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               My jewellery practice focuses on the construct
 Heavy is the head that wears the CROWN      of multimodality and its applicability to the
               contemporary  jewellery  discipline,  towards
 109  Artist's insights.  problematising and thus undercutting the
 Thato Radebe  Preface
               hierarchical distinctions imposed on jewellery
               as a craft. In the context of the jewellery
               works discussed here, multimodality is
               considered in relation to work that functions
 110  Artist Statement   as both personal adornment (jewellery) and
 Heavy is the head that wears the CROWN, June (2022).
               visual artefact (sculpture): therefore, I focus
               particularly on the intersectionality  between
               jewellery and sculpture.
 112  Artist's Curriculum Vitae

 Personal information, biography, collections, exhibitions
 and awards, contact details, and acknowledgements.

 113  Heavy is the head that wears

 the CROWN
 Situated Making (2022).



               Heavy is the head that wears the CROWN.
               Length 450mm / height 60mm / width 450mm.
               Sterling silver, copper and polystyrene.
               June 2022.

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