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Museology - Research & Intention


In 3A3a i began looking into different display techniques to help elevate my work creating more depth. I really like the aesthetic of the displays in natural history museums which lead me to look at museology. I previously researched this by visiting different museums and documenting different display techniques. Using this information helped to inform my previous piece The Bearer of Hope, it highlighted the way the leaves should be evenly spaced in a vitrine with labelling.  as well as this it indicated different lighting techniques and possibly display cabinets.

Relating back to my research on museology last unit i wanted to carry on this theme through my degree piece. Currently i am planning to show the ivy but the ins and outs of how the final aesthetics of it is going to look. I then began researching display cases and what the internet had to offer. When first googling glass display cabinets the first thing to come up is chrome shop display cases, something you may find in a jewellers that all have chunky locks on them. These wouldn't really fit the aesthetic of the museum style, neither would it fit with bronze ivy. The bronze organic form with a chrome very artificial looking frame would negatively contrast and wouldn't elevate the bronze, which is ideally what i would like the case to do.

I wanted to steer away from the metal chrome aesthetic and tried to look for something more natural, ideally in wood. Recapping and reviewing my previous research i was drawn to the taxidermy display cases. They emphasise the piece inside, elevating the natural aesthetic. I want to create the same level of elevation as this does with the taxidermy animals. Researching taxidermy cases was extremely difficult i only managed to find one website in the uk that makes boxes to order, however the price of these cases was far too extortionate for my budget at £450+. With this i looked at second hand taxidermy cases being sold online. Second hand cases were also very limited and the majority of them have displays in them which means i would have to remove the stuffed animal. Removing the animal form its case didn't really seem right to me as the animal would be loose and therefor become damaged which doesn't feel right since it was a living being.

Wandering around the Norwich second hand shops showed up a few possible cabinets i could use as display cases however most of these weren't for sell until i came across an old taxidermy box without the animals on display and in extremely good condition. I'm not entirely sure how the ivy would be displayed inside however it is the best case i have found in person and on the internet and for the price compared to prices else where it is right to make the sculpture to fit the case at this stage.



Museum display techniques evident in 3A3a













The display case I decided to purchase



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