Season 2 Episode 4: Emulation, Imitation, Replication
Hosted By Vanessa Warne, Jessie Krahn, and Natalie LoVetri
With Guests Andrea Reichert, Elena Chestnova, and Cynthia Boehm
Reproduction raises questions about materials and methods, and also about originality and fidelity. In this episode, we explore an initiative to recreate a set of historical samplers damaged by water, how tracing paper featured in the work of Gottfried Semper, and a beadwork artist’s plans to recreate a family heirloom.
Transcript
Read a complete transcript of the episode here!
Transcript created by Natalie LoVetri.
References & Resources
Meet Andrea Reichert and take a video tour of the Manitoba Crafts Museum and Library’s Sampler Collection here.
Check out the C2 Centre for Craft here.
Want more samplers? Check out this tutorial and these reflections by Crafting Communities research assistants! You can also view their work on our Instagram.
Find out more about Elena Chestnova’s research here.
Learn more about a lecture Elena gave on the theory of Gottfired Semper here.
Watch a keynote lecture on Semper and Digital Humanities delivered by Elena in 2021 at DHCH.
Check out artist Cynthia Boehm’s page here.
Visit this page for details on one of Cynthia’s upcoming moccasin workshops.
Take a closer look at “Optimism,” a beaded art mask that Cynthia created in response to the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Victorian Samplings was recorded and produced on the territory of the lək̓ʷəŋən and SENĆOŦEN speaking communities of the Songhees, Esquimalt, and W̱SÁNEĆ peoples, and on Treaty One Territory, traditional Land of the Anishinaabeg, Cree, Oji-Cree, Dakota, and Dene peoples and homeland of the Métis Nation.
Our podcast theme is “Happy Jazzy Ragtime Piano” by Praded, licensed by AudioJungle; our podcast stinger was made and donated by Brandon Christopher.
Beaded split-toe moccasin by Cythia Boehm.