Making a Roman Mosaic with Indirect Method

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The indirect method of making mosaics achieves a very planar result by placing mosaic tiles onto a flat table or floor surface. Once every tile is placed, the formwork or shuttering is placed around the tiles and the mortar or gluing material is applied. Eventually when the mortar is harden, the resulting plaque can be flipped to reveal a perfectly plane mosaic surface (although the end result is horizontally mirroring what the artist was creating). This is the best technique for floors, tabletops or wall mosaics, and allows very intrincate designs with closer tiles.

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Music by Kai Engel