Recreating the relief of the temple of the Jaguars: Exploring digital and analogue 2.5D printing of Mesoamerican imagery

Vazquez, Abigail Trujillo; Aure, Xavier; Klein, Susanne; Parraman, Carinna

Abstract

Digital and analogue printing methods are studied for reconstructing a Mayan decorative relief from the ancient temple of the Jaguars. Height maps, image files encoding height information as intensity values, were produced in commercial image editing software from early 20th century photographic records. Physical height was generated in different materials through analogue printing processes including casting and embossing from photo exposed polymer plates, and digital processes including 2.5D elevated printing and stereolithography. The surface geometry of the outcomes from the analogue processes was recorded using photometric stereo to obtain feedback on the translation of the grayscale range onto relief. 2.5D prints produced with Canon Elevated Printing and stereolithography were used for comparison and qualitive assessment. Differences, parallels and sustainability of the processes are discussed.

Citation

Vazquez, A. T., Aure, X., Klein, S., & Parraman, C. (2021). Recreating the relief of the temple of the Jaguars: Exploring digital and analogue 2.5D printing of Mesoamerican imagery. In Printing for Fabrication Online 2021 Final Program and Proceedings (41-46). https://doi.org/10.2352/issn.2169-4451.2021.37.41

• Conference Name: NIP & Digital Fabrication Conference
• Conference Location: Online
• Start Date: Oct 11, 2021
• End Date: Oct 12, 2021
• Acceptance Date: Sep 13, 2021
• Online Publication Date: Oct 10, 2021
• Publication Date: Oct 10, 2021
• Deposit Date: Nov 9, 2021
• Publicly Available Date: Nov 10, 2021
• Volume: 2021
• Pages: 41-46
• Book Title: Printing for Fabrication Online 2021 Final Program and Proceedings
• ISBN: 9780892083565
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.2352/issn.2169-4451.2021.37.41
• Keywords: Materials Chemistry
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/8058415