Welcome to Olicana Mosaics
Olicana was the Roman name for Ilkley,which is where we are based.
This commission of Autumn, based on a Roman 4th century original in Tunisia. It's made of handcut marble tesserae using 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.