Video compilation of the first fifty days.The statue fell over
when the attachment of the fixture to the base broke loose. In 2024, the fixture was replaced by a stainless steel
version and the base was reinforced with additional
bars and both a top and bottom plate.
Vidoe of removing the yellow mold and attaching arrows.
Chronological photo series process
Start 3D printing blocks times 330%.
Layer 1 proces times 330%.
Block fits life-size.
Drill holes in block for polyurethane foam and fixation walls.
Protection cloth for the sticky foam.
Layer 5 in the queue for the foam.
Layer 1 together without finishing inside.
Old Belgian coins to fill the largest gap.
Ring 1 to 4.
Ring 1 to 4 on top of each other.
Ring 1 to 4 on top of each other.
Finishing inside with different types of putty and sanding of course.
Finishing inside with different types of putty and sanding of course.
Finish sanding and filling, a smooth inside of the mold.
Layer 8 inside finished.
Seven layers ready, 8 more to go. The outside will be finished later.
Top view inside up to layer 7.
Studio view with ring 9 in the foreground.
Check whether the rings fit with each new layer.
Check whether the rings fit with each new layer.
The end of the first finish is almost in sight.
The complete mold at the first finish.
The complete mold at the first finish.
Getting rid of the gray and dirty bits.
All 15 layers/rings.
All 15 layers in separate pieces.
Pedestals for St. Sebastian.
Arrows for the sculpture.
Wooden fixture for the sculpture.
View of complete empty mold.
View of complete empty mold.
View of complete empty mold.
View of complete empty mold.
First test filling with birdseed and fat.
Three layers of test fill.
Remove the mold.
First time, bad result.
Test with regular cling film.
Good result.
Give pedestals a colour.
Pouring the birdseed mixture.
View filled mold with scaffold.
View filled mold.
Almost out of the mold.
First filling end result.
First filling end result.
Saint Sebastian No.3 _ garden artist Lommel _ 2023
First filling close.
First filling close.
Installation pedestal with live video.
After 50 days the fixture broke from the base.
Fallen sculpture
The birds still ate the seed completely.
Almost eaten.
Reinforcements 2024:
Eight extra bars added.
Plus another sixteen slanted bars.
Plus a thick concrete plywood plate above and below.
Replacement of wooden fixture with stainless steel
Detail fixture in stainless steel.
Test with yellow mold.
Endresult stainless steel fixture.
Outdoor installation, fixture with arrows and base.
Arrows that fit into the stainless steel tubes.
Total view, other side.
Detail view.
Top piece with branch shapes.
Fixture parts.
Top piece fixture.
The entire project ‘Saint Sebastian with birds no. 1-2-3’ could be viewed for the first time at the exhibition ‘Malabou in Malibu’. The organization was a collaboration between WARP, MAKE, De Fabriek Eindhoven.
