Biomaterial & Sustainability
Macrography of a Whale Bone structure (cross section), source : https://www.flickr.com/people/imnowl/
About the Museum Cerny Collection:
In-situ 3D scanning of « Shaman with familiars » (2009) Original Whalebone carving by Manasie Maniapik, Pangnirtung, Nunavut, Canada Museum Cerny, Bern, Suisse, Inv. No. 2009.07 © Manasie Maniapik, at the Museum Cerny (Bern, Switzerland), Contemporary Circumpolar Art (www.museumcerny.ch).
In the early 1990's some 120 sculptures, lithographs and rare batiks were acquired. Themes include animals, people, family, hunting, metamorphoses, compositions and schamanism, as well as, daily life.
Materials used for the sculptures and wallhangings are natural products from the area, such as stone, antler, whalebone, musk ox horn, sealskin, mammoth and walrus tusk. Lithographs were originally stone cut prints, but today one sees a wide variety of techniques being employed. Digital media and performance belong to the diverse range of expression.
The works give an impression of the culture and life of the peoples in the Polar regions, demonstrating astonishing similarities with our regions.
At the same time they spark an interest to learn more, connecting cultures and contributing to cultural diversity.
They also bring attention to the environmental challenges in the North and to the global context, encouraging environmentally sound measures to be taken for the good of future generations. (Source: www.museumcerny.ch).
Nuvavut, Canada (Region of the Iqalulik Lake) : Nunavut is the largest and northernmost territory of Canada, officially separated from the Northwest Territories. Nuvavut territory twas provided o the Inuit for independent government in 1999.
3D scan rendering with Autodesk 3DS MAX of the « « Shaman with familiars » whale bone carving, Manasie Maniapik, Pangnirtung, Nunavut, Canada Museum Cerny, Bern, Suisse, Inv.No. 2009.07 ©.
Last step before 3D printing: the slicing preparation for 3D printing using Photon Workshop.
Finished 3D resin printing (Anycubic Photon Mono X) , after painting, at 1/8 scale. Scale model by T. Sarnet © 2022.
Original Carving together with the printed 1/8 scale model (in front and below). « Shaman with familiars » (2009) Original Whalebone carving by Manasie Maniapik, Pangnirtung, Nunavut, Canada Museum Cerny, Bern, Suisse, Inv.No. 2009.07 ©, scale model by T. Sarnet © 2022.
3D model
3D scan of the original Carving. « Shaman with familiars » (2009) Original Whalebone carving by Manasie Maniapik, Pangnirtung, Nunavut, Canada Museum Cerny, Bern, Suisse, Inv.No. 2009.07 ©, scanned with a 3D Einscan H scanner © 2022.
Special Thanks to : Martha CERNY and Martin SCHULTZ, Director and Co-Director of the Museum CERNY for their hospitality in Bern, Switzerland.
www.museumcerny.ch
3D image and replica are used for educational and non-commercial purposes only.
Coming Soon :
In December 2021, the "I-Mat team" (M. Mourey, F. Saumade and T. Sarnet) has also worked within the reserve of several European Museums, including Lyon (Musée des Confluences, Bern (Bernische Historische Museum) and Basel (Historisches Museum Basel). Several artefacts were anayzed using in-situ microscopy and 3D scans, with the authorization of the Museums.
Coming Soon...
For more info : I-Mat Project (CNRS MITI) on Ethnomimetics www.ethnomimetics.com
