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The recording of Raphael’s Cartoons at the V&A
In August 2019, a team of 3D recording and high-resolution panoramic photography specialists from Factum Foundation carried out the recording of the Raphael Cartoons at the V&A, which have been...
September talks
International Committee of Architectural Photogrammetry 27th international symposium, Ávila September 4th Factum Foundation Project Director Carlos Bayod participated in a panel on ‘Ethics for Heritage Recording Specialists.’ He spoke alongside...
Recreation of Six Sunflowers in a Vase on show in Tokyo exhibition
The exhibition ‘Superclone Cultural Properties’ (Sep. 16 –29) at the Tokyo University of the Arts Museum introduces the concepts and material realities that lie behind the reproduction of cultural heritage....
Save the date: Conversation at Spencer House
On 23 Sept., Factum Foundation’s Adam Lowe and exhibition designer Charlotte Skene Catling will be in conversation with Jonathan Jones about how technology is being used to enhance our understanding...
The Egyptian National Commission for UNESCO gives its patronage to the Theban Necropolis Preservation Initiative
The Theban Necropolis Preservation Initiative and its ongoing training programme through the 3D Scanning, Training and Archiving Centre at Stoppelaëre House received the patronage of the Egyptian National Commission for...
The campaign to save the Whitechapel Bell Foundry
The Tower Hamlets Planning Committee meeting to decide the future of the Whitechapel Bell Foundry, due to happen on 30 July, was differed. It may happen in September / October,...
The lost silver map of Al-Idrisi
Factum Foundation’s recreation of the lost silver map of Al-Idrisi is now complete. The map, a reconstruction of a lost 12th-century original following a 16th-century Ottoman copy, was exhibited at...
Recording a 19th-century relief map of Jerusalem
In July 2019, a team from Factum Foundation used photogrammetry to record a 1:500 scale model of Jerusalem – the first topographic relief to aim for scientific accuracy. The hand-painted...
Book launch: ‘Antonio Canova. Atelier’
A new book, Antonio Canova. Atelier, tells the story of the ongoing collaboration between Factum Foundation and the Musei Civici di Bassano del Grappa, a project which is transforming the...
Arte TV: Europe Time Machine, Historical Sites in Danger
Factum’s founder Adam Lowe was interviewed for a new mini-series by Arte TV about the Europe Time Machine (ETM), a project to use machine learning and big data technology to...
Save the Whitechapel Bell Foundry
A new film and website have been created as part of the ongoing campaign to save the Whitechapel Bell Foundry. Gavin Kingcome’s short film contains interviews with different people affected...
Developing new technologies for 3D scanning
Factum Foundation is constantly looking for new ways to record accurate information of the surface of paintings. Currently in development is the photometric scanner, a fast, portable system that will...
New successes for the church bell foundry at Whitechapel
On December 10th two 6kg bells were cast at UCL’s Here East facility by Peter Scully, technical director at the Bartlett, and a team of four students. The event employed...
Digitisation workshop with students from ISIA Urbino
Carlos Bayod, Guendalina Damone and Otto Lowe from Factum Foundation’s 3D scanning department organised and taught a five-day workshop focussing on non-contact recording technologies for cultural heritage to ten students...
A late-15th-century altarpiece by the Maestro de Perea
Factum Foundation is collaborating with Fundación Casa Ducal de Medinaceli on a new digital preservation project involving the surface and colour recording of a late-15th-century altarpiece known as the Retablo...
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