Guest Connie Sheerin transforms an ordinary wood shelf with brackets into a whimsical, tea-time mosaic masterpiece using tile and broken china pieces.
Materials:
Make-It Mosaics tiles - royal blue #67133; light blue #67134
Faster Plaster mold - teapots #67208
Faster Plaster paints - red #67508; white #67501; yellow #67504; Christmas green # 67516; powder blue #67515
Apple Barrel Colors - kelly green #20523; sky blue #20770; bright yellow #20513; cardinal crimson - #20590
Walnut Hollow wood shelf - 18" x 7" x 4-3/4" - #8750 PR
Make-It Mosaics grout
Make-It Mosaics tile adhesive
acrylic primer paint
wood filler
Make-It Mosaics sealer
Steps:
Preparation
- Mold and paint Faster Plaster accent pieces. Make one large teapot, two small teapots, and two cups. Finish accent pieces with Mosaics sealer.
- Fill holes in shelf with wood filler. Sand. Paint with primer paint. Sand when dry. Paint areas of wood that will be untiled with one coat of acrylic paint.
- Nip some of the tiles into smaller pieces.
Design
- Tile top of shelf in straight rows, alternating light blue and royal blue in a checkerboard design (figure A). Let dry.
- Glue accent pieces in place on backboard (figure B).
- Alternate light blue and royal blue tiles around edges of the backboard (figure C).
- Fill in around accent pieces with pieces of yellow tiles.
- Grout design (figure D). Let dry.
- Apply a second coat of each acrylic color on untiled parts of wood.
Tips:
- Candy molds work well with Faster Plaster and come in all kinds of shapes.
- Use old toothbrush or stiff bristle brush to brush off excess grout.
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