A 17-year-old boy has quit school to dedicate all his time to promoting sculptures, particularly Vietnamese mascots, by creating 3D scans of hundreds of them.
Nguyen Tri Quang, who resides in Hanoi, has successfully put hundreds of 3D-scanned objects on his website, Vr3d.vn.
Born to a family of craftspeople, since he was a little boy Quang has followed his father to relics across the country and gathered myriad samples.
A 3D scan of a wooden "nghe" (stylized dog) statue, which also serves as a light base
The online library of Vietnamese mascots
During Vietnam's first exhibit on purely traditional Vietnamese mascots, which took place in Hanoi in mid-November last year, Quang instantly thought of how to promote the purely Vietnamese mascots based on his father’s, and his own, collections over almost 10 years.
“In my opinion, such exhibits are spatially and chronologically limited, as many can’t make it to the exhibit. I then thought of launching our collections in the form of 3D on our website, and make them readily accessible to everyone,” the young man explained.
The website of his family’s business, which he launched and runs himself, features a section of digitized Vietnamese mascots.
Unlike conventional 3D technology, in which the performer reconstructs an item from observing it, the VR3D scanning technique which Quang has adopted uses a 3D scanner to vividly capture the items in three dimensions and depict all of their angles and decorative patterns.
It takes the young man around five days to finish a 3D scan for a simple mascot and post it on his website.
Larger objects with richer details pose a greater technical challenge and take more time.
“The colors and sizes of the objects posted on my website are perfectly authentic and precise. Specks of dust and patches of moss on the real-life mascots can even be spotted on my 3D-scanned objects. Those interested, particularly artisans, can rotate and interact with them with great ease,” the teenager explained.
He noted that Ba Tam Pagoda’s lion statue, which is displayed at the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum, is only a version of the original, currently kept at the pagoda in Hanoi.
Meanwhile, his 3D-scanned copy is exactly that of the original.
After 3D-scanning the objects, Quang optimizes the scanned copies and adds them to his website.
His “online Vietnamese mascot library” currently boasts hundreds of mascots and offers viewers an insightful, comprehensive window on the country’s sacred sculptures, which span various historical periods and adopt a wide array of styles.
Quang’s father showed him the 3D-scanning technique years ago, but he taught himself how to post them on his website.
(Source: http://tuoitrenews.vn/features/25564/a)
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