3D Scanning Workshop Day 1

Today was an exciting day at the lab! Some graduate students came in and we started trying out one of the scanners under the direction of Dr. Selden. We used the handheld Creaform, the same scanner that Rachel learned how to use yesterday.

Here is Dr. Selden teaching graduate student Ryan Breslawski to scan with the Creaform.

Rachel also used the NextEngine Desktop scanner to make a 3D model for her dissertation. It is a flute made from an eagle ulna.

 We also used a Dino-Lite, a portable digital microscope that takes high-resolution pictures, to photograph surfaces, cross sections, designs, and erosion of some of the vessels.

We are excited to continue the project tomorrow! We will be visiting the Daniel Family Cemetery to make some 3D models using photogrammetry, and then coming back to the lab to learn to use the rest of the scanners. 

Welcome Dr. Selden

Today, Dr. Selden came to SMU from Stephen F. Austin University to teach us how to use several different scanners to make 3D models of vessels. Dr. Selden demonstrated how to use the Vivid 9i, NextEngine Desktop 3D Scanner, and taught Rachel how to use the Creaform. Most of the day we were observing how to use the machines, and tomorrow we will begin using them ourselves.

This is the Vivid 9i scanner. It's scanning a Ledger Art Vessel by OHET. TolhT. Kiowa, belonging to the Darling Family, and is provided by James Andrew Darling. Darling received it from his great great grandmother, Sarah Darling, who was a teacher at the Hampton Institute in the 1890s. This is real Ledger Art painted onto a factory made ceramic vessel. These items are very rare, and are interesting from the perspective of Ledger Art history.

The NextEngine Desktop 3D scanner is using lasers to create a 3D model of a Micaceous clay pot sculpted by Felipe Ortega. Check out his website to see more of his pottery.

Here is Dr. Selden teaching Rachel to use the Creaform. It's a handheld scanner, and scans 500,000 points per second. It is most effective for capturing textured objects, but makes really large files.

Tomorrow we will learn more in depth about the scanners and get to use them ourselves.