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	<description>hand crafted mosaics &#38; recycle art</description>
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		<title>news &amp; current projects : sticky post</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 08:40:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tweet   Expansion and World Domination Plans I am preparing to move to new premises within the next couple of weeks, where I will have a much larger space to setup my studio rather than battling with a spare bedroom. The new studio will be customised to better facilitate accessibility, thereby helping to minimise working [...]]]></description>
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		<title>getting started : mosaic setup checklist</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Feb 2013 10:54:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tweet safety Safety glasses &#8211; always wear these when cutting/breaking materials for your mosaic, or when using power tools (it&#8217;s much easier to put on a pair of safety glasses than replace an eye!) Dust mask &#8211; wear it when mixing dried grout, mortar (cement mix), pigment etc. Latex gloves &#8211; grout and mortar mixes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>what are little tiles made of? : mosaic tile guide</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 05:37:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Materials used for tesserae (mosaic tiles) are many and varied, however there are important considerations to ensure their suitability and durability. very important safety notes: Always wear suitable eye protection when cutting, scoring or breaking; especially important with glass/glass tiles. Always wear a dust mask when drilling or grinding glass, and when mixing dry mortar [...]]]></description>
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		<title>art deco coat rack : completed mosaic project</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Sep 2012 05:37:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tweet   &#160; This mosaic was made as a gift for my aunt&#8217;s 80th birthday, for which a surprise party was organised to bring her family and friends together from various parts of Australia. The design concept came about when researching 1932, the year of her birth. When I discovered that it was part of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>stick it! : mosaic adhesive guide</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 May 2012 08:20:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[To correctly choose an adhesive for your mosaic, you will first need to know which materials you will be using for both the substrate (backing) and tesserae (mosaic tiles) as well as the intended use and location of the mosaic. Failure to choose an appropriate adhesive or not allowing it sufficient time to cure, may [...]]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 00:30:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A friend who recently became interested in making her own mosaics has asked me how to achieve a specific effect in a mosaic, which I can&#8217;t adequately describe except by posting a pic with a similar effect. The main difference is that she wants something resembling gold leaf without actually using gold leaf, which is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>whimsical potting bench : completed recycle art project</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 10:40:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tweet My main goals when building this potting bench were to re-use materials wherever possible, and to keep the costs to an absolute minimum. After building a lumber box to tame and sort the timber I had, I was able to determine that I did not have sufficient timber to build a potting bench to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>lumber box : completed recycle art project</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 12:32:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tweet Completed lumber box (click to enlarge). Recently I have amassed a considerable amount of re-usable timber for my &#8216;recycle art projects&#8217; and despite my best efforts to keep it sorted, it always seems to find a way of getting out of control and spilling out of its cardboard box. Before moving house late last [...]]]></description>
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		<title>behind the scenes : mosaic substrate guide</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 12:11:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just as important as your choice of materials for your tesserae (mosaic tiles), is the choice of substrate (base on which to mount your mosaic). Substrates should always be rigid, as any flexibility will cause the tesserae to dislodge. The substrate should also be suitable for the chosen location of your mosaic, ie; if your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>welcome to my new website</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Mar 2012 23:07:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tweet After months and months of debugging and testing by a programmer yielding no results, my new website is finally online after scrapping the old site completely. I am happy that I decided to use WordPress to make the job easier for myself with its easier to use widgets rather than stick with the complex [...]]]></description>
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