Projects in Development
The development of new reproductions is a long and expensive process. I carefully chose the objects from the past that I consider relevant to recreate, while ensuring that there are enough archaeological publications to provide the maximum amount of data. Here are the projects currently in the prototyping phase. If one of them interests you, you can contact me so that I can add you to the waiting list.
Brudevælte Lur
Found mainly in Denmark, northern Germany, and southern Sweden and Norway, these large trumpets are a direct testimony to the engineering and design genius shown by the populations who produced them. Often found in pairs, the lurs were cast entirely in bronze using the lost-wax technique. The different pieces were made one by one and then assembled together by casting holding rings over the tube joints. About 50 - 60 lurs have been found, and among them, the Brudevælte lurs stand out for their quality of preservation. Six lurs (3 symmetrical pairs) were discovered at the end of the 18th century in Brudevælte, Denmark. The deposit is from the end of the Bronze Age and they are so well preserved that they can still be played today. Several recordings were made during the 20th century, allowing us to hear their true sound, just as the populations who produced them heard it almost 3,000 years ago.
Nebra sky Disk
In 1999, in Nebra-sur-Unstrut (Germany), illegal excavators discovered the Nebra sky disk. A bronze disk about 32 cm in diameter and 4 mm thick, covered with gold inlays and representing the night sky. The disk is from 1600 BC and is the oldest known representation today of the night sky. On the disk one can see: the sun, the moon, different bands along the edges, and a multitude of dots. These dots have been identified as stars, and the group of stars at the top right can be interpreted as the Pleiades cluster. The bands on the edge may represent the position of the sun at sunset and sunrise during the summer and winter solstices, and the band at the bottom of the disk could be a sun boat. Rich in symbolism, the Nebra sky disk was probably used as a kind of calendar or as a support to illustrate spiritual, political, and social narratives.
Rock carvings Lur
The rock carvings of the Scandinavian Bronze Age provide us with much information about their imaginary world. Among the various objects depicted, lurs appear frequently, often very schematic, sometimes detailed. I have chosen to focus here on a type of half-circle lur. The most spectacular example can be seen at the Kivik tomb in southern Sweden, the same lur can also be seen in the carvings of Tanum, at Vitlycke in western Sweden. As for archaeology, simpler lurs, almost half-circle in shape, have been found, and they are older than the great Brudevælte lurs, for example.