Cultural heritage and studio work is not a different physics. It is a different risk: the object may be unique, fragile, or unfinished. Bolton Works treats those captures with metrology habits — known scale, controlled alignment, clean topology — because a pretty mesh that is 2% large is an expensive mistake when you go to mill a replica.
What we deliver for art and archive projects
- High-resolution meshes for study and conservation records
- Scaled models for replication or enlargement
- Mesh-to-CAD when the piece must enter a mechanical workflow (fixtures, packaging, production)
The 3D digital media page covers archiving, replication, and mesh-to-CAD in more depth. Museum and foundry partners often need both: an archival mesh and a manufacturable model.
Handling and site work
Many objects cannot come to the lab. We have scanned in studios and institutions as well as factories. Tell us material, finish, size, and whether color/texture is in scope (shape is our core; photogrammetry-style color is a separate discussion).
Discuss a capture or browse heritage work in the gallery.
— Bolton Works