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 […]
Experiments with columns
Our fresco columns were based on an example from a 4th century fresco from Lullington villa. We have been experimenting with variations on the theme. One has had a pleasing […]
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 […]
The eggy fresco experience
This week was all about eggs. Egg tempera (egg yolk, water and pigment) was used for the fake marbling panels, as they had dried out too far for the lime […]
Return of Fresco
Fresco day 2 went very well with a surprisingly good figure of Flora, Roman godess of spring and margarine. It is based on an image from Pompeii, so a bit […]
Let’s go fresco!
Day one of the Roman fresco experiment went well under the tutelage of expert Fleur Kelly. As Adrian and George put on the plaster skim, a hoard of markers and […]
'Hands on Heritage' in the Avalon Marshes 