Skeumorphic Experiments

One of the curious fact about archeology is that most of it is missing. Inspired by the work of Linda Hurcombe, these models have taken the base mesh of a Bronze Age food vessel, and projected images of basketry onto them. It is a neat way to begin to explore the relationship of different types of objects in the past: trying to infer what is missing from what still remains. 

Want to learn more?

Check out Linda Hurcombe's book: Perishable Material Culture in Prehistory. It tackles the vast range of material that may have been used in the past but that has since been lost.

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