designed in: 2012
commissioned: no
material: silver
size: 70 X 10 mm
weight: 100 gram
design: computer modeling with Materialise Magics
execution: 3D printing, lost-wax casting, hand-engraved
legend: see bottom of this page
finish: matted
edition: 10 pieces and one epreuve d’artiste
credits: 3D Printing by Materialise, casting by Peter Bruining, engraving by Daniel Houwer
This medal consists of a Mobius-like plane, that wraps around four times, and around text that measures about 70 centimeters in length. To give the engraved text a natural and well-balanced curvature, the plane had to be ‘laid out flat’ to make the layout possible.
I CANNOT GRASP INFINITY, CALL IT PERPETUAL, UNLIMITED, IMMENSELY OR THE UNIVERSE, I CANNOT GET MY BRAINS AROUND THIS BUT I TRULY UNDERSTAND FINITENESS, CORRUPTABLE AND MORTALITY, DEATH
IS DAILY EATEN FROM MY PLATE, I WOULD LIKE TO GRASP THE ENDLESS, THIS HERE IS WHAT I, JENNIFER HOES CAN MAKE OF INFINITY IN 2012 …