During my final year of studying BA Creative Jewellery Design and Metal Techniques at Stellenbosch University, I designed a collection of jewellery for the Stellenbosch Gradex Exhibition. This collection featured pieces that were created using silver, gemstones, plastic, resin and other materials. My concept focused on certain stereotypes that have been created over the years when one thinks of femininity. We have been conditioned by society, and especially through the media, that only narrow definitions of masculinity and femininity exist, and that there is a need to live up to these particular expectations. But since femininity encompasses such a variety of definitions and cannot be pinpointed to one single description, women are encouraged by postfeminism to define femininity for themselves – which is exactly what I aim to do when creating jewellery. Making use of concepts, shapes, colours and materials that range from ‘feminine’ to ‘androgynous’ to ‘masculine’; I wanted my pieces to reflect a definition and view of what femininity means to me.