Old and new
The newly painted eastern gable end of the Saxon longhall decked out in brilliant iron oxide yellow, set against a clear blue sky, with vapour trails all over it. Arty […]
Category Archives: Roman
Plaster and render
Plastering on the inside and rendering on the outside. Its all go with the Roman building as 17 volunteers swarmed all over the site last week. Terry’s windows looking especially […]
Art Romanus
As part of Somerset Art Week, artist Sean Harris conjured up an amazing audio-visual display in the Roman dining-room at the Avalon Marshes Centre, appropriately blending the landscape, wildlife and […]
In and out days
The inside of the Roman dining-room has started to get its first additions of render, with the stone fakery continuing into the doorway. The Saxon longhall has almost finished turning […]
Illuminating the past
As light relief, 8 volunteers made replica Roman oil lamps at the Brick and Tile Museum with John French. Once they have been fired, they will be used to light […]
Dragons, art and turning yellow
Some rather intricate carving work is going on to decorate the interior of the Saxon hall, with a design taken from Saxon stonework from Somerset. The Roman building is turning […]
Harling
The first harling coat has started on the cob walls inside the Roman building. Eventually lime plaster will go on top to brighten the interior.
(Romano)British thin red line
The thin red line around the Roman building has finally come to an end, and looks mighty fine too. Traditional Roman fakery to make a building look posher than it […]
Not a (lime) washout
Despite a day of heavy rain, work on both buildings continued heroically in the face of frequent assaults by cake, biscuits and millionaire’s shortbread. The interior of the finished wattle […]
Render unto Caesar
The final coat of lime render has been put on the Roman building and the fake stonework scratched in. Limewash to follow. On the Saxon longhall wattle and daubing continues […]
'Hands on Heritage' in the Avalon Marshes 