posted some pics. I'd be very interested to see the kind of work your local potters have done.
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    Hi, I'm a mosaic maker/potter. I make my own tesserae and mosaics loosely in the roman tradition.

    Hi, Here are a couple that are about a metre across and a pic of me working on a larger rectangular table top (in reverse)
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    Hi, I'm a mosaic maker/potter. I make my own tesserae and mosaics loosely in the roman tradition.

    Embarking on large scale project, Have previously made mosaics using reverse method, sticking tesserae onto brown paper using wallpaper paste, then sand in gaps, ring of steel round the mosaic and concrete. When solid, turning it over, washing off paper and sand from gaps and grouting. Now...
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