{"id":508,"date":"2014-11-10T21:53:59","date_gmt":"2014-11-11T05:53:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/musingsandmosaics.wordpress.com\/?p=508"},"modified":"2024-10-01T15:55:56","modified_gmt":"2024-10-01T22:55:56","slug":"tile-cutting-101","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musingsandmosaics.ca\/?p=508","title":{"rendered":"Tile Cutting 101"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Have started playing with my latest mosaic. It has quickly become apparent that I have a lot of tile cutting to do. Sigh. I don’t love cutting tiles; I’m not the best at it. By the time I’m finished this Roman Knot though, I should be a pro.<\/p>\n\n\n

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These brown and white tiles need to be cut into 4 square pieces. I’ve tried a couple already and the result so far is two triangles, three rectangles, some obtuse bits and one good square. Better get to work.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Now here it is your moment of mosaic. A Roman mosaic from Bern, Switzerland with Roman knots in two corners.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Another fancier Roman knot created in the 2nd century AD as part of a dining room floor in Bignor Roman villa near Chichester, UK.<\/p>\n\n\n

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A real showoff mosaic maker created this knot on the left from a Roman villa near Arles, France.<\/p>\n\n\n

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