Academic Technology & Consulting
We 3D scanned the polar bear. Now we are printing a few for some special friends of the Maker Space who will be visiting for reunion this weekend.
“The Class of 1912 presented a sculpture of the polar bear to the College in 1937. It is a life size granite statue designed by Frederic George Richard Roth. The figure stands in front of the entrance to Sargent Gymnasium, and has for many years symbolized Bowdoin College to alumni and to the public .”
Griffin? Chicken? Dragon?
We are not actually certain, but we sure had fun 3D scanning and printing this object for our good friends over at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art
Q: Who wants a museum lion?
A: Everybody!
The Bowdoin Magazine even wrote an article about how we scanned it to create the model: https://www.bowdoin.edu/news/2022/03/a-look-at-the-lions.html
This special lion was printed using Silver Raspberry MatterHackers Quantum PLA Filament
1894 Replica of sculpture by Flaminio Vacca, 1598
The original Medici lions (1598) have since 1789 stood in the Loggia dei Lanzi, Piazza della Signoria, Florence. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medici_lions
Exterior, Walker Art Building, Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, Maine, USA.
Created in 27 pieces using Photogrammetry and LuBan by David Israel of Academic Technology & Consulting for the Exhibition:
Palace Reliefs from Kalhu (Nimrud) https://www.bowdoin.edu/art-museum/exhibitions/2016/assyrian-reliefs.html
