Incorporating a mosaic into the space around your home will certainly prove to be a good decision – both aesthetically and practically. A mosaic motif is a way not only to decorate garden furniture, but also to design the garden surface. By utilising the wealth of shapes, textures and colours of pavers, we can create any shape: botanical, geometric, abstract – one that will spark our imagination, and be both durable and functional.
Pieces full of magic
Mosaics are the domain of handicrafts, so anyone can try their hand at making one. Using grout and tile adhesive, as well as multicoloured pieces of tile and glass, we can decorate table tops, window recesses, a well, stone planters or garden benches. When creating mosaics, patience is almost as important as a good idea. It is worth spending more time finding unique tile fragments of similar thickness so that you can later enjoy a perfectly smooth and magically colourful surface.
The perfect mosaic
Irregular cracks, varying colours and thicknesses – remember that leftover tiles and glaze do not guarantee the precision and symmetry found in Moroccan fountains. So, if we value regularity of shape and texture more than eclecticism of form, let’s choose pavers for our garden mosaic. This is a durable and functional material that works well in the design of, for example, very large spaces. When planning a mosaic in the garden and in front of the house, it is worth taking into account architectural elements such as the colour of the roof and façade, as well as the shape of the fence. – If there are already striking details and decorations around the house, it is worth choosing a delicate, light colour scheme for the mosaic – beiges, greys and shades of graphite will work perfectly. Conversely, if the house’s finish is subdued, we can use a composition of red and brown shades in the mosaic. We can achieve exceptionally stylish and interesting effects by using pavers with an aged or washed texture – advises Wojciech Średniawa, chief designer of the Polbruk brand.
A garden kaleidoscope
Creating a mosaic from pavers can bring to mind building with blocks. Every element in a given collection is the same thickness, and the edges of the individual pavers fit together perfectly. A variety of paver shapes – square, rectangular, trapezoidal, and irregularly sized – allow for the precise reproduction of any design. Pavers with rounded edges, such as Polbruk Nostalite Prima – a new version of the traditional cobblestone used by Poles for many years – are particularly well-suited to creating colourful driveways, paths and terraces. However, we can truly give free rein to our imagination by designing multi-coloured, expansive surfaces around the house, rich in circles and curves. To create these, it is worth using trapezoidal pavers (e.g. Avanti and Carmino). We can, however, capture the irregularity of a natural mosaic by using Polbruk Petra, a distinctive paver known as the ‘heart’ of the Arab kingdom.
