Speaking with hair
A create comic character would go trough a short comic book story that would talk about, Representation and how it power lies in imagery . Stuart Hall’s The Spectacle of the Other, in which he analyses the portrayal of the black people in imagery and how its meaning can easily be changed and so change the reality. Hall explains that imagery is very powerful and can carry various meanings, sometimes even opposite ones. There is no one ‘true’ meaning, it cannot be fixed. Trying to fix it is, according to Hall, a ‘representational practice’, which attempts to privilege one meaning. Therefore, an important question to ask is: What is the jewelry’s preferred meaning? How does it represent race or people that are different from us (otherness) and what message is it trying to convey?

As i’'m embedded my MA work with contemporary pieces that go together and separate with a comic book. Giving another layer of representational context and pushing the boundaries of Representational meaning in contemporary jewelry.

The wearability of jewelry makes it possible for it to be ‘presented’ in many places and contexts, by (and to) many people, with or without Afro hair. You can carry it with you as a reminder of your political affiliation, as a symbol of empowerment or pride. My jewelry (within and outside the comic) can function not only as a representational piece, symbolically communicating the diversity of black culture, but as a conversation piece, inspiring different, not only black, people to talk about this culture.

I want both the readers of my comics and the wearers of my jewelry to be able to connected with my work, which not only reflects but also educates. In this way, I want to share with my audience something about the history of Afro hair and the diversity of black culture.