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R’lyeh<\/h2>\n

Named after an ancient city from the Lovecraftian novel \u201cCall of Cthulhu\u201d this sword represents creative forces as something hardly graspable by a sane mind. The otherworldly organic chaos is being framed by gentle copper lines to symbolise the way we interpret these forces and try to contain them within physical objects we make.<\/p>\n

To be able to reach these forces an artist must venture far out into the hostile lands and become a channel for them so they can manifest after a successful return home. With this sword I went so far out of the comfort of my home that I was not sure if I will ever manage to come back and I was lost throughout most of the making process.<\/p>\n

R’lyeh is a ritual sword not intended for combat. The making process was a ritual through which I tried to harmonically unite the historical sword making tradition with contemporary innovation and contribute to the slowly growing field of contemporary artistic sword making because that\u2019s where I see the future of swords. Even though they were stripped of their original application, swords are still imbued with potent symbolical meanings and can gain even more relevance for the contemporary world through art.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″ offset=”vc_col-lg-4 vc_hidden-md vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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