An experienced teacher, world-renowned mosaicist Elaine M. Goodwin, author of Encyclopedia of Mosaic and Classic Mosaic, excels at demonstrating how aspiring artists can incorporate facets of architecture and art from around the world. In Mosaic Today, she adds her own twenty-first century style to 16 stunning mosaic projects—and then shows how to make them on your own with hundreds of step-by-step photos. Learn how to transform windows, pots, tabletops, mirrors, water features, doorways, ceilings, and wall spaces into exotic décor—or, plan a mosaic color scheme to unite adjoining rooms, or complement furniture and artwork.

She provides lessons in using tools and materials (such as nippers, hammer and hardie, adhesives and grouts), choosing materials (like glass, gold-leaf, smalti, stone, and recycled china), learning the process (from cutting, laying, and fixing, to grouting and finishing), and understanding history’s influence through fascinating accounts of architectural and artistic movements. (141 pages, 250+ color photos, 10-1/2 x 10-1/2“ x 3/4” / hard cover) by Elaine M. Goodman.