Tombstone

2018 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

To mark the launch of the ReACH Declaration, this copy of a grave stone was presented to the Museum. The original is in a cemetery next to a remote and historic hilltop mosque at Kala Koreysh in Dagestan, Russia. The site has been recorded by Factum Arte as part of a project to digitise the cultural heritage of Dagestan. Using photogrammetry, hundreds of overlapping digital photographs covering every area of the grave stone were mapped with imaging software to create a moveable 3-dimensional image on screen. A CNC milling machine was then programmed to carve this new version of the monument in limestone. Unlike plaster casting, photogrammetry enables extremely accurate, 3-dimensional copies to be made without any materials contacting or harming the original work.

Object details

Object type
Materials and techniques
CNC milled limestone
Brief description
CNC milled limestone reproduction of a grave stone from the Utsmi cemetery, Kala Koreysh, by Factum Arte, gift from the PERI Foundation.
Physical description
CNC milled limestone reproduction of a grave stone from the Utsmi cemetry, Qala Quraysh
Dimensions
    Gallery label
    (30.11.18)
    Copy of
    Gravestone from Kala-Koreysh, Dagestan, 1788
    Factum Arte, Madrid, Spain, 2018
    To mark the launch of the ReACH declaration, the V&A was presented with this copy of a gravestone. The original is in a cemetery next to a remote and historic hilltop mosque at Kala-Koreysh in Dagestan, Russia. Factum Foundation and the Peri Foundation recorded the site as part of a project to digitise cultural heritage in Dagestan. Using photogrammetry, hundreds of overlapping digital photographs covering every area of the gravestone were mapped with imaging software to create a moveable 3D image on screen. A CNC milling machine was then programmed to carve this new version of the monument in limestone. Unlike plaster casting, photogrammetry enables extremely accurate 3D copies to be made without any materials contacting or harming the original work.
    Limestone, CNC-milled using a digital file made with photogrammetry
    The Kala-Koreysh site is part of the Museum Sanctuary and Ethnographic Complex Dag-Aul.
    The gravestone copy is given by Factum Foundation and was made in collaboration between Factum Arte, the Peri Charitable Foundation, and the Museum Sanctuary and Ethnographic Complex Dag-Aul
    Museum no. A.21-2018
    Credit line
    Given by the Factum Foundation, and made in collaboration between Factum Arte, the Peri Charitable Foundation, and the Museum Sanctuary and Ethnographic Complex 'Dag-Aul
    Summary
    To mark the launch of the ReACH Declaration, this copy of a grave stone was presented to the Museum. The original is in a cemetery next to a remote and historic hilltop mosque at Kala Koreysh in Dagestan, Russia. The site has been recorded by Factum Arte as part of a project to digitise the cultural heritage of Dagestan. Using photogrammetry, hundreds of overlapping digital photographs covering every area of the grave stone were mapped with imaging software to create a moveable 3-dimensional image on screen. A CNC milling machine was then programmed to carve this new version of the monument in limestone. Unlike plaster casting, photogrammetry enables extremely accurate, 3-dimensional copies to be made without any materials contacting or harming the original work.
    Collection
    Accession number
    A.21-2018

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    Record createdJuly 3, 2018
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