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technical skip to content menu expanded collapsed courses about me historical technical contemporary category archives technical new page compressed foam board there is a new page on the website which has details on using compressed foam board for mosaic work this includes the recent video on hanging these boards using tee nuts you can see the page here there is also the page on using cement fibre board hardibacker no more ply etc posted by romanmosaicist july 12 2014 july 12 2014 posted in technical leave a comment on new page compressed foam board sealants this photo shows the effect the correct sealant has on surfaces the left side of the paper towel has been sprayed with ltp tile grout protector and then water has been dropped on both sides and you can see the result on the side that has been treated the water droplet just stays on continue reading sealants posted by romanmosaicist may 17 2014 may 17 2014 posted in stone technical tags ltp sealants leave a comment on sealants rome wasn t built in a day villa reconstruction this post relates to the mosaic made for the roman villa reconstruction at wroxeter details of the programme are currently on the channel 4 website here http www channel4 com programmes rome wasnt built in a day if you re not in the uk you can t watch the programmes but you can go on the virtual tour to see the mosaic click on triclineum click and continue reading rome wasn t built in a day villa reconstruction posted by romanmosaicist march 7 2011 may 2 2012 posted in historical technical the work tags mosaic roman roman mosaic reproductions wroxeter roman villa leave a comment on rome wasn t built in a day villa reconstruction learning to draw figures if you want to use figural work in your mosaics but need to learn to build up the figures in an anatomically correct way then this book is for you it s brilliant clear concise and not spending hours agonising over your piece of art i know this seems like a strange choice but look at continue reading learning to draw figures posted by romanmosaicist january 9 2011 may 2 2012 posted in technical the work leave a comment on learning to draw figures double reverse for mosaics not the best of images in this series but this will give you a rough idea of how the double reverse method works when used to make a piece for piece copy of an ancient mosaic this method does take a little while to master but for very fine work it s the best method possible continue reading double reverse for mosaics posted by romanmosaicist january 9 2011 may 2 2012 posted in technical tags double reverse hammer and hardie mosaics ravenna method roman 2 comments on double reverse for mosaics grout colour i always use grey grout for the roman mosaics never white or ivory these lighter colours tend to separate the tesserae tiles whereas the grey pulls them together allowing the focus to be on the pattern another thing i do is to use the adhesive as a grout grout is essentially a fine powder grout continue reading grout colour posted by romanmosaicist october 28 2010 october 28 2010 posted in historical technical tags grout mosaic roman tessereae leave a comment on grout colour basic colours in roman mosaics if you re making copies of roman mosaics or producing contemporary inspired by mosaics then you need to start with a basic colour palette here is a list of the main colours you need to start with i ve included the best stone colours to help you when i talk of colours i tend to be refering continue reading basic colours in roman mosaics posted by romanmosaicist july 3 2010 july 3 2010 posted in historical technical tags marble mosaics roman 1 comment on basic colours in roman mosaics using the hammer and hardie to cut large tiles if you have a hammer and hardie and want improve your skills then a good way is to get standard 300mm x 300mm x 10mm thickness marble tiles from a tiling store the best ones to go for are botticino off white but just see what they have as the more different types of stone continue reading using the hammer and hardie to cut large tiles posted by romanmosaicist june 18 2010 may 2 2012 posted in technical tags hammer and hardie marble mosaic roman leave a comment on using the hammer and hardie to cut large tiles the best way to cut irregular shapes for your mosaic with any mosaic roman or modern it is usual to prepare as much of your tesserae beforehand that way when you are making the mosaic itself you don t have to constantly stop to get more material in this article i m looking at using marble rods these are strips of marble roughly 200mm 300mm in continue reading the best way to cut irregular shapes for your mosaic posted by romanmosaicist may 9 2010 posted in historical stone technical tags roman marble mosaic tesserae cutting hammer hardie hardy leave a comment on the best way to cut irregular shapes for your mosaic mosaics which cut of marble to use which type of marble to use more and more artists are wanting to use more natural materials in their mosaics here is just a brief outline of the diferent cuts of marble than are available if you d like more details or for availability them please do get in touch antique cut 26 kgs per m2 continue reading mosaics which cut of marble to use posted by romanmosaicist april 6 2010 april 8 2010 posted in historical technical tags roman marble mosaic reproduction leave a comment on mosaics which cut of marble to use facebook business page facebook business page twitter feed tweets by romanmosaics categories categories select category contemporary general news geometric patterns historical mosaic kits newsletters online course roman mosaic pattern database shop news smalti stone technical the work tools workshops learning follow on wordpress com follow blog via email enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email email address follow join 6 979 other subscribers website powered by wordpress com subscribe subscribed 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