Dr Matthew Tattersall is a Bid Writer, with previous experience as a post-graduate researcher at Lancaster University. Adept at hybridising creative-critical forms, Matthew wrote a historical novel about John Ruskin’s life and work and designed/delivered a pilot collections accessibility project at Brantwood, Ruskin’s home and accredited museum in Coniston.
In this project Matthew created photogrammetry scans of historical artefacts normally too precious to display, and 3D printed them for handling. In this way, visitors with sensory differences or preferences could interact with cultural collections in a manner not catered for by traditional museum formats.
In order to safely interact with the unique Ruskinalia, Matthew undertook SPECTRUM 5.1 Collection Management Standards training.
Outputs from this project included five digital models for curation purposes, and three physical surrogates, 3D-printed for handling and display. Other outreach and education came predominantly through visitor interactions at Brantwood, providing opportunity to discuss Ruskin, ideas of ecology and aesthetics, as well as the benefits of photogrammetry for cultural collections.