Welcome to Olicana Mosaics
Olicana was the Roman name for Ilkley, in West Yorkshire in England, which is where we are based.
The mosaic featured on this page is of 'Autumn', based on part of a Roman 4th century original in Tunisia. It has been made using handcut marble tesserae employing traditional techniques.
The images show various stages of its development using lime putty, marble dust and rabbit skin glue.
The finished mosaic measures approximately 3ftx4ft (90cmx120cm).
As this is a wall piece the mosaic is designed to be ungrouted, allowing the texture of the marble to be shown off to its best effect.