Newton's Cradle

Created this image using Blender. It's a cool free program for creating 3D images and animations.

Mediterranean cruise

I enjoyed a fantastic cruise around the Mediterranean. When we stopped off at Athens I visited the National Archaeological Museum.



This is an Artemision bronze ca. 460BC. It was found in 1926 when it got caught up in fishing nets, what a catch ;-). The attention to detail is excellent.





This illustrates the moulding technique used to cast a small statue. This caught my eye, as I've done injection mould design myself. I didn't know they were creating cavity moulds with runner systems in the 5th century BC :-o.



Another Artemision bronze from ca. 150 BC, found by fishermen 1928. What an expressive and dynamic piece of art, makes me wonder what other riches lay undiscovered on the sea bed.



An incredible Athenian marble high relief, second century BC. It was found in 1948 near Kolonos Square. The saddle is a panther skin.



Beautifully designed gold spiral bracelet. Women with jewelery of this quality must have looked spectacular. Wish I knew more about this piece.


The torso of a Roman emperor, cool breastplate ;-).

This is an image I created in 2005. I did it as a project whilst learning about 3D rendering. Working on this image really made me appreciate the time and effort that goes into this kinda stuff. The texturing took as long as the modelling work, which surprised me. Also, I didn't appreciate the amount of trial and error that goes into doing the lighting and rendering. You definitely need a really fast machine with bucket loads of memory. I still enjoyed creating it though, and I'm proud of what I managed to achieve, and the skills I learned have served me well.