Category Archives: Fall 2010
Prototyping the Diorama | 3D
NOW IN COLOR! I decided to keep test the 3d images, especially I can not get the stereolithography done for the final piece. I’ve worked in Klean Klay before, it’s the primary material used in 3d forensic facial reconstruction. If I’m able to get one of the Hyrtl skulls printed I’ll used this to do [...]
Sketching the Cabinet
I thought I post some of the sketches and ideas for the cabinet that will house the diorama, camera, lights, and all the guts of the simulacrum. These are not complete, but just sketches. I’m not a arcitect or draftsman, I’m not sure how to draw them as blueprints. Luckily I know of a few [...]
Testing the Follow Focus
The follow focus on the simulacrum is being built with a help of a friend and photographer Louis Lucci. We set it a few times now and ran some test and took the measurements for the cabinet based on the dementions of the rig and the diorama table together. I’ve tried a few different mounts [...]
Prototyping the Mechanism
Geometry and Gears I had not used this particular set of tools in a long time and it felt good to get them out and work with geometry again. I got this set during my second year in college and it has more then past the test of time, that extension are is perfect for [...]
Prototyping the Diorama
2D Construction I haven’t posted anything on the diorama construction since the 11/16 update (a few post below). So lets catch up. I’ve been constructing the 2d diorama by altering period photography, drawings, paintings. I decided to concentrate on the 2d for testing until the problems with the maya mesh can be worked out. I’ve cut [...]
Zini in Osirix and Maya
So I finally got a good working render from OsiriX and opened it in Maya, and just as I’d thought, it was a mesh mess to an extreme degree. Maya can’t seem to automatically fix the Nonmanifold Geometry. Nonmanifold Geometry is, simply put, a mesh that could not exist in the real world. Maya refuses [...]
JONAH SAMSON | PLEASANTVILLE
PLEASANTVILLE Current photographs from Jonah Samson are on display at G. Gibson Gallery in Seattle. The work is being shown as part of the exhibit, “View Master” along with Lori Nix and Grace Weston. The group show is very strong so be sure to see the gallery website for details. Samson creates dioramas in miniature [...]
3D Magic With DICOM Data
OSIRIXIMAGING BUT THE MESH IS RIDICULOUS! I received the first four CT scan sets from the University of Philadelphia’s Anthropology Department today. Tom Schoenemann, the gentleman working on getting me those scans, recommended OsiriX as a good program for viewing and processing DICOM (Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine) data created from the CT scans. DICOM [...]
A Precedent @ ClampArt Gallery
THE CITY Solo Exhibition of New WorkNovember 4 – December 18, 2010Opening Reception: Thursday November 4, 6 – 8 pm ClampArt Gallery521-531 W. 25th Street, New York City Constructed and photographed since 2008, the new images Lori has produced in her series The City (2005-2010), including the ‘Map Room’ (above and below), will be on [...]
2D Composite Facial Reconstructions