designed in: 2015
commissioned: no
material: bronze
size: 67 x 11 mm
weight: 150 gram
design: paper cutting,computer modeling with Materialise Magics, plastic protoype, text in Illustrator
execution: 3D printing, lost wax casting, patina, paint, hand-engraved
legend: TU AIMERAS TON PROCHAIN COMME TOI-MEME, artist’s logo, HEB UW MEDEMENS LIEF GELIJK UZELVE, FIDEM XXIV
finish: patina, paint
edition: as many as needed to save the world
credits: casting by Peter Bruining, engraving by Daniel Houwer
This medal is made for FIDEM MMXIV, held in Namur (Belgium). The medal is shaped like a buoy, a reference to recent events in these turbulent times, with political and communal aggression and financial distress and more specifically, refugees drowning at sea while politicians bicker about terms and conditions for charity and peace. The biblical verse Matthew 22:39 is used on both sides of the medal, for FIDEM in Dutch on one side and French on the other. – A message to the people of Belgium who live in a country that has struggled for years to form a cabinet, due to insurmountable issues between the Flemish and Walloon population.