What Are the Mosaic Mural Options at Alicia Tapp Designs?

Alicia Tapp Designs offers mosaic murals made from natural stone or sparkly glass in tiny pieces, hand-cut and made-to-order, for indoor or outdoor use on floors, walls, countertops, and pools. The site points to a separate full-content website, Mosaics Your Way, for the complete range of mosaic options. If you want a printed image transferred onto tile, that is a different product line — mosaics are assembled from small pieces rather than printed.

What the mosaics are made of

The site describes two material directions for mosaic murals:

• Natural stone — small pieces cut from stone.
• Sparkly glass — small glass pieces used for a reflective, decorative effect.

Both are described as tiny pieces assembled into a mural, which is what separates a mosaic from a printed tile. The mosaic is built up piece by piece; the printed tile carries an image transferred onto its surface.

Hand-cut and made-to-order

Mosaic murals are listed as hand-cut and made-to-order, alongside the custom printed tile line. That means the mural is produced for the specific project rather than pulled from stock. The practical implication: expect a production step between your idea and the finished panel, and expect the layout to be planned around your space.

Where mosaic murals can be used

The site lists the same broad set of applications for mosaics as for the printed tile options:

Because mosaics are described as suitable for both indoor and outdoor use, they overlap with the outdoor porcelain option in terms of placement. The difference is in how the mural is made and what it looks like, not in a stated indoor-only restriction.

Mosaics vs. printed tiles: what actually differs

Both product lines can end up on a floor, wall, countertop, or pool, so the choice is not about location alone. The distinction the site draws is:

• Printed tiles — an image (a painting, your personal photograph, a vintage label, or a child's artwork) is transferred onto tumbled marble, ceramic, glass, or porcelain tile.
• Mosaic murals — natural stone or sparkly glass in tiny pieces, hand-cut and made-to-order.

So if the goal is to reproduce a specific photograph or painting exactly, the printed tile route is the one the site describes for image transfer. If the goal is a piece-by-piece mosaic surface, that is the mosaic route.

Getting the full mosaic range

The site states that Mosaics Your Way is the full-content website for mosaic options, and directs visitors there to see the complete range. Since the excerpt only summarizes mosaics at a high level, the specific patterns, palettes, and piece sizes are not detailed here — those would come from the Mosaics Your Way content.

What to do next

If you are deciding between the two:

1. Decide whether you need a specific image reproduced (photo, painting, artwork) or a mosaic surface.
2. If it is a specific image, look at the printed tile options and the tile materials listed for indoor and outdoor use.
3. If it is a mosaic, go to Mosaics Your Way for the full range.
4. For either path, the site invites you to write or call to discuss a unique space or unusual idea, so project-specific questions about size, placement, and materials go through that contact route.

One caveat: the site does not publish pricing, lead times, or ordering steps in the material available here, so those details would need to come from direct contact rather than assumption.