In this shot  (below right) you can see that the paper that holds the small mosaics is actually on the front of the tiles.  I don't know how many times I have heard the horror stories of an installer or homeowner who set the glass tiles with the paper into the mortar.  Crazy.  This particular paper is made by Kraft Inc and they make the finest releasing paper of any.  There are tricks to getting it off but once you have done it a couple of times you will find out just what to do.  We like to dampen the paper several times with about 10 minutes between each wiping with a sponge.  Then it comes time to peal by starting with one corner.  Start too early and you will have a disaster but take the paper off to late and you can't adjust the mosaics in order to make sure everything looks straight and no pattern matches show up.

Now one problem we encounter when installing mosaics with a fairly rough or irregular edge is that they

do not have a good edge to terminate.  Well, what I mean is that there is no bullnosed edge or

any type of smooth transition.  To remedy this problem I like to introduce an L-edge made by

Schluter Industries.  Here we have used a Satin Copper/Bronze color to cap off the outside edge

of the tiles.  Notice that Jason actually bends the outside corner rather than cut it to make a very "soft" transition.