The Art of Decorative Mosaics (Art of Crafts)

By Elaine M. Goodwin

Book Overview

The art of mosaic making is well documented from earliest times, and many good examples survive. In The Art of Decorative Mosaics, Elaine M. Goodwin, a mosaic artist of international standing,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 186126206X
• ISBN13: 9781861262066
• Release Date: May 1999
• Publisher: Crowood Press (UK)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.8" x 10.5"

Customer Reviews

Art of Mosaics

One of the most beautiful and inspirational books on Mosaics. I own all books published by E. Goodwin and can't wait for her to publish more. She is one of the best mosaic artists around.

Informative, rich in text and pictures

I first saw this book in Ravenna, Italy, the capital of mosaics where I was taking a workshop, and I passed on buying it there. But I'm glad I bought it. One of the things I like about it (Goodwin is a very good technician) is the way she has taken different mosaic material -- stone, smalti, vitreous glass, ceramic, broken china etc. and made different birds so you can see what the properties of the tesserae bring to the design. While everyone feels it's necessary to write history on mosaics, Goodwin's is particularly interesting. Even though I'm not a huge fan of all of her work, I did like this book quite a bit and I'm pleased I have it in my collection.