Day Six

Another book on mosaics I ordered arrived from England today - I guess it got out before air traffic was stopped. It is very clear - Beginner's Guide to Mosaic by Peter Massey and Alison Slater. Picking up tips already from their very clear step by step images, I have decided I will create the more detailed artistic elements of the mosaic "opus vermiculatum" using mosaic mesh, working flat on a table, and then transferring the tiles on the mesh to the wall-mounted plywood. I will then fill in the background in a more gridded fashion using the "opus quadratum" or the "opus tessalatum" technique of laying tiles. Time to look into buying mesh.