When the Royal Newfoundland Regiment needed new uniforms, it was Peter that they turned to for them.
Take a look at the gallery below, both just finished in his shop and “on the floor” on the site. Continue reading
Monthly Archives: August 2014
Civil War Dioramas, Pamplin Park Museum, VA
Civil War Diorama created for Pamplin Historical Park by Peter Twist & Sheppard Paine
Peter was asked, in conjunction with Shepherd Paine, to create a series of the American Civil War dioramas for the Pamplin Historical Park. However, the client insisted that all the scenes should be created in sepia tones since they wanted the single army to represent either side in the war. Continue reading
Canada War Museum, Native Warrior
This sequence of photos shows the authenticity that Peter puts into his exhibits. This could just as easily been a fibreglass casting but would have never achieve the same level of authenticity that Peter does in his artwork.
Below is a short sequence of photos demonstrating the weaving techniques used in creating this “woven” armour. Continue reading
Commissariat Chapeau, Building a Reproduction
Peter’s access to authentic period artifacts gives him the unique ability to recreate period clothing, as they would have been, right down to the last, hand-made stitch.
Many of the projects that Peter creates for museums start with an original artifact such as the one documented in this article. Peter goes to great lengths to ensure that colours, materials and even hand-made stitch lengths are as close to the original as is possible, based on the original artifact and his extensive knowledge of the period.
The first step in any recreation is the detailed examination of the original. This chapeau was held in the Lundy’s Lane Historical Society’s care. Continue reading