Now
Cultural Heritage Lead at Sketchfab
Co-chair IIIF 3D Community Group
Co-author glam3d.org
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Co-Founder + Design @ Museum in a Box
3D + Digital Design @ British Museum
Digital, Motion Design + Content @ Barbican Centre
Digital and Motion Design @ Southbank Centre
Thanks for dropping in 🙂
You might like to see more of my work and ramblings on Sketchfab or Twitter … maybe my LinkedIn. Maybe even my Freesound or Soundcloud.
In another life I ran freelance for Design Council, Dorling Kindersly, Audible, Horniman Museum, Nowness, Sprout Pictures, Jackal Films, Villa Lunera, Knock Knock Productions, Princess Productions, Celleste Dell’Anna, Agile Films, Caviar Content, These Tales Games, Kaber Games & more.
I’ve digitised artefacts for several museums using photogrammetry and other 3D techniques: British Museum, National Museums Scotland, Horniman Museum, UK Government Art Collection, RMO Leiden, RMN Grand Palais, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cuming Museum, Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures, Science Museum.
I deliver introductory sessions in photogrammetry (‘photo scanning’), 3D & Sketchfab with the London Museum Development and directly with institutions.
To date I have taught 3D skills to staff from:
2020
IIIF 3D Community Group Report, IIIF Week
https://iiif.io/event/2020/iiifweek/#iiif-week-iiif-3d—-next-steps-&-dimensions?-iiif-3d-community-group-updates
Co-author glam3d.org, launched May
glam3d.org
Group Panel on “Recovery”, 3D digital Cultural Heritage for resilience, recovery and sustainability
https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/news/european-web-conference-value-and-use-3d-digital-cultural-heritage-resilience-recovery-and
2019
Advisory Board, 2+3D Photography – Practice and Prophecies – 2019, Rijksmuseum, NL
https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/2and3d
Publishing Timely 3D Narratives Online, Workshop, Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY, Dec 2018
goo.gl/4UQV8V
Guest seminar, Digital Materiality & Cultural Practice, Columbia University, November 2018
Explorable, Shareable 3D, DigiDoc 2018, Engine Shed Edinburgh, October 2018
https://www.engineshed.scot/digifest-2018/digidoc-timetable
Sharing 3D Online, Cultural Heritage Imaging Professionals Conference / Digipalooza 2018, Stanford Libraries, July 2018
https://library.stanford.edu/projects/cultural-heritage-imaging-professionals-conference
What happens when you put cultural heritage collections online in 3D?, 3D/VR Creation and Curation in Higher Education:
A Colloquium to Explore Standards and Best Practices, Oklahoma University, March 2018
http://vrpreservation.oucreate.com/Colloquium/speakers
Contributor, MAKERS MARKET PILOT REPORT, Europeana, January 2018
PDF Report
Digital Art History Research Group Lunchtime Seminar, November 2017
link
3D & Photogrammetry Workshop @ 3D Imaging in Cultural Heritage Conference, Iperion / British Museum, Nov 2017
programme
Digital Art History: Practice & Potential, Oct 2017, Paul Mellon Centre / Courtauld Institute
programme
Museum Showoff, Sep 2017
https://museumsshowoff.wordpress.com/2017/08/31/sept-19-line-up
VRX, May 2017
http://vr-intelligence.com/europe/conference-agenda.php
Museums and the Web 2017
http://mw17.mwconf.org/proposal/getting-your-museum-into-the-3d-and-vr-realm
SXSWEdu 2017
http://schedule.sxswedu.com/events/event_PP68002
MuseumSHARE Conference 2017
http://sharemuseumseast.org.uk/events/managing-digital-images-seminar
VHN Ireland 2016
http://www.vhnireland.org/conference-2016/programme
Nottingham Explorers Fair 2016
https://nearnow.org.uk/events/explorers-fair
Museum Association Tech 2016
http://www.museumsassociation.org/download?id=1153182
British Library 2016
Staff briefing.
