{"id":99,"date":"2022-11-29T12:09:17","date_gmt":"2022-11-29T17:09:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/miami-interconnected-land-identity-community\/?p=99"},"modified":"2022-11-29T12:09:23","modified_gmt":"2022-11-29T17:09:23","slug":"99","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/miami-interconnected-land-identity-community\/2022\/11\/99\/","title":{"rendered":"Defensive Mechanism"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Marfo Glover,a graduate student at Miami, studies Jewelry and Metals Design with a minor in 3D Modeling. He explains that his artwork titled\u00a0<em>Defensive Mechanism<\/em>\u00a0is sculptural jewelry meant to evoke \u201cprotective sentiments, remain elegant, and convey a sense of both power to wearer and viewer.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The piece of art is meant to sit on the wearer\u2019s neck with the intention of both beauty and defense. Glover drew from his experience as a young Ghanian artist and borrowed from \u201cboth African traditional and contemporary aesthetic languages while entertaining cross-cultural influences of [his] lived experience.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/miami-interconnected-land-identity-community\/files\/2022\/11\/Glover-Marfo-Defensive-Mechanism-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/miami-interconnected-land-identity-community\/files\/2022\/11\/Glover-Marfo-Defensive-Mechanism-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/miami-interconnected-land-identity-community\/files\/2022\/11\/Glover-Marfo-Defensive-Mechanism-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/miami-interconnected-land-identity-community\/files\/2022\/11\/Glover-Marfo-Defensive-Mechanism-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/miami-interconnected-land-identity-community\/files\/2022\/11\/Glover-Marfo-Defensive-Mechanism-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/miami-interconnected-land-identity-community\/files\/2022\/11\/Glover-Marfo-Defensive-Mechanism-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><strong>Glover Marfo<\/strong><br><strong>Graduate Student, Jewelry and Metals\u00a0<\/strong><br><strong><em>Defensive Mechanism<\/em>, 2022<\/strong><br><strong>Copper, nugold, nickel silver and patina, 4 x 14 x 13 inches<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Marfo Glover,a graduate student at Miami, studies Jewelry and Metals Design with a minor in 3D Modeling. 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