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 the dough and building the gingerbread church, he spent almost 80 hours in demanding preparatory work. In total, he devoted 140 hours to creating the work of art and baked 7 kg of homemade gingerbread cake. The creator of the gingerbread church is an engineer by profession, as he himself claims: "In the case of such a construction, you cannot think about art, but about structures. Of course, you don't have to be an engineer, but it definitely helps."
Patience pays off
Anyone who has kneaded gingerbread dough at least once and then struggled to bake gingerbread knows that the dough has a tendency to break. Rune Johanneesen had to be very patient when building the gingerbread church. “When I took the dough pieces out of the oven, I had to fold and shape them. The dough broke easily, so I don't recommend such projects to people who quickly lose patience," Rune tells NRK.
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Inspiration from the largest stave church in the world
The church built of gingerbread is the equivalent of the oldest, 800-year-old Haddal church in Notoddden. It is also the largest church of its type in the world. The author of the work of art, as he himself says, has always admired this building. Additionally, as an engineer, he has always been fascinated by it in terms of workmanship: "I have always liked staves, 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.
