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Buddo model for Stromness Museum

by ECB1966 August 25, 2020 No Comments

Just before the lockdown started I was asked by Stromness Museum if I could 3D print a full sized model of their famous Neolithic artefact ‘Buddo’ found at Skara Brea with a view of perhaps making something for sale although the COVID-19 situation has now put this idea on the back burner.

The model was created from the photogrammetry data produced by Hugo Anderson-Wymark of HES and printed with a plastic filament with stone dust in to to attempt to give a more realistic bone like texture rather than plastic feel. There are filaments available for printing bone but these are expensive and this was only a test.

The printing of this was tricky as there was no flat surface and so I had to use support material that was water dissolvable to handle the curved bottom of the model, this is often an issue with curved models like bowls.

In the end I printed three models, one for Hugo, one for the museum and one for myself.

Further news: These models are now on sale in the museum and on-line via their shop https://shop.stromnessmuseum.org.uk/products/buddo-figurine and also there is a smaller version as a key ring https://shop.stromnessmuseum.org.uk/products/copy-of-buddo-figurine

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