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 […]
Tag Archives: limewash
Gripping stuff for the longhall door
The gripping beasts over the longhall porch recieve a new coat of paint (red ochre, yellow iron oxide, linseed oil, a dash of lime putty and a hint of water) […]
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 […]
(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 […]
The thin red line
Spurred on by a chocolate and orange cake of record breaking proportions (thank you Martin and Happy Birthday!) and some sunny weather, progress has been good. Operation fakery continues on […]
Here be dragons!
Mike’s wonderful dragon head carving was added to the longhall this week and will hopefully fulfill its job of scaring away evil spirits. The head is based on a very […]
Painted beasts
The carved barge boards over the porches are now up. The one with gripping beasts was painted with limewash with a natural caesin glue and yellow and red ochre pigments. […]
The white stuff
Although the walls are gradually filling up with wattle and daub, things are brightening up in the Saxon hall through the application of several coats of lime wash in the […]
All trussed up!
The volunteers have been doing stirling work with the Saxon hall, which has started to gradually turn white. Not snow but the first coat of limewash on the gable end. […]
