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Wheeled glass cutters are essential for creating glass mosaics.  They make cleaner cuts than tile nippers.

Making wonderful glass mosaic tile art is easy!  Let me show you how.

Wheeled glass cutters are essential for creating glass mosaics.  I use it to cut and shape vitreous glass and stained glass.  It can also be used to cut smalti.  The wheeled cutters make cleaner cuts than tile nippers.  The two carbide wheels (or steel, if you buy cheap cutters) are fixed in position.  Instead of scoring and breaking, the wheels apply even pressure to the top and bottom sides of the glass, causing it to fracture along the line of the wheels.

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Tesserae are the pieces arranged and adhered to the base material to create your mosaic design.  They can be of any material and shape.  Don’t limit yourself to the common tessera types.  Use your imagination.

Making wonderful glass mosaic tile art is easy!  Let me show you how.

Tesserae are the pieces arranged and adhered to the base material to create your mosaic design.  They can be of any material and shape.  Don’t limit yourself to the common tessera types.  Use your imagination.  Try buttons and other fun or unusual material.  For example, I once saw a family picture collage with a mosaic frame that included one baby tooth from each grandchild.  Be creative!

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Ever wonder what glass actually is?  Do we cut it or break it (is there a difference)?  Why and how does scoring a line allow us to control the way glass breaks?  To fully understand why we cut glass the way we do, we should first understand a bit about glass itself.

Making wonderful glass mosaic tile art is easy!  Let me show you how.

Ever wonder what glass actually is?  Do we cut it or break it (is there a difference)?  Why and how does scoring a line allow us to control the way glass breaks?  To fully understand why we cut glass the way we do, we should first understand a bit about glass itself.

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