ABOUT
My name is Nils Anderssen and I have worked with re-creating artifacts for collectors and museums since 2005. I mainly focus on recreating swords based on originals, but occasionally I dabble in other things as well. Some are very close replicas of originals that I have documented in collections and museums.
My goal is to create objects that will help you understand the past when you look at them and hold them in your hands.
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The Process
As a basis for almost all my projects I use drawings and pictures of historical artifacts. Often it is objects that I have documented at museums or collections by handling them, carefully tracing them and measuring them.
When recreating the artifacts I mainly use traditional tools and technics such as forging, wood carving, grinding, hand polishing and casting, but also modern techniques like 3d-scanning, modeling and printing.
This variety of processes lets me create something that will be very close to the originals.
I often try to find new and interesting ways of working, like using using 3d prints of the originals for reference in the workshop when I am working. This helps me understand not only the basic measurements of the objects, but also their volume in a much more intimate way than just drawings.
