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In June 2012, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and MakerBot joined forces
to make statues, sculptures, and other three dimensional artworks from the
museum's collection available for anyone in the world to access virtually on
Thingiverse. These models are all printable, and look great on the Replicator.
(for more information, see http://www.makerbot.com/blog/tag/met-
makerbot-hackathon/ ).
To create these scans, a group of artists, hackers, and educators from the
MakerBot Community traveled thousands of miles for a two-day hackathon.
The group toured the galleries of New York's landmark museum to capture
works of art using cameras and Autodesk's free 123D Catch scanning soft-
ware (see “123D Catch” (page 136) ), establishing a novel approach to creating
a public archive.
In keeping with the Museum's commitment to share its collection with the
public, people can now examine artwork digitally online, or in person by re-
producing the artwork on a MakerBot. Teachers can bring history straight
into the classroom. Artists can modify, remix and re-imagine classics once
set in stone.
When Bre was walking around capturing things in the museum, a guard
pulled him aside and told him to be sure to get a model of a guardian lion (see
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:24047 ). The guard pointed out that it sits
at about hand height, which means kids might eventually rub the nose right
off of it. With the digital 3D version, we will always know what that nose looked
like!
The Met MakerBot Hackathon is only the first chapter in MakerBot's effort
to bring art back to life. MakerBot's asked others to join in with the “Capture
Your Town” project.
The company has issued a challenge to its community: Capture Your Town!
People all around the world have been using the same simple process and
freely available tools to scan artwork, buildings, people, and things in 3D and
share them in the Thingiverse. You can see the collection as it grows by
checking out the futuremuseum tag on Thingiverse: http://www.thingi
verse.com/tag:futuremuseum . If you scan a piece of your town, be sure to
tag it on Thingiverse with the futuremuseum tag.
What Will You Make?
At its core, a MakerBot lets you make things. The cost of materials is so low
that if the first result is not quite right, you can make it again. This is simple
but very powerful. So many people get hung up in life when they meet with
failure. Having a MakerBot means that you have access to a machine that will
let you face challenges in the real world and fail as many times as it takes until
you create a solution that satisfies you.
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