LINKS
School Visits/Childrens Mosaic Kits
Portals to the Past, historical interpretation for schools. A long established company with a very good range of services.
School visits for Roman mosaic days, properly tested childrens mosaic kits. Based in Peacehaven, Sussex, BN10 8EG
Associations/Forums
Association for the Preservation of Roman Mosaics, UK body, has a yearly publicatian as well as organising tours.
Association for the Study of marble & Other Stones in Antiquity
British Association for Modern Mosaic, good website with a lot of contacts..
The best site on the net for advice on tiling. Materials, adhesives, grouts etc Here you can get advice from professionals, a site I use regularly.
A good site for information on stone.
An extremely good resource for all external paving work. there is also a forum 'The Brew Cabin' where you can ask questions.
Mosaic Schools
The place where it all started for me, Luciana Notturni runs this school in Ravenna, Italy. Whether it's copying ancient mosaics or for modern work then this is the place.
Other Mosaic Companies/Artists
A company with a very good reputation, they specialise in Victorian and Church mosaics.
Modern mosaic materials
Mosaic Workshop in London supply an extensive range of materials for use in modern mosaic
USA Suppliers
An American company who sell smalti, stone (10mm thick, you'll need a hammer and hardie) and even lime putty if you want to try out the Double Reverse Method!
This company has 2 different sizes of stone tiles.
Other websites
This is our other website where we trade in reproduction Roman art and crafts.
A very well established company selling a wide range of reproduction Roman goods including weaponry and armour.
A mosaic artist based in the USA she has done quite a lot of research into the geometry seen in Roman and other ancient mosaics, worth a look.
Jana Neupauerova, contemporary mosaicist
Mosaic artist in Slovakia, some very nice installation works.
Jay Barnes
Video for training, promotion and marketing. DVD & CD duplication, Jay shot and produced the video on the 'Buy Tools' page.
Roman Tours, a company with a very good reputation, school visits, tours in Roman Chester and other events.
Collecting ancient artifactsCollector Antiquities The website of Dr Bron Lipkin, a very interesting site not only selling authentic antiquities but has a number of articles on fakes and the trade in general.
The best place for mosaic books, about 90% of the books I use have come from Chris Blanchett. He has many foreign titles that even with the internet you'd have trouble getting. Very knowledgable, if you need a book on certain mosaics then just give him a call and he'll do his best to help you.
Living History reenacment groups/demonstrators
Here I'll be listing historical demonsrators who are skilled at various crafts.
The Roman reenactment group 2nd Augusta. representing military life in Roman Britain they also have a very large civilian contingent and a mock up of a Roman villa. David Richardson who runs the group has extensive experience supplying props and extras for films and TV programmes on Rome.
The Colchester Roman Society, based in Colchester but they attend events around the country. Another group with a good military unit but also showing craftmens and artisans at work.
The website for Brittania, a well organised group showing many different aspects of life under the Romans in Britain.
