The journey that the author undertook for this publication actually started with her first book, The Art of Mosaic Design co-authored with Leslie Plummer Clagett. In the early 1990's JoAnn found herself looking for a book on modern-day mosaics and could not find anything. "I desperately wanted to read a book about contemporary mosaic art and there was nothing available." After combing through bookstores, she received first hand feedback that these stores did not have many present-day mosaic …