Create

Endless Threads

Weave yourself into a customized textile. Choose from a selection of textile artworks from the collection and design your own, selecting the color, patterns and technique. A camera feed lets you add yourself to your creation, weaving in your face or detail into the design, while matching the look and style of the tapestry. 

How does it work? This interactive uses a Femto Mega depth camera to detect your shape, facial features, and clothing to make a real-time cutout. Then, with OpenCV’s color segmentation, your image is woven into your chosen historical tapestry.

Pottery Explorer

Use your hands to sculpt and shape clay. Experiment with motions to change the shape of your creation. As you work, an array of pots from the collection are revealed based on visual similarity, blending creation and inspiration into a seamless experience. 

How does it work? This interactive uses a Femto Mega depth camera to track your hand movements in 3-D to allow you to shape and sculpt a virtual pot. Then, OpenCV extracts the contour of the form you have created using the depth image. Segment Anything, a machine learning tool from Meta, is used to extract contours from artworks in the museum’s collection. Your form is then matched in real time to similar shapes from the collection.

Portrait Maker

Take a selfie and transform it into a self-portrait inspired by artworks from the collection.

How does it work? A multi-touch interface allows visitors to create a portrait of themselves in the select mediums and styles of the CMA’s artworks based on an image of themselves

Art Morph

Create original art inspired by the museum's open access collection using real-time generative AI. Experiment with the materials in front of you and see how the screen transforms them into works of art. Try different combinations and positions to see how these changes impact the art being generated. New materials are added on a regular basis.

How does it work? This interactive uses the Stable Diffusion SDXL Turbo model, a powerful AI image generator, adapted with LoRA training to reflect the Cleveland Museum of Art’s collection. It uses the real-time generative AI lens to transform a camera feed of your hands, and everyday physical materials into art inspired by the collection. When you place objects like paper or shapes on the platform, the system uses those inputs to instantly generate new digital artwork in the style of the selected collection pieces.