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Three owls in the playground
Three little owls on oak posts, made together with the children of the top year.
Nº 121 · Three owls in the playground
- Work
- Nº 121
- Client
- Primary school in Voorbeeldstad
- Animal
- Three little owls
- Height
- 45 cm per owl, on 1.2 m posts
- Plate
- Corten steel 3 mm, rounded edges
- Weight
- 7 kg per owl
- Lead time
- 9 weeks
- Installation
- Oak posts in the greenery
What they asked for
The school is named after the little owl and wanted three on its new green playground. Sturdy enough to climb on, without a single sharp edge.
The making
The top year drew the owls. We turned the three best drawings into owls. In the chest of each owl is a plate with the children’s names, stamped in with letter punches.
On site
The owls stand on oak posts among the ferns. They are now dark orange. At break time there’s always someone sitting next to them.
How it stands
there now
Patina right now: orange. The whole sculpture is a warm orange. The protective layer is starting to close.
- Day 0Mill scale
Blue-grey and smooth, as the steel comes from the rolling mill. That’s how we set the sculpture down.
- Week 2First rust
After a few showers orange spots appear. It looks a bit messy for a while; that’s normal.
- Month 3Orange
The whole sculpture is a warm orange. The protective layer is starting to close.
- Year 1Rust brown
Deeper and darker. Now it hardly sheds anything.
- Year 5Velvet
Purple-brown and matt as velvet. It stays like this for decades.
Which animal is looking for a home in your garden?
Send a few photos of the spot and tell us which animal you have in mind. Two weeks later there is a sketch to scale, with the price on it.