Design &amp; Services

A travel and design guide to mosaics. For the past 5 years, I have been visiting Roman mosaics in France and other countries. I reproduced many of their designs and…

Black swimmer mosaic

25 November 2022

Design & Services, History & Archeology, How to Mosaic, Process

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The black swimmer mosaic (mosaique au nageur noir) was discovered in August 1991, at the intersection of rue Général-Perrier with rue Auguste in Nimes, France. Black swimmer mosaic, Musée archéologique…

Squares and Octagons on a Daphne mosaic.

16 May 2022

Design & Services, History & Archeology, Resources, Unclassified

3D, Antakya, Antioch, catalog, cube, daphne, design, geometry, GIMP, Inkscape, library, lingua franca, model, modular, mosaique, Octagon, octagone, pattern, solomon knot, template, templates, trompe l'oeil, Turkey

I am reverting this week to publishing the geometric mosaic models I have been drawing for the past year ! A geometric mosaic medallion from Daphne The mosaic model of…

Week 14 Mosaic Model : Lugdunum 05

4 April 2022

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The 5th medallion of the great Lugdunum mosaic The mosaic model of this week 14 (April 2 to April 8) is my drawing of the 5th medallion of the great…

Week 13 Mosaic model : Libyan Oryx

30 March 2022

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From the Eastern Church of Theodorias The mosaic model of this week 13 (March 28 to April 3) is a drawing of a pet Oryx antelope mosaic. The original mosaic…

Week 10 mosaic model : an Antelope mosaic from Cyrenaica

7 March 2022

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From the Eastern Church of Theodorias The mosaic model of this week 10 (March 7 to March 13) is a drawing of an pet antelope mosaic. The original mosaic was…

Week 9 Mosaic Model : Lugdunum 03

1 March 2022

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The Third Lugdunum Medallion The mosaic model of this week 9 (February 28 to March 6) is my drawing of the third medallion of the great geometric mosaic at Lugdunum.…

Original du modele de mosaique dela semaine 8

Week 8 Mosaic model : Lugdunum 02

22 February 2022

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The Second Medallion The mosaic model of this week 8 is my drawing of the second medallion of the great geometric mosaic at Lugdunum The great geometric mosaic. I took…

Mosaic model of the week – Lugdunum 01

7 February 2022

Design & Services, Discovery, History & Archeology

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The big geometric mosaic at Lugdunum One of the many gorgeous Roman mosaics displayed at the Lugdunum museum in Lyon is a huge geometric one. Its center, encased by a…

Volubilis mosaics – Part Deux

25 March 2021