The Art History Department and the School of Architecture and Urban Planning will collaborate in a 3-D scanner demonstration and workshop at 3:30 p.m. April 6 in the Art History Gallery in Mitchell Hall.
The scanning demonstration will involve a 14th-century wooden statue of the Virgin Mary from the UWM Art Collection, housed in Art History.
A workshop at 2 p.m. will give participants an orientation in the software. Derek Counts, chair of Art History who uses 3-D scanning technology in his research on ancient Cyprus, and two UWM students who attend the University of Maryland School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation’s field school for data collection at Stabia, Italy, will be part of the workshop.
3-D visualization has become an accepted and increasingly standard means of digital documentation, archiving, and an aid in conservation, restoration and preservation, according to Counts.
The demonstration will include three types of laser scanners: Art History will demonstrate the FARO Focus X330 and the Freestyle 3-D, types of 3-D laser scanning equipment used for art; William Krueger, wood shop manager in the School of Architecture and Urban Planning, will demonstrate the FARO Edge Scan Arm HD, used in architecture.
The goal of the workshop is to expose the field school students to the scanners and give other UWM students an opportunity to work with them.
