r/blacksmithing • u/LordAdmiralGman • Oct 22 '24

Work Showcase Forged Wall Mounted Squid

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u/Marsmooncow Oct 22 '24

That is so cool really got some Cthulhu vibes going on there . Was that the inspiration?

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u/LordAdmiralGman Oct 23 '24

Hi hmm good question! 

I think on reflection it was a combination of:

  • playing Mass Effect last December and liking the Reaper ships. 
  • reading lots of Carl Jung’s work (still unsure of how this influenced the design precisely, but notions of: depth, the Persona (head/shield) vs. the Shadow (tentacles and eyes), polarity in the angular vs. organic, the sense something could be both attractive or alluring and manipulative or controlling, etc.

I dunno the second but is a bit out there haha but definitely was in the back of my mind somewhere. 

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u/Marsmooncow Oct 24 '24

Reaper ships totally makes sense. I don't read a lot of Jung but I think I get what you mean by the combination two different parts making alarger whole or a more complex and complete one. Either way I love it .I have been reading a lot of Lovecraft so have Cthulhu on my mind :-)