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Hammered Lead Sheet on Resin Cast Form
H55 x W25 x D17 cm
Muse III
Artist:Talitha Deetlefs
Hammered Lead Sheet on Resin Cast Form
H55 x W25 x D17 cm
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Within South Africa we courier your artwork to your door - the shipping cost will show at the checkout. When shipping art internationally, two primary options are commonly considered: crated and rolled. Crating involves securely packaging the artwork in a custom-built crate, providing maximum protection against physical damage but often resulting in higher shipping costs due to size and weight. We will be in touch regarding the best options for you. Virtual hanging of art is an innovative service we offer that allows art enthusiasts and collectors to visualize how artworks will appear in their desired spaces before making a purchase. We digitally place the selected artworks on your walls, in the correct scale to achieve the desired aesthetic. This service not only helps in making informed decisions but also enhances the overall art-buying experience, providing a realistic preview of the final result and ensuring that the chosen artworks harmonize with the surrounding decor. Please contact us to make use of this service!
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On the other hand, rolling art involves taking stretched paintings off the frame, carefully wrapping the artwork and placing it in a protective tube. This method is more cost-effective and suitable for flexible pieces.
Choosing between crating and rolling depends on the specific artwork's size, fragility, and budget, as well as the destination's shipping requirements and regulations.
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Talitha Deetlefs
Talitha Deetlefs
Talitha Deetlefs is a South African artist whose sculptures explore the human body as a vessel of personal and collective history. Centering primarily on the female form, her work examines identity, social conditioning, and the tension between strength, vulnerability, and suppression. Figures often appear poised yet are bound in tight bands, symbolizing the subtle constraints of culture, upbringing, and inherited beliefs. Through these forms, she invites viewers to confront internal contradictions and reflect on the narratives that shape their authentic selves.
Her creative process is intuitive and organic. Starting with clay, she casts her forms in a composite medium and incorporates strips of lead, weaving or binding them around the figures to echo themes of restriction, resilience, and transformation. Rather than following a fixed plan, she allows each piece to evolve naturally, with meaning emerging as the work unfolds.
Deetlefs studied painting and printmaking at Tshwane University of Technology and discovered her passion for sculpture while working in the film industry as a faux fabricator. This experience fostered her appreciation for three-dimensional storytelling and helped shape a distinctive artistic language that blends mythology, symbolism, and self-inquiry.
Now based in Somerset West, she continues to create evocative sculptures that explore identity, transformation, and the layered complexities of the human experience.
Talitha Deetlefs is represented by The Artists Gallery in Cape Town.
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