140 hours of work, a 3D printer and 7 kg of homemade gingerbread dough, and these are just a few of the many other things that went into making this miracle! it's a work of art!
Before Rune Johannesen began kneading dough and building a gingerbread church, he had spent nearly 80 hours in demanding preparation work. In total, he devoted 140 hours to making a work of art and baked 7 kg of homemade gingerbread dough. The creator of the gingerbread church is an engineer by training, as he himself claims: “With such a construction you cannot think about art, but about structures. Of course you don't have to be an engineer, but it certainly helps. "
Patience pays off
Anyone who has ever made gingerbread dough and then struggled with baking gingerbread knows that this dough has a tendency to break. Rune Johanneesen must have had great patience in building the gingerbread church. “When I took the dough pieces out of the oven, I had to put them together and shape them. The dough broke easily, so I don't recommend such designs to people who quickly lose their patience, ”says Rune for NRK.
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Inspiration from the largest stave church in the world
Built of gingerbread, the church is the equivalent of the oldest, 800-year-old Haddal church in Notoddden. It is both the largest church of its kind in the world. The author of a work of art, as he himself says, has always admired this building. Additionally, as an engineer, he was always fascinated by it in terms of its workmanship "I have always liked planks, they have many angles, they consist of many parts, they are not easy structures".
Gingerbread church and 3D printer
A 3D printer was a necessary and helpful tool to complete the project. Given his profession, the author had no problems accessing it. Rune reports that the construction itself took him 60 hours, but he had to spend a lot of time preparing templates and a lot of forms. The great advantage was the ability to create custom shapes that were included in the design. However, this would not be possible without the access to a 3D printer.
