Bill Enslen has created lovely mosaic art for 30 years. He fell in love with glass mosaics as a child and his passion today is just as deep. His specialties are wall-hanging mosaics and mosaic tables. He is eager to share his work with you so please visit his online gallery at Glass Mosaic Tile Art.

Always plan your mosaic before buying, cutting, or gluing anything.

Where you don’t put tesserae determines your grout lines because grout fills in everything on your base material left uncovered by tesserae.  Strive for consistent grout spacing over the entire mosaic...

Working with color in mosaics is much more challenging than most other art media, such as paint and colored pencils.  If we, as mosaic artists, can’t mix colors to create new ones, are we stuck with w...

Always shop around before buying mosaic tools and materials.  Many glass vendors now sell on the Internet.  Some are great, some not so great.

Ever wonder what grout actually is?  As a mosaic artist, you should.

Many mosaic articles and books say you must always seal grout.  I don't always agree.

Wheeled glass cutters are essential for creating glass mosaics.  They make cleaner cuts than tile nippers.

Which type of adhesive is best for mosaics?  Is all the hype over Weldbond simply a ploy to get you to buy relatively expensive glue instead of going to Wal-Mart for a cheap bottle of Elmer’s?

You're anxious to see your first mosaic on the wall.  It looks wonderful, but it weighs a ton.  You’re nervous wondering whether a 10-penny nail in flimsy drywall can hold all that weight.  Now what?

Andamento (Italian for “flow”) is the visual movement of your mosaic created by placing tesserae in specific patterns to achieve the desired image (a.k.a. “coursing” your tesserae).  What are the basi...

This article contains basic information on how to properly mix grout for your mosaic project.

Ever wonder what glass actually is?  Do we cut it or break it (is there a difference)?  Why and how does scoring a line allow us to control the way glass breaks?  To fully understand why we cut glass ...