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 […]
Tag Archives: tesserae
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 […]
Stand back to admire
Work continues on the mosaic floor in the Roman building, with added details inside the guilloche border based on the mosaic from Bratton Seymour (now also recreated in the dining […]
How to lay a Roman mosaic
The laying of the mosaic began at last this week with a patch of the black and white border, within a wooden frame set to the final depth (35mm). The […]
Diabolic designs?
Strange designs have appeared on the floor of the Roman building. Vandalism by a devil worshiping clique? Thankfully not, its just the mosaic design being laid out, following a design […]
Forward to sunlight uplands!
This week the weather was favourable and the Hands on Heritage workforce achieved great progress once again towards the goals of the (secret) 5 year plan. Tesserae production for the […]
Summer meltdown
In the second week since returning from lockdown, seering temperatures made life difficult but lots was achieved. A Saxon tent, hundreds of tesserae, fixing the antefixes, carvings, weed destruction and […]
Tesserae totaliser
One of the advantages of the lockdown period, that has been overlooked by Number 10, has been the fact that Martin and Richard have been heriocally undergoing hard labour on […]
'Hands on Heritage' in the Avalon Marshes 