Chapter Two of the report was a collection of relevant artist which could influence and inform my Chapter 3 report. One of these artists and jewellery designers was Stutman. Her background in fine art has greatly influenced her interpretation of what contemporary narrative jewellery is, as she creates jewellery that has sculptural forms to them, yet using her jewellery skills in order to provoke her audience. What I most associated with in her work was her ability to use imagery to create jewellery which addressed female issues, while at the same time working with relevance techniques, materials and colour choice.
Byrne, like Stutman also manages to draw out her artistic background and portrays it in her work through the use of found materials, concepts and challenging the notion of how jewellery can be worn.
My other example is also an artist; however Erismann is a poet who like Byrne uses her craft to create both dialogue and engagement with their audience of choice. I can relate with these three artistic souls as narrative and pushing conventional methods in order to express ones self and expand as a creative is an important part to their work.
This chapter also included a section where traditional Xhosa beadwork was discussed, this was to help inform ,y own creation as it displayed some f the imagery which was relevant for umakoti.
