Hamlet

Inspiration: Shakespeare’s Hamlet

The display shows the character on a stylised stage, and we, the audience, watch the ‘dramatic’ moment when Hamlet contemplates death and suicide in his conversation with the excavated skull of Yorick. The style of the scene is contemporary, set in a monochromatic environment of the theatre stage, creating a Gothic and mysterious feel.

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The picture of an actor playing Hamlet in beggar like clothes was my main inspiration. The question Hamlet asks himself is universal. I worked with black and silver colours to create dark, gothic, mysterious surroundings. Out of balsa wood created the 3D skull and decorated it and the crown with Swarovski's crystals.

At first, I wanted to create a background that resembled the audience. Instead, used a black velvet backdrop on which applied Swarovski crystals that decreased downwards. It created a spiritual effect with luminous stars.