Using Kreon scanner on historical artifacts enables :
Documentation
Digital preservation
Duplication
Involved in the production of a facsimile of the Eastern end throne room of Ashurnasirpal II from his palace in Nimrud, Iraq, the Spanish company Factum Arte uses a Kreon Zephyr KZ 50 scanner mounted on a seven axes to record large scale freestanding sculptures and relief surfaces with deep undercuts.
This perfectly answers Factum Arte’s specific need of recording fully 3D shapes and to document them for the restoration of the cultural heritage.
7D Works, a company specialized in the digitizing and reproduction of works of art, uses several Kreon systems on portable articulated arms for its heritage preservation application.
Kreon laser scanners have been used, for example, on the following projects:
Digitizing of the famous sculpture of the Queen of Saba at the Palais de Chaillot in Paris, with the aim of making a reproduction that would replace the original statue at the Cathedral of Reims. 3, 50 m high, the statue was entirely scanned with a Kreon scanner according to severe specifications: high accuracy reproduction without moldmaking nor moving of the original artefact during execution.
Reproduction of Saint Augustine’s head, extracted from a platform of the Church of Brou (France) and dated from the 16th century. The reproduction of the alabaster head in full size was made upon request of the Sculptures Department of the Louvre Museum in Paris.
Digitizing and reproduction of the portal of former Abbey of Champmol, established in 1384 by Philip II, Duke of Burgundy, known as The Bold. The Kreon systems were used for digitizing and rebuilding the portal that features five canopies with highly sculpted forms. Kreon’s technology was used for the detailed complex shapes (sculptures and mouldings) and for the frontage (stone by stone). For 7D Works, use of Kreon scanners presents many advantages:
No physical contact with fragile or ancient works of art
No limitations in the size of measured artefacts
High accuracy
Portability and ease of use of the system that enables digitisation right on-site.
The 3D models generated eliminate constraints linked to physical archiving of artefacts such as staining and spotting and permit fast and easy access to the 3D models, easy handling and analysis of data, possibility to create and compare models. The models are directly available for reproduction in different materials and in different scales.
