Blog #5

The object that our group chose was the corncob pipe. Unfortunately, not much is known about this object. In fact, the item in Gould Library Archive is actually a 3D model made by a different DGAH 110 class.

I believe that photogrammetry encourages more attention to details. Part of getting a good quality scan is making sure you capture the object from many different angles as well as taking a lot of photos. In order to accomplish this, you have to pay more attention to where you are looking at to ensure you are capturing as much detail as possible. Comparing this process to simply observing the object, more than likely there won’t be much close looking for every little detail. I found that when taking photos of the pipe, I found myself getting pretty close to capture details on texture and imperfections in order to get a cleaner looking model which I would not have done if I was simply observing it.

Modeling the object was honestly not too different from simply viewing in an exhibit. Because of how easy it was to model that object using apps, it only felt like a closer viewing experience. All I had to do was get a little closer to the object with my phone in order to get a clean model, and the app did all the work for me. I feel like a large part of that is that I didn’t have a personal connection with the object. I just paid more attention to where I was scanning only because I wanted to get a clean model and not because I really cared about the object. It was still really interesting to be able to create a model of my own however, and I am glad that we did not have to make a model of the object from scratch.

Here is the link to the Omeka exhibit.