To help master the artistry of creating mosaics, the students practiced by creating patterned projects such as the diamond-shaped harlequin pattern, Distler said.

[Jon Wilson] sent in an awesome bead pattern generator that takes those color images of video game sprites – and just about any other picture – and translates them into Perler bead patterns.

Painstakingly laying out multi-colored plastic beads (also known as Perler beads) to create mosaic images can be a relaxing way to unwind. It’s a long process, though, and if you don’t have ...

The Museum of Beadwork explains that the beadwork process, known as Huichol, is a process of covering a 3-dimensional form in a single layer of beads, like a mosaic, but with distinctive patterns ...