Hi, I'm a mosaic maker/potter. I make my own tesserae and mosaics loosely in the roman tradition.

[helen baron]

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 making a floor in panels. Can I still work on brown paper with wallpaper paste and make lots of square panels and then could an expert tiler fix it to the floor as a whole? Tesserae not all the same thickness (though within a couple of millimetres) Want it to last a very long time.

 

[Dan]

Have you got any pictures of that kinda of stuff? I'm from The Potteries in Staffordshire. That's the kinda stuff we have some bespoke small potters doing at the local fairs. From what it sounds like anyway.

Welcome to the forum @helen baron

 

[GoneGuy]

Hello and welcome, I would be interested to see some photos of your work

 

[Old Mod]

Hi and welcome to the forum Helen, what’s the project?

 

[Albert]

Welcome to the forum Helen

 

[helen baron]

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)

 

[helen baron]

Have you got any pictures of that kinda of stuff? I'm from The Potteries in Staffordshire. That's the kinda stuff we have some bespoke small potters doing at the local fairs. From what it sounds like anyway.

Welcome to the forum @helen baron

Thanks for replying, I've posted some pics. I'd be very interested to see the kind of work your local potters have done.

 

[helen baron]

Hello and welcome, I would be interested to see some photos of your work

Hi, Thanks for replying, just posted some pics.

 

[helen baron]

Hi and welcome to the forum Helen, what’s the project?

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.

 

[Qwerty]

Welcome to the forum Helen