Fresco detail
Work on the frescos continues, with a palm tree theme to one column and the awkward space in the corner filled by a theatre mask – reminds me of someone. […]
Category Archives: Saxon
Monsters!
A monstrous invasion of the Saxon longhall has taken place. First a writhing dragon appeared nailed onto one of the main posts and then the arm of a ferocious fiend […]
Viking take over!
Using the cover of the Avalon Marshes Open Day (3rd June) Vikings took over the Saxon longhall. Fortunately they proved to be both knowledgable and friendly and well versed in […]
Smartening up!
Lots of hard work last week tidying up the site ready for the Avalon Marshes open day on the 3rd June – 10am till 4pm. The longhall is looking smart […]
Fiends, floors and fakery
A busy week. Mike’s superb carving of Grendel’s arm is ready for painting before it takes its rightful place above his carvings of the Beowulf story (Beowulf ripped the arm […]
The table, the huntress, and the swallows
A slightly calmer week of work saw good progress on the top table for the Saxon longhall and its trestle supports. Its deliberately narrow so that it can be easily […]
Wood and walls
Another busy week, with more fresco work in the Roman building (with Diana, goddess of the hunt), making trestle supports for the top table in the longhall and a new […]
Beowulf story
Mike’s wonderful carving telling the story of the Beowulf legend are finished, ready for installation in the longhall. The story starts on the bottom left panel, goes up and then […]
Beowulf carves out a legend
Mike’s series of carvings of the story of Beowulf nears completion, with just a lick of oil required before it is proudly mounted either side of the doorway into the […]
A roveing we will go!
The first door is hung on the longhall and well hung too! The beautiful hinges are attached with bolts and roves. On the inside of the door the end of […]
