We often use mosaics to form residential shower floors. The small size makes it feasible to "dish" the shower floor so that water readily flows toward the drain. It is almost impossible to accomplish this with larger pieces and make the job look good. The numerous grout joints between the small tiles provide a great deal of "tooth," and this translates to slip resistance on bare feet.

Mosaic tiles are always mounted on sheets of backing paper or netting -- or they are joined together with small spots of synthetic rubber. It has been at least fifty years since they were delivered and installed individually.

With that being said, single, one-piece tiles are also fabricated to give the appearance of multiple mosaic pieces. This is achieved with a mold, which gives the appearance of recessed mortar joints separating individual "mosaics".

Mosaic is the ultimate refinement of natural stone, which will provide an exquisite enhancement to a natural stone floor, both with the placing of a mosaic border and also with the use of Mosaic insets in a marble or natural stone floor setting.