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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.
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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