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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"brooch"”.
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Blue Amber
… an ancient relic from Irish lore: the ‘Tara’ brooch. Amelia is a young researcher who, while completing her studies, finds herself in an unhappy marriage and at a loss for direction in her life. She is befriended by an older Irish woman who bestows a gift upon her— beginning an adventure to a …
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Safe Haven
… life. By being able to clasp a necklace or pin a brooch on, the viewer physically engages with the work. This interaction resembles my own experiences within the areas I traveled and artists that I have met. With the combination of different metalworking techniques and personal experiences, I am …
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Maker, Wearer, Viewer, Object: the reflexive destabilisation of brooches in a contemporary jewellery making practice
This project examines the social structure of brooches through the lens of my own practice considered in dialogue with writing both within and without the field of jewellery making. Sociologist Georg Simmel proposed that the structure of jewellery is composed of the Wearer and Viewer interaction. …
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BURIAL AND SOCIAL ORGANIZATION IN ITALIAN IRON AGE NECROPOLES: TESTING A BIODISTANCE APPROACH
… sex, time period, head position, and clothes brooch frequencies. Distribution of widely found funerary items, brooches, were examined in-depth for the potential that they varied spatially with biological patterns of variation as a marker of biological group membership. In general, I think …
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To What Extent are Nornour's Roman Votive Finds Indicative of Roman Religious Activity on the Isles of Scilly?
… Nornour will be reviewed. Was this a centre for brooch manufacture or a shrine? Were the artefacts votive offerings to Sillina, or hoarded spoils from shipwrecks? Through appraisals of site reports and scientific data, including metallurgical analysis using X-ray Fluorescence and Atomic …