We were fortunate to see this wonderful mosaic on the final day it was displayed in Stroud. Bob Woodward explained to an entranced audience how he and his brother had made it. You can see Orpheus himself at '9 o'clock', surrounded by circles of admiring birds and animals.
Water nymphs are at each corner and there are fine geometric panels round the edges.
Here is Orpheus, playing his lyre. Bob undertook extensive research to find out everything known about the original mosaic, and tried to make it as authentic as possible. The central section was very damaged, but it is thought that there may have been a water feature there. Wonderful sections of geometric patterning. Bob told us that he had been able to identify which sections of the acanthus swirls on the original had been made by less competent craftsmen, as some contained significantly less detail.