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    Mosaic-style box lid; based on Roman mosaics: border from floor mosaics on the Island of D
    Roman Mosaic Box Lid
    Mosaic-style box lid; based on Roman mosaics: border from Roman floor mosaics on the Island of Delphos, c. 1st C BCE; dolphins from Roman mosaic c. 3rd C CE
    Finished mosaic box - front angle
    Finished mosaic box - front angle
    Box interior bottom lined with blue cotton velvet
    Box interior bottom lined with blue cotton velvet
    Unfinished wooden box, painted with a gray to match the grout of Roman mosaic exemplars
    Unfinished wooden box, painted with a gray to match the grout of Roman mosaic exemplars
    40# paper, marked to cut into 1/2 cm squares for mosaic tiles
    40# paper, marked to cut into 1/2 cm squares for mosaic tiles
    Tiles in process: paper cut into 1/2 cm strips, ready to be cut into tiles
    Tiles in process: paper cut into 1/2 cm strips, ready to be cut into tiles
    Paper tiles in process of being placed on box lid using tweezers
    Paper tiles in process of being placed on box lid using tweezers
    Dolphin in process
    Dolphin in process
    Tiles in place ready for color; some blue on a couple of tiles to test color-fastness of t
    Tiles in place, ready for color
    ...some blue on a couple of tiles to test color-fastness of the paint on top of the Mod-Podge I was using to hold the tiles in place
    Preliminary color added; I felt that some of the colors needed to be toned down to better
    Preliminary colors of dolphins
    ...after painting this, I decided that the colors should be to be toned down to better match the exemplar
    Fish colors completed
    Fish colors completed
    ...some colors slightly muted to match exemplar...
    A detail of a Roman mosaic showing fish. Tarraco, 3rd century CE. (Archaeological Museum,
    Roman mosaic, c. 3rd C CE, detail
    Mosaic from Tarraco, 3rd century CE. (Archaeological Museum, Tarragona, Spain) - worldhistory.org
    Exemplar - Floor Mosaic, Roman, Island of Delos, c. 1st C BCE
    Exemplar for border - Roman Floor Mosaic
    Island of Delos, c. 1st C BCE
    Exemplar - Floor Mosaic, Roman, Island of Delos, c. 1st C BCE
    Exemplar 2 for border
    Floor Mosaic, Roman, Island of Delos, c. 1st C BCE
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