Tile Materials
How ceramic, glass, stone, smalti and other materials behave in a mosaic — surface, color range, cutting and durability.
CeramicGlassStoneSmaltiOther materials
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Knowledge Center
Tile Mosaic Knowledge Center
Practical reference for designers, producers and anyone researching tile mosaics — materials, techniques, production methods and the workflows that connect them.
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Nine areas of mosaic knowledge
Guides, tutorials and FAQs are being written category by category — specific, technically accurate, and free of filler. Each card shows the ground a category covers.
Tile Shapes & Sizes
Square, rectangular, round and elliptical tesserae: what each shape does to an image and how size sets the resolution of a mosaic.
SquareRectangularRoundEllipticalSize selection
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Tessera Mosaic Techniques
The core craft: how individual tiles are arranged into readable images, from classical opus to modern grid workflows.
ArrangementsPatternsAndamentoGrout lines
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Mosaic Design Principles
What makes an image work as a mosaic — simplification, silhouette, viewing distance and the discipline of discrete cells.
Image selectionCompositionViewing distance
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Color Selection & Image Preparation
Mapping photographic color onto limited tile palettes, and preparing source images so they survive the translation.
Palette mappingColor reductionImage optimization
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Mosaic Production Methods
Direct and indirect methods, mesh and paper mounting, hand assembly, assisted assembly and automated production.
Direct / indirectMountingAssisted assemblyAutomation
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Workplans & Assembly Workflows
How a digital design becomes physical instructions: workplan structure, sectioning, and organizing the assembly table.
Workplan structureSectioningAssembly organization
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Hardware & Automation
Where machines fit in mosaic production — what to automate, what to keep manual, and how software drives the hardware.
Mosaic RobotTile IndicatorLine integration
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FAQ
Frequently asked questions about tile mosaic design, the software editions, hardware and working with us.
Software editionsProductionOrdering
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