This is my recontextualization for Macbeth. It is the hallucinated dagger Macbeth believes to see before murdering the king. I believe the dagger is a significant symbol in the play because of its place as the first of many strange events that only Macbeth himself sees. Macbeth is hallucinating a floating dagger before he has even committed to the deed of murdering the king. It is the beginning of the end of Macbeth's sanity in the play.
The Dagger is made from two main materials, Plexiglas and PVC Piping. The blade is hand cut and carved from a sheet of Plexiglas, and edged for realism. The handle is made of two different sizes of heat treated and formed PVC Pipes. The handle was then wrapped in heat treated and designed leather and the metallic parts (including the blade) were created/detailed using the prop maker's Foil Tape method. Once all parts were assembled, the dagger was finished with a "layer" of distressing over the most worn parts.
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