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Sebastian Brandt (preparator)

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File:Sebastian Brandt (naturhistorischer Modellbau).jpg
Sebastian Brandt with botanical Brandt-models in the foreground (2026)
File:Sturia brandti n. sp. (holotype figure, Meißner Formation, Thuringia).png
Reconstruction of the complete internal mold of the shell of Sturia brandti based on the shell morphology of Sturia sansovinii (Mojsisovics, 1869)
File:Sturia brandti n. sp. (holotype figure, Geilsdorf, Thuringia).png
Holotype of Sturia brandti from the Upper Muschelkalk of Geilsdorf (Thuringia)

Sebastian Brandt (born 25 February 1981 in Erfurt, Germany) is a German model maker, palaeontologist and fossil collector. He is the founder of the workshop Reco-Brandt, which produces scientific models and habitat dioramas for museums and exhibitions.[1][2]

Life and work

Sebastian Brandt studied Fine Art at the Bauhaus University, Weimar.[3] He is based in Kornhochheim, Thuringia, Germany, where he develops scientific models for museum contexts.[4]

His work focuses on creating nature-identical botanical models, palaeontological reconstructions and habitat dioramas.[5] According to institutional descriptions, the models are created by casting real biological structures and reproducing them as durable exhibition objects.[6]

In a public lecture at the Natural History Museum of Erfurt, Brandt presented what was described as an innovative method for reproducing plant structures, which has been referred to as "unique in Europe" in institutional communication.[7] These models are used in museum contexts to illustrate biological structures and ecological relationships.[8] According to media reports, such models are employed to visualise habitats and natural processes in exhibition settings.[9][10]

Brandt's work has received multiple awards at the European Taxidermy Championships.[11][12] His models are also regarded, in part, alongside the botanical models of Robert and Reinhold Brendel, the wax fungus models of the Austrian botanist Leopold Trattinnick, the papier-mâché anatomical models of the French anatomist Louis Thomas Jérôme Auzoux, and the zoological and botanical glass models of Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka, as part of a tradition of internationally significant scientific modelling.

Paleontological work

In paleontology, he has focused on the scientific study of ceratites from the Upper Muschelkalk of Thuringia.[13] A central aspect of this work has been his collaboration with the Thuringian paleontologist Siegfried Rein, with whom he conducted morphological and stratigraphic analyses of these cephalopods, examining fossil material from different stratigraphic horizons to document variability and evolutionary patterns.[14]

Together with the Hessian paleontologist Manfred Schulz, he co-described the decapod species Antrimpos germanicus (Brandt & Schulz, 2013) and Parapalaemonetes thuringiacus (Brandt & Schulz, 2013).[15]

He is a member of the support association of the Natural History Museum of Erfurt, to which he donated in 2018 a prepared skull of the Triassic reptile Nothosaurus jagisteus (Rieppel, 2001) as well as a body fossil of the ganoid fish Colobodus maximus (Quenstedt, 1867), both prepared by him.[16]

In his work as a palaeontologist, Sebastian Brandt discovered a new ceratite species that was described and named Sturia brandti in his honour by Siegfried Rein in 2019.[17]

Publications

Selected works

  • Brandt, S.; Schulz, M. (2013): Zwei neue natante Dekapoden aus dem Oberen Muschelkalk (Mittel-Trias, Ladin) des Germanischen Beckens – Antrimpos germanicus n. sp. und Parapalaemonetes thuringiacus n. gen. n. sp. In: Vernate, 32/2013: 67–95 PDF
  • Brandt, S.; Kogan, I.; Pacholak, S.; Licht, M.; Schneider, J. W.; Brücker, C. (2015): The invisible fish: hydrodynamic constraints on predator–prey interactions in the fossil fish Saurichthys compared to recent actinopterygians. In: Biology Open 4 (12): 1715–1726. doi:10.1242/bio.014720
  • Brandt, S. (2020): Die Chronospezies Ceratites flexuosus von Geilsdorf – Ein evolutionsbiologischer Modellfall der evolutionären Art Ceratites nodosus. In: Vernate, 38/2019: 53–76 [1]
  • Brandt, S.; Rein, S. (2019): Frühe Placodontia und Saurosphargidae aus der Trias von Rüdersdorf und neue Überlegungen zur Lebensweise von Placodus. In: Der Steinkern, 38: 53–76. [2]
  • Brandt, S.; Hartmann, M. (2021): „Ich bin dann ein Ceratit!“ – In Gedenken an Siegfried Rein (1. August 1936 bis 2. Dezember 2020). In: Vernate 40: 5–16. PDF

Brandt models

Scientific models and exhibits of botanical and zoological reconstructions as well as paleontological dioramas by Sebastian Brandt are represented in numerous museums and collections worldwide, either permanently or in temporary exhibitions.[18][19][20][21] [22]

