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Late Roman Emblemata 3 - 10

Lawrence: Posted on Sunday, December 05, 2010 2:37 PM
3 : lay the black lines ensuring that you do one side only. The lines need to travel, unbroken from the edge of the white square out.
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lay the black lines ensuring that you do one side only. The lines need to travel, unbroken from the edge of the white square out.
4 : You can see more easily how I have set these. The incorrect way would have been run a line of black all the way around the white then set the 'arms'.
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You can see more easily how I have set these. The incorrect way would have been run a line of black all the way around the white then set the 'arms'.
5 : One way to fill the triangle. Putting adhesive in the whole area ensures you work quickly, avoiding too much over analysis of your work.
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One way to fill the triangle. Putting adhesive in the whole area ensures you work quickly, avoiding too much over analysis of your work.
6 : The tesserae at the end of this triangle are a little too small, compere this finish to the white triangle in 8.
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The tesserae at the end of this triangle are a little too small, compere this finish to the white triangle in 8.
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Late Roman Emblemata 1 - 2

lawrence: Posted on Saturday, November 27, 2010 4:31 PM
The original mosaic, a Late Roman pattern, 6th century AD. |In the first stage I have made a free hand drawing onto cement fibre board. These are guidelines and you must treat them as such. The key is to develop an eye to be able to see how many lines of tesserae you can fit into each area.
 
 
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