Mosaic Workshops &Tuition

There is always the option for you to bring a larger piece from home. Maybe a treasured pot, bowl or plate that you would like to add mosaic pieces to, maybe to cover cracks or chips or to simply embellish something and bring colour and a design into the surface by creating one or two motifs on the surface. Hunting in the charity shops is also a fun thing to do if you are looking for a base upon which to put a mosaic design.

If you think you would like to work on quite a large surface which you bring with you, you can start it in the workshop and then complete it at home and invest in the tools if you think you will do more mosaics (a starter pack of mosaic tools with the essentials is about £25-£30 online). If you want to bring your own piece and you’re not sure if it’s achievable in a day, please make contact with me.

It may help to have a look at my Small Mosaic Gifts or the smaller mosaic tiles in the Tiles & Wall Decorations gallery to give you an idea of what’s possible within a day.

Mosaicing Christmas decorations or other small pieces for gifts – At Christmas I offer Christmas trees and doves as well as other shapes which I offer all year round, including:

Large/Medium/Small slate hanging hearts; small slate heart shaped coasters; hanging birds and hanging hares. Other shapes may be possible if you let me know with plenty of notice, if there’s something that you’re particularly interested in. Please have a look at my small mosaic gifts in the shop to give you a sense of what is achievable.

Usually, it’s possible to create two of these small pieces in a day’s workshop.

Finishing your mosaic piece(s):

To grout a piece, it needs to set for a while so that the pieces are fully secure. This means that often it isn’t possible to grout your piece or paint it, if that is part of the design, within the day.

Look at Pippa’s pot here on the right. She created the mosaics within the workshop and grouted and painted the surround at home. Also, Mary’s small piece (above right) was taken home to grout.

Within the workshop, I offer a demonstration of how to grout and I give you a detailed handout of the steps to follow. I also recommend a Youtube video that can take you through it. It’s very straightforward!