HOW TO MOSAIC A STEPPING STONE | Pique Assiette Jungalow Boho Vibe using Direct + Indirect Methods
HOW TO MOSAIC A STEPPING STONE | Pique Assiette Jungalow Boho Vibe using Direct + Indirect Methods
In this video Julie Weilbacher demonstrates how to mosaic a stepping stone with a Jungalow, BoHo, Classic vibe in the pique assiette style using direct and indirect tiling methods. Julie takes you through the project, step-by-step. Other items discussed are where to buy or how to make a substrate, how to plan out the placement of a design on a stepping stone, acceptable materials and adhesive, how to grout a stepping stone, and how to prolong the life of your mosaic in the outdoors. As always, LOTS of tips and tricks throughout the video.
SKIM THE VIDEO:
00:00 – INTRO
00:52 – MOSAICS IN THE GARDEN
01:36 – SUBSTRATE, MATERIALS, + ADHESIVE
05:16 – TILING
11:33 – GROUTING
17:23 – QOTD
17:47 – BLOOPERS
VIDEOS REFERENCED IN TODAY’S VIDEO:
→ FLOWER POT – https://youtu.be/o22Ttxdd8MI
→ GARDEN STAKE – https://youtu.be/T6l8dqHgE1I
→ HOW TO POUR CEMENT STEPPING STONE – https://youtu.be/Ea6gBYqFjUw
→ HOW TO MOSAIC ON MESH – https://youtu.be/g4-NhjcHypg
→ THIN-SET CHAPTER – https://youtu.be/4gWctRHFemg
→ GROUTING CHAPTER – https://youtu.be/7waY05XYGVc
→ GROUT SEALERS – https://youtu.be/hrwUdS7OOdg
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MATERIALS + TOOLS USED IN THIS VIDEO:
→ TILE NIPPERS – https://amzn.to/3gagzr8
→ THIN-SET MORTAR – https://amzn.to/3maoEzG
→ LATEX ADDITIVE (*IF YOU’RE USING NON-FORTIFIED GROUT/THINSET) – https://amzn.to/2W4dEch
→ MOSAIC MESH – https://amzn.to/3gdqBHP
→ WELDBOND – https://amzn.to/3AVFzdD
→ GROUT (14 colors to choose from) – https://amzn.to/3gblS9r
→ DISPOSABLE GLOVES – https://amzn.to/3g9lnwG
→ DUST MASK – https://amzn.to/3xPLr6d
→ LAZY SUSAN – https://amzn.to/3D5XGzo
JULIE’S FAVORITE MOSAIC TOOLS
→ WHEELED GLASS NIPPERS – https://amzn.to/3EFWQdT
→ GLASS CUTTERS*
PENCIL GRIP – https://amzn.to/3r65I7b
PISTOL GRIP – https://amzn.to/3u6oAFk
THOMAS GRIP – https://amzn.to/3rZ4Ss3
→ *GLASS CUTTER OIL (you need this for any of the above-mentioned glass cutters) – https://amzn.to/3KSOsdt
→ RUNNING PLIERS – https://amzn.to/3rZ07yK
→ TILE NIPPERS – https://amzn.to/3GSfgZZ
→ ELECTRIC GLASS GRINDER – https://amzn.to/3NorQCq
→ SANDING STONE – https://amzn.to/3NoF9Db
→ WAFFLE GRID GLASS CUTTING BOARD – https://amzn.to/3LGWSnJ
→ NON-SKID RULER – https://amzn.to/3ELwBCO
→ METAL TOOLS & PICKS – https://amzn.to/3Lgp9Ce
→ TWEEZERS – https://amzn.to/3soGH7D
→ PALETTE KNIFE – https://amzn.to/3lBJs1z
→ WORKSHOP BRUSH – https://amzn.to/3Ggg5LU
JULIE’S STUDIO BACKGROUND – MATERIALS ORGANIZATION:
→ PLASTIC BINS (small) – https://amzn.to/3DhY3Hh
→ PLASTIC BINS (large) – https://amzn.to/3mp0yBA
→ HEAVY DUTY PLASTIC BINS – https://amzn.to/3gqhrIe
→ LABEL MAKER – https://amzn.to/3D7Gfyj
→ ZIPPER ‘FREEZER’ BAGS – https://amzn.to/2XEheKK
→ INTERLOCKING CONTAINERS (SMALL) – https://amzn.to/30TcL90
→ INTERLOCKING CONTAINERS (LARGE) – https://amzn.to/32z4303
So cool.
