Article · Made By Barb
How to make your own Tesserae for Mosaics
- Type
- Article
- Level
- Beginner
- Price
- Free
- Published
- 2023
About this lesson
Shows how to turn thrifted glass and bottles into usable tesserae: scoring and breaking with running pliers and glass nippers into small squares, then softening sharp edges with a jar-and-stone shake tumbler instead of buying commercial equipment.
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