The art of creating mosaics is ancient, but its appeal in 21st-century homes is easy to piece together. Eye-catching mosaics are working their way up from floors onto kitchen backsplashes and into ...
August 14, 2006 We’ve previously written about the advent of digital technology in creating design tools for wallpaper, drapes, and carpets, even fingernails, and the extraordinary results that can be ...
A Chinatown-based cultural group’s plan to build an 11-foot mosaic to spruce up a “monotone” wall at the entrance of a Northwest D.C. Metro station hit a snag when the local black artist selected for ...
Interior designers highlight seven different tile patterns that they find to be tacky and outdated when used on bathroom ...
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Why Mosaics Are Back in Style

For a long time, mosaics had to settle for a rather dusty, old-fashioned image. Now, the intricate tile art is experiencing a renaissance. But why is this craft suddenly so popular again, and how can ...
Urfa, formerly the Mesopotamian city of Edessa, is said to have been the birthplace of Abraham. Though archaeologists now ...
Archaeologists uncover a rare Maya mosaic gameboard in Guatemala, revealing how ancient games were built into elite Maya architecture.