He mea hanga ngā mosaic māpere ki te kōhatu tūturu me te tikanga motuhake. Nā te iti o te rahi, te rerekētanga o ngā tae me ngā momo, ka taea te hanga hei mahi whakairo me te pānga whakarara i roto i ngā huinga mutunga kore. Ko ngā mosaic māpere te nuinga mō te whakapaipai pakitara me te papa, te toi tauira, ā, he whānui te whakamahinga i roto i ngā hōtēra, i ngā pae inu, i ngā teihana, i ngā puna kaukau, i ngā wāhi whakangahau.
He maha ngā momo mosaic ; ko te mosaic māpere tētahi o aua momo. He rerekē ngā tauira me ngā āhua o ngā mosaic. He momo herringbone, he momo rama, he momo hexagon me he momo taro. I roto i te whakapaipai whare, ko ngā mosaic te nuinga o te wā e whakamahia ana mō te whakapaipai pakitara me te papa. Nā te iti o te rahi me te whai kiko o ngā tae, ka taea te whakarite i ngā mosaic ki ngā momo tauira, e māmā ai mō ngā kaihoahoa te whakamahi i ō rātou ake whakaaro hoahoa hei whakanui ake i te ataahua o ngā mosaic me te whakaatu i tō rātou ataahua me te reka o ō rātou kaihautū. I taua wā, me whakamahi ngā mosaic kia rite ki te momo whānui o te whare.
Ko te mētara wai-pū kōhatu te mētara wai-pū tino rongonui i te mākete. Ka piri ki ngā kōhatu o ngā momo tae katoa, pērā i te māpere, te karāneti, te hāte, te kōhatu miihini, ka tapahia mā te wai-pū ki ngā āhua e hiahiatia ana. Ko ngā mētara wai-pū kōhatu te whakapaipai tino ataahua me te huatau i tēnei wā, e whakamahia ana i roto i te rūma noho, te rūma kai, te ara raro, te hōtēra whetu, te toa hokohoko, te whare iti.
