![]() Extremely fluid a little goes a very long way.Water soluble when wet but waterproof when dry.Excellent craft glue for small and delicate projects.Same formulation as MacGlue for less than 1/2 the price.Shrinks and dries transparent with a hard glass like brilliance so can be used in place of resin-based epoxies. Extremely fluid a little goes a very long way and therefore it is actually very cost-effective. This amazing glue is made by the Swiss chemical giant Lascaux and is the go-to glue for glass-on-glass work but it can be used as a general purpose craft glue for small and delicate art pieces as well as multi-media collages.īased on a chemical acrylic bond it is water soluble when wet but waterproof when dry. Most tile is simple and squared – not necessarily square, but with all 90 degree angles and perfectly straight lines.Brilliant Glue.the same formulation and bonding as MacGlue for less than 1/2 the price. The obvious reason is that rectangular shapes of all sizes fit together well and are straight all along the outside edges when put together, which minimizes the amount of tile that needs to be cut during installation. But while squared tiles are easier to install, shaped tiles are often vastly more interesting to look at. So if you’re interested in adding a tile accent that will really stand out – and you don’t mind a slightly more complicated installation – these less conventional mosaic shapes might be more up your alley. Arabesque Tremont Patterned Tile In Brushed Nickel And White Glass SSL-1102 from SociĪrabesque titles are one of the more popular patterns right now. Also known as Moroccan tile (and sometimes lumped together with lantern tile), arabesque tiles have a curved diamond shape punctuated with neat symmetrical points at the top and bottom. Designed to be perfectly interlocking, these tiles have a subtle middle eastern flair that makes them immediately stand out. Lantern Luminous Mosaic Tile SSM-422 from Soci That said, more often than not these tiles are done in fairly muted colors – either pale glazed ceramics, frosty glass, or sometimes metal rather than bold reds, blues, or oranges – which means they work well with a contemporary bathroom space. Technically, arabesque tiles are a type of lantern tile, but lantern tiles come in a much wider variety of sizes and shapes. These, too, are streamlined diamond shapes, with points at the top and bottom and curved sides, but they don’t necessarily have the distinctive points characteristic of arabesque tile, and they range from long and lean (like tall vases) to short and very round (like fat teardrops. ![]() Where arabesque tile has a very distinctly exotic look, curvier and more simplified lantern tiles are a bit subtler, but still shapely and eye-catching. Fish Scale Fish scale patterned tile comes in a wide variety of colors, from simple and subtle to something as bold and bright as this blue-green array (by Camilla Molders, photo by Armelle Habib)Īnother bold, distinctive type of tile that’s starting to become more popular is fish scale patterned tile. Also sometimes called fan tile, these odd-shaped tile have a large curved top sitting on top of a concave triangle, designed so that when they interlock, they appear to be layered like the scales of a fish. This is actually a pretty great optical illusion – at a glance, it’s easy not to notice the unusual shape of the tile, because the eye sees the tile as layered rather than interlocking. Flower Pattern Natural Stone Mosaic SSH-253 from Soci The final effect is quite beautiful and striking – and way, way out of the ordinary. So far all the tile shapes I’ve mentioned have been designed for single-tile layouts, but some of the more unique and unusual mosaic designs are actually interlocking patterns made of several different tile shapes, more like a traditional mosaic. This flower patterned tile is a great example it’s composed of four small ovals fanned out around a tiny circle, with a concave diamond to hold each “flower” together.
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