Create A Dynamic Outdoor Mosaic
2 Year Access Period
In this course I will show you how to create this beautiful 3dimensional whimsical heart. I will show you how I work with styrene foam and what sculpting tools I use.
Some of the things you will take away from this 3D Heart Sculpture course
- How to carve and shape polystyrene
- How to prepare polystyrene
- My preference of adhesives
- Scoring and breaking glass and mirror
- How to work on a curved surface
- How to work cleanly and quickly
- How I use a hot wire tool
- How I shape polystyrene without a hot wire tool
- How I work with and install the hardware
- How to enlarge the design and add it to the substrate
- What type of polystyrene to use
- Different grouts and my favourite grout
- My preference of adhesive to work with mirror
I will also show you how to prepare the sculptured heart so it can be a free standing garden piece in your garden.
We will talk about different tessera, tools to use and how to apply the adhesive easily and cleanly on a 3dimensional item.
There is also a downloadable template for the heart and a PDF suppliers and resources guide.
This course will not only expand your creative knowledge, it will also be fun. The techniques and skills that you learn in this course can also be applied to your future mosaic projects as well.
If you love what you do and love the materials you use, your mosaic will always turn out beautiful.
INSPIRE - DESIGN - CREATE
Talking Foam And Adhesives
There are many adhesives in the marketplace but not all adhesives will work with styrene foam. In this section I talk about a few of them and also talk about the different grades of polystyrene.
How To Sculpt Foam
I will show you what tools I use to achieve this 3Dimensional heart shape and I will also go through other tools that you may have at home that you can use to save you money.
Working With Tessera
We look at the design elements, what tessera I will be using and my favourite tools to use. I will also show you my preferences of adhesives to use on a 3dimensional piece.
Fabulous Lightweight Outdoor Sculpture
An introduction to the 3Dimensional Heart Sculpture Course- Techniques and tips that you can use in future mosaics
Example Curriculum
- Introduction and Welcome (1:03)
- Copyright and Disclaimer
- Health and Safety - IMPORTANT (5:09)
- Mosaic terms
- Supply list and resources guide - PDF download
- Items for centre (1:20)
- Different grouts (5:57)
- Talking Design (5:17)
- Different tessera (5:03)
- Working with Mirror (3:42)
- Polystyrene and adhesives (6:00)
- Polystyrene sculpting tools (5:25)
- Scoring and breaking stained glass and mirror (11:47)
- Workstand for heart (1:15)
- Heart template - Downloadable
- Cutting out template (1:26)
- Cutting out the polystyrene heart (6:16)
- Sculpting without a hotwire (14:18)
- Preparing the centre and installing hardware (13:38)
- Sculpting the heart (9:16)
- Final shaping of the heart (10:36)
- Creating the point (2:58)
- Preparing the surface part 1 (7:13)
- Preparing the surface part 2 (9:16)
- Applying the adhesive easily (6:14)
- Adhering the mirror - part 1 (10:05)
- Adhering the mirror - part 2 (13:59)
- Adhering the stained glass - part 1 (13:51)
- Adhering the stained glass - part 2 (11:43)
- Adhering the stained glass - part 3 (5:28)
- Preparing the base (7:10)
- Mosaicking the base (11:37)
- Grouting and cleaning (8:00)
- Wrapping up (0:23)