The Mammoth

I'm finally going to finish an art project I started a long time ago. I started it back in 2007. It's titled The Mammoth and it's a sewn depiction of a mammoth taken from a LIDAR survey.
LIDAR is amazing. It's technology that allows you to scan an object using a laser and generate a 3D model of what you scanned. We used this technology on an architecture project that I worked on. We scanned very complicated geometry in order to locate the exact location of Mammoth Bones. It was for our design of the Waco Mammoth Site Dig Shelter which is now under construction in Waco, TX.

We used a plan view of the LIDAR created topography model to locate the walls of the shelter and a suspended catwalk for visitor's to view the bones. Several mammoths died at this site, possibly all at once in some type of catastrophic event. It allowed us to know precisely where the visible bones of one mammoth were in relationship to one another.

I need to finish this by the 22nd so that I can show it in an event for Chris Riley (running for city council seat 1) at the US Art Authority. If you're in Austin and want to check it out here's the info. I am just happy that I am finally finishing and presenting this piece!!