Creations
"Prehistoric tools aren't all out of reach, behind the sometimes-dusty glass of museum cases!" Here is a sample of what Bernard made over twenty years, using the same techniques and materials as those who made the originals, 3,000 to 150,000 years ago: bone, wood, animal and plant glues, sinew, leather, tar, obsidian... and flint!
These tools (bifaces, axes, knives) and projectile weapons (bows and arrows, atlatls and darts) are rigorously faithful to what archaeologists unearth, and while they can be displayed, let's not forget they are first and foremost made to be used. All of them are fully functional.
Bifaces
Iconic tools of the Paleolithic.
Flint knives
Chalcolithic and Neolithic replicas.
Axes & adzes
Iconic tools of the Neolithic.
Arrows & darts
Traditional materials, balance, aesthetics.
Laurel-leaf blades
Solutrean pieces, a technical feat.
Points & pendants
The tool type with the widest variety of shapes.
Bows & atlatls
Hunting weapons for 22,000 years.
Small flint tools
Burins, awls, scrapers, side-scrapers.
Bone tools
Magdalenian harpoons and needles.
Masterpieces
Unique pieces, the pinnacle of a craft.
Leather sheaths
The ideal companion to a dagger.
Fish bladder glue
By Denis Betoulle, the finest animal glue.
Educational kit
Section in progress.