3 years work reduced to 6 minutes
For three years the hands on heritage volunteers have devoted Wednesdays to recreating a Roman mosaic floor in our winter dining room reconstruction. It was finally finished this October and […]
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How to lay a mosaic?
First make your tesserae -in our case cubes of local stone and tile that were roughly 13mm square when viewed from above. For our room we made 140,000 of five […]
The final tessera
After 3 years and 140,000 tesserae, the Roman mosaic is finally finished. A great achievement by a dedicated and talented group of volunteers who have created a real work of […]
Animal magic
Our mosaic animals have had a make over. Whatley the elephant has had a trunkoplasty and the Lufton fish tank has been revamped. This completes the work on the ante […]
Something fishy going on
Something fishy is going on in the Roman building, as a fish tank has been added in the ante room. The fish (and eel) design copies some from the local […]
Flower power
Work on the Roman mosaic is rapidly reaching its conclusion, with the latest flower design being added to the ante room. The gap next to it is for the installation […]
Oseberg, trompe l’oeil and play of the day
Kath’s wonderful carving based on the prow of the Norwegian Oseberg ship has now taken pride of place above the replica bed, that was also based on the example from […]
All washed up
The gable end of the longhall takes a bit of a battering from the prevailing weather, so it was treated to a refresh, with four new coats of limewash. The […]
Our beautiful widlife haven
Another busy week with limewashing, tent repairs, wood turning and continuing work on the mosaic and various woodcarvings. Kath’s Oseberg inspired carving is approaching completion and the last of the […]
New Oseberg carving
Kath is nearing completion of her carving based on designs from the prow of the Oseberg boat burial. It will eventually go on a beam above our replica of the […]
'Hands on Heritage' in the Avalon Marshes 