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Different approaches towards archaeological reconstructions |
Originals - duplicates and recreationsYou would like to have replicas of your objects, implements or artefacts?We possess the necessary know-how. It does not matter whether this is a model of plastic or an archaeological find. The simplest way is to produce duplicates using a silicone rubber mould. Virtually any material can be used to make silicone rubber moulds, e.g. wood, clay (dry or wet), metals, plaster, or wax. You do not have the original, or it can for some conservational reasons do not allow for above mentioned mould? No problem, we can recreate the object from publications, documentations, plans, photos, measurements etc. The more detailed this material, the more precise the recreation. I put the utmost care in the recreation of commissioned objects. The brooches of Pleidelsheim are examples for recreations. Recreations are macroscopically usually not discernible from the original, since I meticulously try to recreate the original. Therefore I concentrate specifically on the shape forming and texture. |
On demand we can reconstruct not only the object, but the whole productions sequence. This presupposes there is sufficient documentation of the artefact to be recreated. As another path of obtaining information about the manner of the production is of course the close examination of the piece in question. The production sequence is documented and can be made available, for example for exhibition purposes.Authenticity- is a duplicate more authentic than a recreation? I think the answer to this questions asks for a more elaborate answer. Yes, I think a duplicate is more precise than a recreation, but from a "genetical" perspective are recreation may be more authentic, if the original techniques were used. Let me explain: when recreating a piece of early medieval jewellery we come across really interesting textures of the metals. In some instances these are not intentionally, but (tool-) marks of the production process- surely a recreated piece of jewellery has more authenticity to it, than a piece stemming from a silicone rubber mould?! |
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