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Roman Furnace Project 2005
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.

See this page for an introduction to the project
For links to descriptions and photographs of the furnaces and the project in general, see:
Construction Phase Glassworking Phase Dismantling Phase
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

Thermal Imaging Photographs    Woodpile and Ash Pits    Covering the Pot Furnace

Photographs of Pots    Photographs of Glass Waste    Photographs of Glass Vessels    Plans and Section Drawings
Roman Furnace Project 2006
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
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:
Construction Phase Glassworking Phase Dismantling Phase
General Photographs
Pot Furnace Repair Photographs
Pot Furnace Marver Photographs
Small Furnace Construction
Lehr Construction Photographs
General Photographs
Pot Furnace Photographs
Small Furnace Photographs
Lehr and Glass
Glassworking Photographs
General Photographs
Pot Furnace Photographs
Small Furnace Photographs
Lehr Photographs
Photographs of Remains of 2005 Lehr

The Barbecue    Woodpile and Ash Pits    Photographs of Pots    Photographs of Glass Waste

Photographs of Glass Vessels    Plans and Section Drawings    Photographs of Final Weathering

Two articles on the Roman Furnace Project have been published in the Journal of Glass Studies, Volume 50 (2008)
Click here for the Taylor and Hill article. Click here for the Sarah Paynter article.

Archive Articles
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 also found on
our Roman Glass Internal Links page

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
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 - Lute Cartoons
         3 - Mithras Cartoons
         4 - Miscellaneous Cartoons
         5 - Roman/Glass Cartoons


Other Topics - External Links

Links to Other Websites
Glas-Repliken - A German friend of ours, Frank Wiesenberg, who sells some of our glass, has translated several of our web pages into German.
There is an account of our 2005 and 2006 Roman Furnace Projects, several of our articles, as well as information and photographs on the Velzeke Furnace Projects of 2008 and 2009.
Roemischer Vicus - Frank's other website, dealing with many Roman crafts
House History Research - Another friend of ours, Philip Gorton, who specializes in researching the history of historic English buildings
Sally Gorton - Yet another friend! Sally is a talented artist who, amongst other subjects, illustrates Philip's work.
Original Re-enactors Market

Ermine Street Guard (Legio XX Valeria Victrix) (UK)
Legio II Augusta (UK)
Legio XIIII Gemina (UK) and Roman Military Research Society
Vicus (UK)
The Batavi (Batavi Iuniores Britanniciani) (UK)
Britannia (The Arthurian Society) (UK)
Roemercohorte Opladen (Legio VI Victrix) (Germany)
Legio IX Hispana (USA)
Legio XX (USA)
Legio XXIV Media Atlanta (USA)

Replikate (Roman metalwork replicas)
Aurificina (Roman jewellery replicas)
Roman Hideout (for Roman re-enactment)

Caroline Lawrence (Flavia Gemina Roman mysteries)
Rebecca East (author of 'A.D. 62 Pompeii')
Andante Travels (historically themed holidays)
Project Workshops

Assn. for Roman Archaeology
Current Archaeology
Colchester Achaeological Trust
The Council for British Archaeology (CBA)

Broadfield House Glass Museum
Association for the History of Glass
Assn. Int. pour l'Histoire du Verre (AIHV)
Corning Museum of Glass
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Aalen Limesmuseum (Germany)
Xanten Archaeological Park (Germany)
Augusta Raurica (Augst, Switzerland)
Miho Museum (Japan)

Pioneering Glass (17th century glass)
David Giles (books on ancient glass)
International Glass Centre (Mons Hill - formerly at Brierley Hill)


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