Crazy, Cool #iamaMariner Stories – Part 1
My grandmother’s cousin had a pet alligator.
Think this story is odd, or going nowhere fast? Bear with me.
Alligator Rides and Water Slides
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New challenges in photomodeling
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You know how some days/weeks just do not go the way you thought they were going to? New things pop up, projects that need immediate attention come to the forefront, and the plans you had change. Last week was that way for me, but in the absolute best way!
After a presentation that caught her eye at the recent American Institute of Conservation (AIC) Conference, Paige, the Museum’s Assistant Objects Conservator, approached me with a photo modeling project unlike anything I’ve previously attempted. She is working on a beautiful eagle stern board carving that will soon be going out on loan. To better photo-document the piece, Paige wanted to create an overview shot of the back of the board. Not so complicated, right?
Update on Monitor 3-D modeling
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We apologize for the recent radio silence on the Conservation Department’s side of things. We have been chugging along – slowly but surely – on smaller, individual projects. However, I am excited to share an update on the Department’s 3-D modeling efforts! Some really exciting things have happened since last we spoke of our virtual artifact attempts一年前.
We were finally able to purchase, build, and install a lovely (and very powerful) photogrammetry computer granted to us by theBronze Door Society. It has gotten plenty of “ooohs”and “aaahs”from the lab staff and other museum personnel. This beautiful, shiny machine is powerful enough to run high quality models based off thousands of pictures and millions of 3-D points in minutes (or at most hours), where it used to take us days or weeks. (Thank you, again, Bronze Door Society!)
Featured: A Union Spy
Posted onHappy Women’s History Month!
I realize that this is the last day of March and that makes this write-up a late celebration of the heritage month. But, to be completely honest, I really struggled with how I wanted to approach this blog. There are so many awesome women and deciding on one story to share was incredibly difficult.
Update! 3-D Modeling Monitor
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你们!我们是soexcited to share this news with you:
Many of you know that we have recently been working to create 3-D models of USSMonitorartifacts. We shared the plan for modeling the turretpreviously. We are happy to announce that we now have a platform to showcase all these models! But, first, please ogle over these stills of a few of our projects:
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