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Making Mosaic Tiles

Bob meets with Sarah McCaleb, an artist who has adapted works of popular Miami artist, Romero Britto, into mosaic tile.

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Making Mosaic Tiles

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" these ceramic tiles or what no other glass tiles the art glass that's it isn't -- shine -- This is the simplest that is designed to bet for a different designs and they get more and more intricate right -- we're below with the that the pieces come from the different color."

" some of them come from Italy some of them come from. Mexico and some of them come from Brazil."

" OK so being an artist you just had to bind -- can then use it right now how would you actually take. Painting let's say or drawing abilities colors and -- figure out how to interpreted in the in those days how's that."

" What's the process. Well we blow it up and will line drawn there. Then we take a little hack contact -- and we stick all of the tiles on the contact paper in the design. Decided to fit through the -- already come in these guys -- you have to keep them down would have. They come in -- and -- ninety -- and five of them and the epitaph on your site and look at what's one. And then that the and afterward and it. With making the design take my tack adhesive tape and we put it over the top of the design ends eventually. -- the context."

" basic act once you created it like that you've got -- sandwiched in between the adhesives. Said his -- and in -- at all."

" Right and and we can either -- that with the contact paper on the back every week until it up everything that you make these that you're studio where an Margaret and."

" With an -- that. -- and a studious. And then the installer has to be very careful what a tragedy if he's trying to put this down and all of a sudden movement ball park yes they're very delicate. There's two other design that will be used here there really -- this -- Bulletproof. And grapes and watermelon you can see who watermelon seeds Drayton. "

" We've laid out our twelve inch square white tile and we determine exactly where these. Random spot for the Jackson top should be and German parents is helping us here and now the problem is that the tile is not mention the mosaic we're putting it is only about eight minutes left the current. So what's he goes through our. He's built that up to let -- will be like with. And there's a latex additive there to help. The the thinset really adhere and stick to these glass mosaic right. OK now how do you peel the the."

" Paper. We wanted carefully pulling in this direction you're not upward as a little pieces off on the flat real Iraq it will -- All right."

" And now we put radiators in Ontario violators and so."

" Credit ticket after off. Sarah and mid Atlantic. Right took it is -- to making. We are right fifty."

" A beautiful site and okay. Now this will leave with a protective tape on top of that until such time as we're gonna drop -- capital."

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