Wonderful
What type/brand of latex would you use for the grout?
Hi Julie, do you oil your sanding stone and also use it in water? What kind of oil and what is the process; amount? Thank you.
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Thank you for the inspiration and instructions!
How lucky I am founding your channel! I love mosaics!
Julie, I love your videos! You suggest at the beginning to use ceramics suited for outdoors but chose to use one that isn’t specifically so. Are you just being a "rebel" 😉 and not worrying about it cracking or do you have a tip to prevent cracks on those indoor materials. Thanks so much!
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Thank you Julie for your terrific videos. I would like to do a mosaic on an outdoor vertical wall so using a mesh seems the better option. Thing is the wall has stucco and several layers of latex paint. There is no way i can remove the paint chemically, and sandblasting the patio area is too messy. I was thinking of simply using a hammer to remove some of the paint and expose the wall partially to make some adherence. Do you think this would work? If so what material should i use to affix the mesh to the partially painted wall please? Should i use a lath and mechanically secure it to the wall? Your help would be appreciated.
Great tutorial. Really appreciated all the links in the description as well.
Thank you for sharing your art and how to do it
Mosaics make my dead plants look great!
What kind of lazy Susan are you using to hold the stepping stone?
Hii Julie – I haven’t seen anything on using wood when making a mosaic stepping stone, but I went ahead and used some small, wooden, letter blocks (like Scrabble w/out numbers) on 3 stones I made as gifts. I sprayed all of them with several coats of a wood sealant prior to grouting the whole piece. Unfortunately, I messed up a couple of the letters on one of them when I was polishing, and now I need to figure out how to fix. Too late to rip them all out and replace with ceramic so before I seal the grout to finish, any ideas what I can do? My last resort would be to put them in plastic cases, but before I do, I thought maybe you could help. And is wood never to be used in outside mosaics? Thanks!
Awesome video and beautiful project. TY.
Hello Julie, what a great source of information, so glad to have found you! Our retirement community in Texas is in the start-up phase of an art installation at one of the community activity centers. The plan in motion is to create a garden wall using cinder blocks. It sounds very ambitious, I know, especially for someone like myself whose never done mosaics in my life, but always wanted to try. We are using what our leader calls all the whoops!! from our clay studio, that members have donated to the cause. Right now we have about 25 boxes of ceramics (thats been collected over the last 7 months or so), then we’ll probably make little additional pieces to go with to finish the block off. I was thinking of making like a center slab of clay, leaving a generous border around the block (to be filled in with the whoops pieces). Then making a design on my slab, cutting out the pieces, firing and glazing. Just maybe one or two if this goes as planned. Any thoughts on this idea of mine, or tips, tricks you might offer our group would be fab and most appreciated!! Thanks for reading!!!
Hi Julie, I’m so glad I found you. I’m going to attempt a stepping stone! I have a few redwood tree stumps in my yard and thought it would be fun to mosaic the top surface. Do you have any tips for doing this? For example do I seal the wood before starting? Thanks so much!!
Does subscribing mean I have to pay something? Sorry…I just don’t know how subscribing works.
Thank you so much for your videos! I really appreciate your teaching style and how you explain everything! Btw-I love your background suicidal. Can you share the source please? Thank you!
