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DIGITISATION 3D objects

Piql provide services for digitising and safeguarding your irreplaceable paintings, arte- facts and objects – from small to large. As a specialist provider of 2D/3D digitisation technology and services, we offer a complete solution ensuring high resolution capture, long-term storage and digital preservation.

Our non-contact methodologies are having a growing impact on the world of conser- vation and are defining the role facsimiles play in in the protection of our cultural heri- tage Our primary objective is that future generations can inherit the past in a condition in which it can be studied in depth and emotionally engaged with.

BENEFITS

• Non-contact scanning

• High resolution capture

THE CHALLENGE

• Optimised metadata

Iconoclastic destruction, mass tourism, war, natural disasters, imperfect restoration and commercial exploitation all pose serious threat to the preservation of many great works of art and culture. The conservation and preservation communities have realised the importance of high-resolution digital recording and this data is starting to be inte- grated into professional protocols and the discourse surrounding preservation. Central to this shift of attitude is a fundamental reappraisal of the cardinal role facsimiles can acquire when installed in their original location, or even when displaced and presented afresh in touring exhibitions. Facsimiles evidence the quality of the data retrievable through high-resolution recording. They are useful tools both to monitor the changes the original objects undergo throughout its existence and to raise awareness amongst

• Guaranteed future access

• Incredible longevity

USECASE

Powhatan’s Mantle (a native North American garment from the early seventeenth century made of white-tailed deer skin decorated with applied shells.; 235x160 cm) is one of the most significant pieces at the Ashmolean Museum (Oxford) and was part of the original Tradescant collection catalogue of 1656. In May 2017 the digitisation of this important artefact for the purposes of conservation carried out. During the refurbishment of the mantle’s display case, we had the rare opportunity of recording the surface using photogrammetry as a non-contact high resolution technique. The aim of was to employ photogrammetry to obtain high-quality 3D and colour data of the complex surfaces of the mantle (front and back), its shell embroidery and small surface punctures, for further study. The digitisation resulted in a highly detailed model of the mantle’s front.