We ordered the DYNASTY smalti in lovely chunky blocks, all wonderfully irregular but with a coarser backside to grip better but the smalti can be nibbled with your tile nippers, Leponitts or tile scorer….(hammer for awesome shapes). Now you can cut flowers in a bigger format than the smaller traditional brick. A simple nip to cut it down or perhaps shape a flower. Mix it up…mosaics are about emotion, not cutting technique. Once you have mastered the nipping and shaping, the hardest thing is resisting all the beautiful colours.
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Thursday, September 9, 2010
Stir up a good serve of Sandy’s Smalti please!
We ordered the DYNASTY smalti in lovely chunky blocks, all wonderfully irregular but with a coarser backside to grip better but the smalti can be nibbled with your tile nippers, Leponitts or tile scorer….(hammer for awesome shapes). Now you can cut flowers in a bigger format than the smaller traditional brick. A simple nip to cut it down or perhaps shape a flower. Mix it up…mosaics are about emotion, not cutting technique. Once you have mastered the nipping and shaping, the hardest thing is resisting all the beautiful colours.
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