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dataProjections is a series of prints that depict structures generated procedurally from 3D morphometric data collected in the process of research by a biological anthropologist on a series of gorilla crania. Passing are the days when a scientist would measure skeletal elements with calipers, in its place are digital tools that happen to capture not only the gestural path of the researchers process, but also the shape of the specimen in three-dimensions. Custom software tools were developed to create these structures based on the raw data. The structures were then either mirrored to create a semblance of the original object or placed to create a graphic shadow representing the projection of thought and analysis based on the data. The graffiti-style result of the shadow is a representation of the scientists hand through the eyes of the artist.