Micropasts Conference Feb 2015
https://youtu.be/tVq8qlUVLRw
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1332714
Museum Showoff x2
https://museumsshowoff.wordpress.com/2016/01/15/feb-2-line-up
https://museumsshowoff.wordpress.com/2014/11/21/dec-2-line-up
As the Restitution Debate Rages on in Europe, Could the Solution Lie in the Art of the High-Tech Copy?
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/restitution-and-technology-2018-1420246
‘Here’s How You Can Help Document Rio’s National Museum Collections After The Catastrophic Fire’
https://www.forbes.com/sites/kristinakillgrove/2018/09/05/heres-how-you-can-help-document-rios-national-museum-collections-after-the-catastrophic-fire/#3fc181e43dac
‘Sketchfab challenged people to ‘remix’ ancient art, and the results are amazing’
https://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/sketchfab-3d-remix-challenge/
‘3D object scans as a museum learning resource’, Science Museum London
https://lab.sciencemuseum.org.uk/3d-object-scans-as-a-museum-learning-resource-part-1-9e1e51b67581
‘Reframing the Past’ for the Future: A Photogrammetry Experiment, UK Government Art Collection
http://www.gac.culture.gov.uk/reframingthepast.html
https://all3dp.com/uk-government-art-collection-virtual-reality
Contributing Writer to British Art Studies Conversation Piece, July 17
http://www.britishartstudies.ac.uk/issues/issue-index/issue-6
London Museums Group
http://www.londonmuseumsgroup.org/2017/04/20/cultural-heritage-and-3d-the-power-of-virtual-things/
Augment Dev [interview]
http://www.augment.com/blog/interview-thomas-flynn/
http://www.augment.com/blog/interview-thomas-flynn-2/
MagPi Magazine [print]:
https://raspberrypi.org/magpi-issues/MagPi54.pdf
Day of Archaeology
http://www.dayofarchaeology.com/day-of-archaeology-from-the-museum-of-the-world/
Telegraph
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2016/05/07/explore-ancient-british-museum-artefacts-from-home-with-sketchfa
Independent
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/british-museum-releases-scans-of-artefacts-to-let-you-3d-print-your-own-museum-at-home-9837654.html
Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/11/04/british-museum-3d-printer_n_6099038.html
Wired
http://www.wired.co.uk/article/reprinting-history
Gizmodo
http://gizmodo.com/the-british-museum-will-now-let-you-3d-print-copies-of-1654077136
Mashable
http://mashable.com/2014/10/31/british-museum-3d-printing-sketchfab/#mj4QM3rmViq0
FastCompany
https://www.fastcompany.com/3037897/want-to-own-an-ancient-artifact-now-you-can-3d-print-one
Slashgear
https://www.slashgear.com/british-museum-now-lets-you-3d-print-artifact-replicas-31353492/
Artnet News
https://news.artnet.com/exhibitions/recreate-british-museum-artifacts-through-3-d-printing-156270
British Museum [website]
http://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/exhibitions/containing_the_divine.aspx
Horniman Museum Website
http://www.horniman.ac.uk/get_involved/blog/3d-models-of-horniman-objects
British Museum [Twitter]
https://twitter.com/britishmuseum/status/749258918895951872
Day of Archaeology
http://www.dayofarchaeology.com/day-of-archaeology-from-the-museum-of-the-world
South West Museum Development Programme
http://www.southwestmuseums.org.uk/update-digital-engagement-officer
UK Fungus Day
http://www.ukfungusday.co.uk/join/artists-designers-photographers/fungimodels/
3D Printing Industry
https://3dprintingindustry.com/?s=flynn+3d+printable&lang=en
3Dprint.com
https://3dprint.com/56798/3d-printed-museum-in-a-box
Vuseum
http://www.vusiem.com/home/story-behind-the-colossal-rameses-ii-statue-in-british-museum/
Optima Magazine
http://www.optimamagazine.co.uk/read/homes/technology/1346-a-new-dimension
V&A Museum
http://www.vam.ac.uk/blog/news-learning-department/games-jam
Ancient History Encyclopedia
http://www.ancient.eu/image3d/6