Dr Will Wootton
RCUK Fellow in Roman Art
Tel +44 (0)20 7848 1015
Email will.wootton@kcl.ac.uk
Address Department of Classics
C5, North Wing
King's College London
Strand
London WC2R 2LS
Research interests
My research focuses on craft production in antiquity. I am particularly interested in the intersections between materials and techniques as well as craftsmen and patrons.
Biography
I took a BA in Classics at Bristol University. During my degree I learnt to make mosaics with Marjorie Knowles, one of the foremost British mosaic artists. Afterwards I moved to the Motorhouse in North Yorkshire where I worked with her daughter, Rosie Skaife, on the completion of a large-scale wall mosaic depicting the Atlantic Rainforest.
In 1999 I returned to academic study, completing the MPhil and DPhil in Classical Archaeology at Oxford University. I was supervised by Bert Smith and wrote my thesis on the techniques of production of Hellenistic and Roman mosaics. I have been involved in archaeological excavations in Britain, Bulgaria, Israel, Italy (Rome and Pompeii) and Libya, and have also participated in conservation projects in Jordan and Palestine.