This statue of the Nereid Galatea is part of a group of figures on Brandenburg Cathedral Island. The water creature is accompanied by 4 Tritons and was created in the 17th century. The quality of the figures suggests influences from the Baroque sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini. The group of figures was first erected in Brandenburg…Continue readingSHORT Post – Brandenburger Galatea 3D-Scan
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The “Fisherman’s Boy” is a copy of a statue by the Brandenburg sculptor Gustav Metz. It was erected in 1912 at the pond in Humboldthain by the Richard Spittas Foundation and has been in the courtyard of the Brandenburg City Museum since the 1970s. I took the pictures for the 3D scan with my iPhone…Continue readingSHORT Post – 3D Scan fisherman’s boy, Brandenburg
For 6 years my nativity figures were for sale on several different platforms and were regularly well rated, until one day a user suddenly gave negative feedback. Schlechte Qualität, keinerlei Details erkennbar. Schade ums Geld. (Bad quality, no details visible. A waste of money) Of course, I was a little taken aback by this criticism.…Continue readingRemastering the 3d printable nativity figurines
Preview article on the progress of the 3D scan of the widow Bollmann (Galatea) and her tritons from Brandenburg Havel.Continue readingSHORT Post – Widow Bollmann and her Tritons in 3D
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Block salvage as 3D scans I
Some block salvages of the last years are presented in these posts and their further processing into new visualizations is examined.Continue readingBlock salvage as 3D scans I
UPDATE: The figurines received a remaster! History of Nativity scenes The first evidence of a reenactment of the birth of Jesus and the surrounding events can be found in Greccio in 1223 by Francis of Assisi. For the first time, instead of preaching, he used humans and living animals to imitate the biblical traditions. Subsequently,…Continue readingNativity figurines for 3D printing
These are the results of a short test scan. The object is a lion’s head as part of the decoration of a building. The head itself has a diameter of 5 cm and is made of brass. This 3D object is based on 39 images taken on a cloudy day with an iPhone SE. The…Continue readingSHORT Post – a lion in the List, Hannover
Bones are processed in various steps into artifacts and tools. Frequently, unfinished or semifinished pieces of raw material can be found in archaeological assemblages. These semifinished products often have characteristic traces of processing, from which conclusions can be drawn on related finished products. A particularly typical form were metatarsus needed for needle production. The Metatarsus…Continue readingTraces of Bronze Age needle making in 3D
Last week, I finally started using my automatic photogrammetry Rig, and scanned the first test objects. Right now, the rig is placed at my employers’ office, so the first scans are published by Formwerk 3D. Using this rig, we can get the needed pictures for 3D photogrammetry models in a clean and sharp quality in…Continue readingSHORT Post – fossils in 3D
The figurines received a remaster The first two figures from a set of nativity figures. The figures are about 7 cm high and are made of painted plaster, covered with clear varnish. The scan was done via photogrammetry, and the rendering was done using Blender. Mary Shephard The missing 12 figures should be scanned by…Continue reading3D-Print nativity figurines – I