A modern abstract sculpture made of stone, placed on a circular base. The sculpture has smooth, curved surfaces and appears to be an intricate, intertwined form. There is a small plaque on the base of the sculpture with the text 'MOTHER AND CHILD HENRY MOORE.' The sculpture is situated in a dimly lit room with stone walls and a tiled floor, with light casting shadows on the sculpture and the floor. The interplay of light and shadow highlights the smooth texture and curves of the sculpture, making it visually interesting.
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Digital “Mother and Child”

In 2017 I was hired by the now-defunct London-based AR company ARTechs to supervise the photogrammetric 3D reconstructions of the “Mother and Child: Hood” statue by contemporary artist Henry Moore, temporarily in display at St Paul’s Cathedral.

modern abstract sculpture made of stone. The sculpture features smooth, flowing curves and appears to be a stylized representation of a human figure holding a vase or vessel. The sculpture is mounted on a circular base and is set against a background of stone walls with rectangular paneling. The interplay of light and shadow on the sculpture highlights its intricate contours and textures. A small plaque on the base of the sculpture is visible, but the text on it is not legible

The job was fully remote, and the company CEO had to take the pictures himself following my direction. Once he transferred them to me, I used MeshLab to create the first mesh prototype, before importing it into Blender for some manual adjustments and retopologisation. The model was game ready, as ARTechs customers specified that the final product had to be “low-poly”. Since the original file was obtained from meshifying a point cloud, I had to dedicate a lot of time to getting it to a decent topology and poly-count without losing any quality.

An abstract sculpture with an organic, flowing form made of a smooth, stone-like material. The sculpture is mounted on a round base and features curves and rounded shapes that suggest a modern or contemporary style. The central element is tall with a smaller, rounded protrusion near its base. The lighting creates a shadow behind the sculpture, adding depth to the image

Another challenge for the project was that we could not use artificial lights, as the statue was hosted inside St. Paul’s Cathedral, in London. The result was that we had to work with strong artifacts on the final baked textures in the first instance. However, after making sure that the textures were baked in a human-workable format, they were fixed by editing the color in PhotoShop.

A modern abstract sculpture made of stone, placed on a circular base. The sculpture has smooth, curved surfaces and appears to be an intricate, intertwined form. There is a small plaque on the base of the sculpture with the text 'MOTHER AND CHILD HENRY MOORE.' The sculpture is situated in a dimly lit room with stone walls and a tiled floor, with light casting shadows on the sculpture and the floor. The interplay of light and shadow highlights the smooth texture and curves of the sculpture, making it visually interesting.

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