TILE STYLE PAINTING & DECORATING YOUR OWN DESIGNS
Creative ideas for personalizing tiles to fit any theme, around the home, with 30 step-by-step projects shown in 300 inspirational photographs
by Marion Elliot
This book contains a host of fabulous ways to decorate and paint tiles for use around the home. Following an introduction that explores the tradition of tile-making and major stylistic influences, the book then explains how to design with tiles, work with patterns and use them in distinctive and unusual ways. A comprehensive section on hand-painting tiles includes over 30 designs by contemporary artists, and step-by-step photographs guide you through every stage of creating your own. This is followed by practical projects inspired by a variety of themes and styles, on how to embellish door panels, a window recess, borders, table tops, and floor and wall areas in different rooms of the house.With a rich medley of artistic styles, crafting techniques and visual inspiration, this book will help the reader to create designed tiles from Art Deco to Byzantine style, and from Folk Art to the Arts and Crafts movement. TILE STYLE PAINTING & DECORATING YOUR OWN DESIGNS Creative ideas for personalizing tiles to fit any theme, around the home, with 30 step-by-step projects shown in 300 inspirational photographs Marion Elliot CLICK HERE TO READ THE WHOLE BOOK IN DIGITAL FORM