Professional Experience
The Olkes Collection
Hired to photoscan and retexture a collection of African artifacts using industry-standard techniques, producing high-fidelity 3D models in FBX, GLB, PLY, and STL formats.
The Olkes Collection is a set of African artifacts that required high-fidelity digital preservation. I was hired to photoscan each piece and produce retextured 3D models suitable for archival, display, and further research use.
The collection included a three-headed helmet mask, a cultivators staff, and several additional objects. Each piece was captured with a high volume of overlapping photographs from multiple angles, processed into a point cloud, and then reconstructed as a textured mesh.
The workflow used industry-standard photogrammetry and retexturing techniques, with Polycam for the capture and scan processing phase. The resulting meshes were cleaned, UV-unwrapped, and retextured before being exported. Final outputs were delivered in FBX, GLB, PLY, and STL formats to support a range of downstream use cases — from web embedding to physical reproduction.
Working with culturally significant artifacts puts a specific kind of responsibility on the technical process: accuracy matters not just as a craft standard but because the models become a record. The goal is fidelity — to the object, to its material character, and to the people it belongs to.
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Media
Polycam scan preview — turntable render of the three heads mask