Bronze sunflower
The journey of the sunflowerLanded in the convents' garden
Growing to eternity
This is the story of how a small sunflower seed
Became a work of art meant to last virtually forever
It all started with a small sunflower seed,
Which was planted in the St. Anna convent in Zundert
The working studio of Jan van Gogh
It grew to produce a marvelous inspiring flower
The artist got the idea to materialize this work of art
of mother nature in more endurable materials: glass and bronze
Now he needed to make a design of his sculpture
Next the shape and texture of the sunflower were transferred
to gypsum and latex in preparation to make a mould for casting
From this gypsum and latex mould a wax forms was cast
in preparation for bronze casting
Now the preparations were ready, and the final object could be made
This wax form was cast in bronze and laid in with glass elements
It was displayed during the open studio exhibition in 2003
Later on the sunflower was re-modelled and texturized
See the amazing result here
If you are interested in the poster, in the techniques which were used,
or if you would like to own your personal version of this great piece
of craftmanship, then please don't hesitate and
contact the artist by E-mail vangogh.artist@yahoo.com
or phone/ visit the website