Have you ever wondered how to collect a mosaic? How from hundreds and thousands of pebbles of different colors is a solid artistic canvas? I had speculative ideas about this, but in reality everything turned out to be quite different. In this post, I will show the Jordanian technology, and I will tell you how to encrusted with a tree ...
Previously, seeing a mosaic, I thought the artists stuck pebbles on the wall on the sketch. It turned out, everything is not at all. First, the mosaic is going with the inside. On a sheet of paper or fabric, the contour is drawn, according to which the pieces are started:
Secondly, mosaic elements are cut in advance. They are not selected in shape, like puzzles. Initially, the Master has long sticks of stone:
During operation, it cuts them with pieces of the desired shape and size:
Then each piece gently puts tweezers to the neighbor:
Why is the mosaic going with the inside? Everything is very simple. Since pebbles of different shapes, the surface comes out uneven. From this side, the drawing is poured by a fastening composition:
But on the other hand, it turns perfectly smooth:
It is much easier to perform a fake under the mosaic. Here a clay coating with a pattern is stupid and "pieces" are cut. After the claline is processed in the oven, it is practically not distinguished from a real mosaic:
Somehow somehow pump out "pixel" drawings on eggs. Unfortunately, did not reveal the technology:
Now about how the inlays are doing:
Initially, the element looks like this. Woods from wood of different breeds are collected together:
Sometimes elements of very small size:
A wooden "pie" is collected from the sticks. When it glues, it is simply cut off with a layer of layer, which is glued where necessary:
For example, on the back of the chair:
All this is covered with varnish and looks very smoothly:
Assortment of finished products. According to the tradition of Arabic (and not only) the world, the area of the workshop takes ten square meters, while the store is all one hundred!
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