Ian Mckay

@ianthetoymaker.bsky.social

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MSc Experimental Archaeology student, University of Exeter. UK. Ex-toymaker. Special interests, pyrotechnologies. Faience, bronze, gold. Currently messing about with granulation.

Faience beads made from a modern recipe with copper oxide and copper carbonate additions. Beads moulded round a wheat straw core.

Gold disc with applied gold granules in classic triangles and flower petal shape.
Granulation is an ancient technique, perfected by the Etruscans.