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Avatars of Ambiguity

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A pair of crownlike bronze circlets created for a casting class. There are several layers to the concepts that I stuck together for this piece so I will outline them:
1, The symbols used (the cross, sword and shield) are meant to evoke some kind of feeling from the viewer. This feeling is usually good or bad to some degree; crosses representing good or evil or oppression depending on the religion/lack thereof of the viewer, swords being violence or valor, shields being protection or cowardice, or any other interpretation really.
2, The two mostly-identical pieces add an extra layer of emotion, generally intensifying those evoked by the symbols. For example, if the sword is viewed as a symbol of violence, it will look like a common murder weapon on the "damaged" piece and a tool of tyrants on the "shiny" piece. If it is viewed as a symbol of honor and valor, then it will be interpreted as a symbol of noble sacrifice on the "damaged" piece and a symbol of fame and glory on the "shiny" one. And so on and so forth.
3, The headpiece is often a status symbol, so the wearer of a certain headpiece is seen as a reflection of that piece. These pieces are meant to take the viewer's interpretation of the symbols and the overall piece and place them onto the wearer via the viewer- i.e. a viewer who thinks that the symbols and structure represent a vicious, bloodthirsty crusader will think of the wearer as such.
The idea, overall, is that the wearer becomes an avatar of ambiguity- the thing on their head makes them into all kinds of different people in the eyes of different viewers.
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