ThinkSee3D Ltd

06/10/2025

A ThinkSee3D replica exhibit on display at the Sushou Museum in China, part of the British Museum's touring exhibition. Seen by 2.5 million visitors, it shows Assyrian king Ashurbanipal killing a lion, but the king also has a pen in his belt, showing that he valued learning and not just butchery. It is because of this king that we have the Sumerian epic story Gilgamesh, which was found in the ruins of his palace by treasure hunters in the 19th century. The exhibit was produced by 3D scans by and digitally carved using a large Chinese CNC machine by . Photo courtesy of Oly Nicolaysen.

27/09/2025

A real and very large shabti being 3D scanned last week at the wonderful .

16/09/2025

I was invited to the opening of a temporary exhibition at Oxford University Museum of Natural History (created by curator .swaby) of fossils found during the building of the HS2 line. Present were members of , Giles Hemmings (HS2 Geologist) and Simon Butler (Senior Project Engineer at HS2), and palaeontologists Murray Edmunds and Jon Radley (Warwick Museum). Last year I was fortunate to be part of the team with , Sally and Nev Hollingworth and that excavated the second Jurassic Ichthyosaur found on the line I uncovered vertebrae, ribs and a shark spine. I also produced various 3D works for the project including scanning Ichthyosaur vertebra, a tiny crustacean claw (imaged, scaled up and 3D printed for the exhibition), the site itself and other finds.

06/09/2025

19/07/2025

Our latest replica, the unwrapped Galloway Hoard Vessel, as it might have looked 1,200 years ago. A combined CT & photogrammetry model, 3D printed, then electro encapsulated in silver, with hand painted gold & niello decorations. The decorations show fire temples, leopards, and tigers. The original was likely Sogdian (near modern day Iran) and would have travelled 1000's of miles along the silk road. It ended up buried and full of treasure in a remote churchyard in Galloway, Scotland. Made for but soon on its way to Melbourne, Australia.

04/07/2025

Earlier this year, we made this replica iron age strap junction, part of the newly discovered Melsonby hoard, for York Museum Trust. This simulates how it looked out of the ground, including simulated mud. The bronze and coral decorations are enhanced. Scan by 360 Heritage.

25/06/2025

ThinkSee3D 3D replica skull at the Lyme Regis Fossil Festival recently. This was on the Charmouth Heritage Coast Centre table but will soon be on display at the museum. Thanks to Chris Moore for commissioning this work and for finding the original.

07/06/2025

It was nice to see our work on TV this week, on BBC1's the One Show. Part of ThinkSee3D's ongoing 3D work on Britain's largest ever found articulated Ichthyosaurus, named the Rutland Sea Dragon. Thanks Nigel Larkin and Dean Lomax for recommending us.

03/06/2025

Two ThinkSee3D replicas made earlier this year for Reading Museum; both are Roman Silchester objects. The stone is a Roman column base with some Ogham text (a text mostly found in Ireland and rarely in England). This one was CNC carved by the brilliant Piotr in real sandstone from a TS3D 3D scan and in front 2 copies of a Roman tile with dog paw prints. Thanks to the equally brilliant Miguel for help moulding and casting these tiles from an in-house CNC carving.

02/06/2025

Very excited to present a short film for the The One Show about the ‘Rutland Sea Dragon’. Be sure to tune in!

For those in the UK, check it out this WEDNESDAY at 7pm on BBC One. Consider this a little taster of where we’re up to and what’s to come. It’s a huge project and one that will take time to reveal all its secrets.

Discovered at Rutland Water Nature Reserve, England, by Joe Davis, the ‘Rutland Sea Dragon’ is a 10-metre-long ichthyosaur skeleton. It was great to film with Joe, Nigel Larkin and the Manchester Museum with cool footage from ThinkSee3D Ltd.

It was nice to be back on The One Show. Thanks to Chwarel for a great film. Past Preservers.

I hope you enjoy this little film. As one of the greatest finds in British palaeontological history, the discovery deserves its own full documentary. Watch this space.

29/03/2025

15/03/2025

Below is a wonderful video from National Museums Scotland about the Galloway Hoard on tour in South Australia. This is one of the most significant Viking-age discoveries of recent times with some spectacular objects contained inside a likely Sogdian vessel. The vessel shown in the video is the replica made by us for the exhibition in only 3 weeks back in 2021. Our involvement in this project is ongoing so watch this space.

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