3D Scanning: Headliner

3D SCANNING

Craven interned under Will Rourk with Cultural Heritage Informatics at the University of Virginia Library to learn about 3D scanning and photogrammetry in 2017. Measurable models created using FARO SCENE and Geomagic Design X collected primary source data of artifacts and historic sites for their preservation.

3D Scanning: Projects

SWEET SPRINGS

"The Old Sweet" (c.1839) was once one of the top hotels in America, attracting guests from New York to New Orleans in its heyday, but the former resort has been abandoned for more than two decades now. For his master's thesis, Craven scanned its exterior and photographed interior spaces to document site conditions.

MONTICELLO

The South Pavilion (c.1770) has also been known as the "Honeymoon Cottage" at Monticello because Thomas and Martha Jefferson lived in it before building the great house. Craven scanned it inside and out during recent excavations to document archaeological discoveries made before restoration work.

MONTPELIER

The temple folly (c.1810) at James Madison's Montpelier was scanned during restorations which uncovered the original doorway to a twenty-five-foot deep icehouse underneath. Neoclassical columns and a shingled dome beautified the utilitarian structure to make it a picturesque focal point for the surrounding landscape.

PAVILION II

Pavilion II, part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site at Monticello and the University of Virginia, was one of ten residences built to house professors when the university first opened. A full 3D scan was completed in addition to measured drawings produced to examine various alterations made since the 1820s.

FRALIN MUSEUM OF ART

African heddle pulleys were scanned and replicated for tangible display in Collect, Care, Conserve, Curate: The Life of the Art Object. This exhibition presented the interdisciplinary process between museum conservators, art historians, and material scientists for behind-the-scene stewardship of close to 14,000 art objects.

ALBERT & SHIRLEY SMALL
SPECIAL COLLECTIONS LIBRARY

William Faulkner's smoking pipes were scanned and replicated for tangible display in Faulkner: Life and Works. This exhibition explored various aspects of Faulkner's personae and his literary universe of Yoknapatawpha County, MS, through personal effects, manuscripts, and letters bequeathed to the University of Virginia.