Roman trompe l’oeil
The Romans liked to put eye deceiving images in both frescoes and mosaics. Our first example in the mosaic floor is this image based on one from the Newton St […]
The Romans liked to put eye deceiving images in both frescoes and mosaics. Our first example in the mosaic floor is this image based on one from the Newton St […]
The circular table for the Roman dining room has finally been completed. The legs are based one made of Kimmeridge shale from Dorset. Now there is just the matter of […]
The latest storm took a toll on the roundhouse but the first layer of thatch was repaired and packed in really tight. The next wave of gales will give it […]
Caz has very kindly made a display of the wonderful colour range she produced by dyeing wool with three different plants, dried weld for the yellow, greens and browns, madder […]
A busy time in the Roman building this week as we raised up both doors to give extra clearance over the mosaic. As they are on pivots not hinges, this […]
At last the replica of the Oseberg tablet weaving loom has been completed and is ready to join our IKEA Viking bedroom in the longhall taking its place alongside the […]
In our ante room we have designed a ‘best of Roman Somerset’ mix of mosaics. First up is a colourful guilloche border, copying a design from the cold plunge pool […]
As the turn of the year approaches, it is appropriate that one of the last activities on site was to set up one of the pole lathes so that work […]
Images of the evolution of the Lopen Dolphin below, from the design sketched out in the wet lime mortar, to its gradual formation, the application of a thinner mortar wash […]
The mosaic of a Dolphin has been created in our Roman dining room. It is a copy of one from a probable dining room at Lopen villa in the south […]