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This Project ran between April and May 2005 at our Quarley workshop in Hampshire. The aim was to build two wood-fired furnaces based on excavated Roman remains and to use them for glassblowing.
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| Construction Phase | Glassworking Phase | Dismantling Phase |
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General Photographs
Daub-making Photographs Pot Furnace Photographs Tank Furnace Photographs Annealing Oven Photographs |
General Photographs
Pot Furnace Photographs Tank Furnace Photographs Annealing Oven and Glass Glassblowing Photographs |
General Photographs
Pot Furnace Photographs Tank Furnace Photographs Annealing Oven Photographs Tank Furnace and Oven Weathering |
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Thermal Imaging Photographs Woodpile and Ash Pits Photographs of Glass Waste Photographs of Glass Vessels |
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| Roman Furnace Project 2006 | ||
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This Project ran between April and May 2006 at our Quarley workshop in Hampshire. It extended the work of 2005 by rebuilding one furnace and the annealing oven and using them for glassblowing, as well as re-firing the other furnace.
See this page for an introduction to the project |
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See this page for the photographs of the Tank Furnace and Annealing Oven Demolition. This began the 2006 phase.
For links to descriptions and photographs of the furnaces and the project in general, see: (Our apologies - only the links for the demolition sequence and the construction phase are working!) |
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| Construction Phase | Glassworking Phase | Dismantling Phase |
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General Photographs
Pot Furnace Repair Photographs Small Furnace Construction Lehr Construction Photographs |
General Photographs
Pot Furnace Photographs Small Furnace Photographs Lehr and Glass Glassblowing Photographs |
General Photographs
Pot Furnace Photographs Small Furnace Photographs Lehr Photographs |
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Woodpile and Ash Pits Photographs of Glass Waste Photographs of Glass Vessels Photographs of Final Weathering We plan to write a report which we hope to publish in 2008 |
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| Archive | Articles |
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Archive of newsletters on mosaic glass:
Newsletter 1- General Introduction Newsletter 2- Grinding and Polishing Newsletter 3- Sealing Wax Red Newsletter 4- Rods, Canes and Florets 1 Newsletter 5- Rods, Canes and Florets 2 Newsletter 6- Fusing and Slumping Archive: newsletter on core-formed glass: Newsletter 7- Core-formed Glass Archive: photographs of our mosaic bowls: Pages 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 (20 images per page) Archive: photographs of our mosaic ribbed bowls: Pages 8 9 The
Archive and Articles links are
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Articles on mould-blown beakers,
all from Colchester:
1 - Making Roman glass today 4 - Gladiators! 5 - The 'Circus Maximus' beaker Article on mould-blown vessels: 2 - On making prismatic Roman bottles Article about us and our glass: 3 - I can't believe it's not Roman! Article on window glass: 6 - No Pane, No Gain! Articles on ribbed bowls: 7 - Mosaic Glass and Ribbed Bowls 8 - Ribbed Bowls and their Manufacture |
| Television and Film Work | Artwork |
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This page has a summary of the work we have done
for television and films |
Links to David's work as an
archaeological illustrator and to a selection of his
cartoons. There are several categories:
1 - Early Music Cartoons 2 - Mithras Cartoons 3 - Miscellaneous Cartoons 4 - Roman/Glass Cartoons |