I’m looking for a quick and easy way to break old crockery and tiles into tesserae for mosaics. We bash items with a hammer and we use nippers to do more controlled work, but when you’re doing a large mosaic, creating the little bits is the most time-consuming and tedious job. There is also the safety factor to consider. When you bash ceramics with a hammer, safety glasses are important.

What we really need is some kind of device that breaks tiles and crockery of any shape into bite-sized chunks without crushing it into useless little bits. It has to be safe and cheap and quick and easy.

I know my readers know just everything between you. Any ideas?