Laurentius acquired his craft from Greek masters and for a time followed their method of work, but early in his career developed an original style.
Vendar pa je tehnika drugačna, saj so bila kosmatska tla narejena iz koščkov kamna različnih velikosti in oblik, tehnika se precej razlikuje od "opus tessellatum" mozaikov (normalna tehnika grških in rimskih mozaikov), kjer so vzorci izdelani iz majhnih enot, ki so vse enake velikosti in oblike.