JC week 13: Sword Display

NB: journal entry for the Jewellery and Small object module at South bank Griffith university (QCA) to view the full journal click here

Display method for the sword

Note the blade has a threaded steel rod running its length, so that it can be displayed free standing. As mentioned in the proposal, this is to give the sword the appearance of weightlessness, referencing Bill Violas 'tristans asscention', and transendentalism.

Bill Violas Tristan's Assention video still SOURCE: http://hyperallergic.com/114411/bill-violas-moving-void/

Tho i feel that this work will be best displayed 'used' or as a performance item as it is something to be used and not just displayed. The following images are some posibilities of how the sword could be presented.

SOURCE: http://www.9jabook.com/forum/topics/2109467:Topic:1995566

SOURCE: http://www.bibleapocalypse.com/apocalypse-symbols-vision-sharp-two-edged-sword/

SOURCE: http://www.bibleapocalypse.com/letter-pergamumhe-who-has-sword/

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For the purpose of presentation display, the original display method used in the marquette will be employed. The base which the sword is displayed will be the base of a pulpit. The use of the pulpit as a base if to:
Support the concept of the "purpose" of the sword. In that its a transentental object designed for sharing and expression of beliefs and christian faith.

ABOVE: I aquired an old timber pulpit

ABOVE AND BELOW: there was a center screw on the base, this was removed and using a soft mallet I gently tapped the base loose from the stand. The base is 32cm in diameter and 3.5cm thick made from solid timber.

ABOVE: The hole that the stand had been inserted into originally was exactly the correct width (tight fit) for a 1 inch long 3/8 inch thread sleeve to be inserted. The sleve was  hammered into the hole until level with the rest of the base.

ABOVE: The completed sword with shaft threaded into the base.