National Museum of Qatar

  • Neurada procumbens
    Neurada procumbens
  • Erodium glaucophyllum
    Erodium glaucophyllum
  • Helianthemum lippii
    Helianthemum lippii
  • Convolvulus cephalopodus
    Convolvulus cephalopodus
  • Crocus sativus
    Crocus sativus
  • Salvia aegyptica
    Salvia aegyptica
  • Senecio glaucus
    Senecio glaucus

Natural History Museum Abu Dhabi

• National Museum of Natural History, Luxembourg

Natural History Museum of Basel

• Natural History Museum of Erfurt

Awards

  • 2025: European Taxidermy Championships
    • Best of Europe (Habitats), together with Zsombor Pünkösti, for Arabian Spring Desert Plants with Crowned Lapwing[23]
    • 1st Place, Collective Artists Division, together with Zsombor Pünkösti, for Arabian Spring Habitat diorama [23]
    • Best of Europe Reconstruction Scientific Models for Eudibamus cursoris habitat diorama[23]

References

  1. ↑ "Reco-Brandt – Official website". Retrieved 25 March 2026.
  2. ↑ "Wenn Fleischfresser zu Veganern werden". Thüringer Allgemeine. 1 September 2023. Retrieved 25 March 2026.
  3. ↑ "In Kornhochheim entstehen weltweit einzigartige Modelle". Regionalmanagement Thüringer Bogen. Retrieved 25 March 2026.
  4. ↑ "Kornhochheimer macht längst vergangene Welt lebendig". Thüringer Allgemeine. 22 April 2022. Retrieved 25 March 2026.
  5. ↑ "Wenn Fleischfresser zu Veganern werden". Thüringer Allgemeine. 1 September 2023. Retrieved 25 March 2026.
  6. ↑ "A unique collection". National Museum of Natural History Luxembourg. Retrieved 25 March 2026.
  7. ↑ "Künstliche Orchideen: Vortrag von Sebastian Brandt". City of Erfurt. 26 April 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2026.
  8. ↑ "A unique collection". National Museum of Natural History Luxembourg. Retrieved 25 March 2026.
  9. ↑ "Wenn Fleischfresser zu Veganern werden". Thüringer Allgemeine. 1 September 2023. Retrieved 25 March 2026.
  10. ↑ "In Kornhochheim entstehen weltweit einzigartige Modelle". Regionalmanagement Thüringer Bogen. Retrieved 25 March 2026.
  11. ↑ "ETC 2023 Ranking List" (PDF). European Taxidermy Championships. Retrieved 25 March 2026.
  12. ↑ "European Taxidermy Championship Winners (pictured) from 2025". Breakthrough Magazine. 20 December 2025. Retrieved 25 March 2026.
  13. ↑ Brandt, Sebastian; Rein, Siegfried (2019). "Die Chronospezies Ceratites flexuosus von Geilsdorf - Ein evolutionsbiologischer Modellfall der evolutionären Art Ceratites nodosus" (PDF). Vernate: 53–76.
  14. ↑ Brandt, Sebastian; Rein, Siegfried (2019). "Die Chronospezies Ceratites flexuosus von Geilsdorf - Ein evolutionsbiologischer Modellfall der evolutionären Art Ceratites nodosus" (PDF). Vernate: 53–76.
  15. ↑ Brandt, Sebastian; Schulz, Manfred (2013). "Zwei neue natante Dekapoden aus dem Oberen Muschelkalk (Mittel-Trias, Ladin) des Germanischen Beckens - Antrimpos germanicus n. sp. und Parapalaemonetes thuringiacus n. gen. n. sp" (PDF). Vernate: 67–95.
  16. ↑ "Special gifts: a Nothosaurus skull and a body fossil for the Natural History Museum Erfurt". City of Erfurt. 2018. Retrieved 2026-03-23.
  17. ↑ Rein, Siegfried (2019). "Sturia brandti n. sp. and Sephardonautilus nov. gen. – immigrants, migration pathways and correlations in the Upper Muschelkalk (Middle Triassic)" (PDF). Vernate. 38: 77–94.
  18. ↑ "New Exhibition Showcases 45 Luxembourg Orchid Species". Chronicle.lu. 26 May 2023. Retrieved 25 March 2026.
  19. ↑ "Orchid Exhibition Opens in Luxembourg-Grund". Chronicle.lu. 27 May 2023. Retrieved 25 March 2026.
  20. ↑ "Expotipp: Täuschend echt! Wilde Orchideen in Luxemburg". woxx. 28 June 2023. Retrieved 25 March 2026.
  21. ↑ "Video: Orchideen-Ausstellung im Naturkundemuseum". City of Erfurt. 2021. Retrieved 25 March 2026.
  22. ↑ "In Kornhochheim entstehen weltweit einzigartige Modelle". Regionalmanagement Thüringer Bogen. Retrieved 25 March 2026.
  23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 "European Taxidermy Championship Winners (pictured) from 2025". Breakthrough Magazine. 20 December 2025. Retrieved 2026-03-23.



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