Making 3D implants for conservation and restoration of archaeological glass

This article describes the restoration of a glass bowl from the 16th-17thcentury by creating its three-dimensional (3D)model. The final purpose is to work with this model in order to avoid damaging situations that are associated with the manipulation of fragile objects. The...

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Main Authors: Carmen Díaz-Marín, Elvira Aura-Castro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universitat Politècnica de València 2017-05-01
Series:Virtual Archaeology Review
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Online Access:https://polipapers.upv.es/index.php/var/article/view/5946
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description This article describes the restoration of a glass bowl from the 16th-17thcentury by creating its three-dimensional (3D)model. The final purpose is to work with this model in order to avoid damaging situations that are associated with the manipulation of fragile objects. The gap areas, those corresponding to the missing fragments not found in the excavation, were carried out by constructing digital implants. A restricted area of the 3D model has been duplicated in order to accommodate it to confined intervals of the gap. The final implants were printed with acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) filament. These implants replace the lost areas and give stability back to the item by recovering the original morphology. The result can be compared with the outcome obtained by a traditional process, but differs due to the fact that requires minimum manipulation of the item, so it can contribute to preserve and safeguard the restored object. This is a non-invasive method which is offered as an alternative treatment, where the archaeological object is replaced by its virtual model in the steps of the process after 3D data acquisition. Significant differences have not been found in the 3D printing results obtained with the two types of filaments tested (white and clear).
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spelling doaj.art-36bd382b17ed4899b65255ca99d8a6fc2025-01-02T05:22:47ZengUniversitat Politècnica de ValènciaVirtual Archaeology Review1989-99472017-05-0181610310910.4995/var.2017.59465169Making 3D implants for conservation and restoration of archaeological glassCarmen Díaz-Marín0Elvira Aura-Castro1Universitat Politècnica de ValènciaUniversitat Politècnica de ValènciaThis article describes the restoration of a glass bowl from the 16th-17thcentury by creating its three-dimensional (3D)model. The final purpose is to work with this model in order to avoid damaging situations that are associated with the manipulation of fragile objects. The gap areas, those corresponding to the missing fragments not found in the excavation, were carried out by constructing digital implants. A restricted area of the 3D model has been duplicated in order to accommodate it to confined intervals of the gap. The final implants were printed with acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) filament. These implants replace the lost areas and give stability back to the item by recovering the original morphology. The result can be compared with the outcome obtained by a traditional process, but differs due to the fact that requires minimum manipulation of the item, so it can contribute to preserve and safeguard the restored object. This is a non-invasive method which is offered as an alternative treatment, where the archaeological object is replaced by its virtual model in the steps of the process after 3D data acquisition. Significant differences have not been found in the 3D printing results obtained with the two types of filaments tested (white and clear).https://polipapers.upv.es/index.php/var/article/view/5946vidrio arqueológicoreconstrucción 3Dmodelado 3Dimpresora 3Drestauración
spellingShingle Carmen Díaz-Marín
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Making 3D implants for conservation and restoration of archaeological glass
Virtual Archaeology Review
vidrio arqueológico
reconstrucción 3D
modelado 3D
impresora 3D
restauración
title Making 3D implants for conservation and restoration of archaeological glass
title_full Making 3D implants for conservation and restoration of archaeological glass
title_fullStr Making 3D implants for conservation and restoration of archaeological glass
title_full_unstemmed Making 3D implants for conservation and restoration of archaeological glass
title_short Making 3D implants for conservation and restoration of archaeological glass
title_sort making 3d implants for conservation and restoration of archaeological glass
topic vidrio arqueológico
reconstrucción 3D
modelado 3D
impresora 3D
restauración
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