what can i do a mosaic project out of, thats not expenive for latin class?

Answer 1

Try household objects like dry beans, rice, & pastas.

Answer 2

You could use anything that's small enough and has enough of the colors you need, and also that is about the same height for each piece. Even rocks, pieces of sealed paper, small beads, etc.

You could though make a mosaic from little "tiles" you cut with scissors from thin sheets of polymer clay... which is a lot of fun too. There are lots of instructions for various ways to do it on this page of my website:
http://glassattic.com/polymer/mosaics_inlay.htm

Probably the easiest way is to bake thin flat sheets of polymer clay, then cut them while still warm from baking in the oven at about 275 degrees with a pair of scissors (any size or shape). If the clay gets too cool to cut easily, put it back in the oven a few minutes.

You can then stick the tiles to a rigid sheet of wood or to anything else your glue (cheapest might be plain "white glue" like Elmer's Glue All) will work with, in the pattern that you want (...either glue down each tile separately, or if the adhesive you choose will stay wet for awhile, do a bunch at a time).
Let dry, then "grout" with real grout ("unsanded grout" probably if you use real grout), or ise ropes of polymer clay pressed into the spaces (plain, or soften with Vaseline, veg. oil, mineral oil, etc.), or you can tint liquid polymer clay, or use modeling paste, or other things... if you use polymer clay or liquid clay, you'll need to rebake the whole thing after rubbing off the excess with a damp cloth to cure it.

Or you could simply embed the chips in a sheet of raw polymer clay and let the clay be the grout... if the tiles are too thin, you might want to use a bit of white glue or liquid clay under them to hold them on well, or ust coat the whole mosaic after baking with a clear acrylic sealer which should hold the tiles on well too.

You could get whatever colors you want in the clay by buying white clay, then adding oil paint (or small amounts of acrylic paint), or even things like KoolAid... or you could buy a few colors of clay, then mix them together to get the colors you want.

If you decide to do this, I woulnd't buy Sculpey (Sculpey, SuperSculpey, Sculpey III) or FimoSoft since they're more brittle after baking than the other brands, and may not cut well (Premo, FimoClassic, or Kato Polyclay would be good choices).

(some polymer clayers even make mosaics small enough for jewelry with this method)


HTH,

Diane B.

Answer 3

You could try using old CD's.....you know the ones that you get in the mail or you can offten pick them up in the check out line at department stores. they often have brightly colored ones. you can use credit cards...that's something else that often gets sent to people in the mail as samples. I know someone who is making a beautiful mosaic with the bottle caps from the plastic bottles....or you can add water bottle caps too. this person is making a guitar....it's really neat. Just get all your friends and family to help ya collerct things....how long do you have to do this project and how big is it?

Answer 4

go to the 2nd hand shop or scrounge old dishes from friends. smash them up & use different colors of roughly the same size for your design

Answer 5

U CAN USE CDS,MAGAZINES,PLATES ETC. I DONT THINK THEY HAVE 2 BE THE SAME SIZE IT GIVES IT A 3D EFFECT

Answer 6

wood chips :], or u could use like candy (mnm's would be a good kind).

Answer 7

magazines!