Thanks for the video. I could use greater explanation of tiling the sides vs not; (I know in the video, you speak of wanting more top surface for your design? To me that does not give me reason to want to tile the sides? I didn’t get the sense behind that explanation?) I found that aspect unusual, surprising, although I am just beginning concrete art. But my gut reaction is that this added step/ feature gives pause, because my view is that a stepping stone would recess into the ground/ sink with time? It gives concern- wouldn’t that cause issues? & It seems like unneeded work/ time/ materials?
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Yes, I will be making some of these❤❤❤
❤❤but seems like you have to have a lot of patience but will follow you.
Thank you so much!
I’m happily binging on all your videos and I’m buying everything. Thank you so much.
Absolutely beautiful!!
Hi , great content Julie. I’m new to mosaics and I’m planning on doing an outside mosaic on my patio. The concrete was dug up to lay piping and has been back filled with scoria. My q, do I have to lay sand before I concrete and then do I have to put the mosaic tiles in while the concrete is still wet?
Thanks in advance🙂
i am interested in making mozak stepping stones and just begining to learn. I loved your video
In the process of making a stepping stone for my nephews celebration of life. I am using the bottom of the mold and creating a backwards image on the bottom. I am then pouring concrete on top. I just started watching your YouTube and I absolutely love them. So full of information and very aspiring. Thank you.
Just wanted to share.
I’m curious… how long would you say it takes to make a step stone start to finish?
Thank you Julie….your a doll…love the music!!
First time in your channel. YES, I want to do some outdoor stuff! You’re great at this. Just right personality for me and valuable information. 🎉
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Beautiful ❤
Turn stone upside down when placing the mosiac tape around bottom, so when you turn it back up up, top is edge is even.
Very beautiful work!
Can you do a video on how you made the mosaic garden heart stake… so cute and looks like hopefully a beginner project??!!! ❤❤❤
The pieces with the gray lines, for those that don’t know, that’s called crazing. Julie I’m curious how that’s holding up. I’ve heard it shouldn’t be used in mosaics. I don’t understand why not though if they’re adhered well and sealed.
Thanks for your fun videos. I’ve pointed others to your channel.
Thank you again Julie, I hve lots of white tiles, can i acrylic the with reds, greens etc , seal them , then cut the for mosiac? xxxx
Great video! 😊
Hello Julie, here I am with a question about birdbaths – I haven’t seen any of your videos on this, anyhow, here goes. Over 20+ years ago, my Mum gave me a birdbath as a gift – a cat knocked it over and the bowl broke into several pieces (cat escaped) on gluing dish back together, there is an uneven piece, before setting mosaic tiles, can I build this up with extra Grout? I will seal the bowl with terracotta sealer – do I need a special adhesive to set the tile pieces and also will waterproof Grout do the job? I hope to hear back from you. Thanking you in advance. Elizabeth from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania via Glasgow, Scotland.
Love your charismatic personality 😂..not too serious 😅..love your video’s, as a starting out newby..thankyou thankyou 🎉🥰
Thanks for your teaching.
Hi Julie! You mention adding a latex grout additive to the grout. I don’t see info. What brand and where do I find it?
Thank you!!
Hi. Thanks for video. I was curious about sealing the concrete stone before adding Tesserae. I was under the assumption that sealing the stone from absorbing moisture was important please advise s
Can alcohol be used to wipe off the grout?
Just found you! LOVE LOVE your personality, attitude, humor…… and most of of KNOWLEDGE!!
Hello, tfs! 👋
I wanted to make my MIL a pet memorial for her fur baby that passed, specifically a stepping stone, but unfortunately this isn’t feasible to do in my small apartment with two cats. Do you think I could get away the plastic mosaic pieces at craft stores with outdoor glue?
I’ve never created an outdoor mosaic and always wondered about materials. This was super helpful. Can I ask, is the mesh something you’d only use on sides, or can be used on the "top" flat surface? Thanks!