Justine Fletcher - Sketches of Place
Justine is a Pākehā contemporary jeweller, of Irish and English descent. Her practice is an ongoing investigation of how she understands, interprets, and purposes ornament in the socio historical context of Aotearoa New Zealand. She recently completed the MFA programme at Toi Rauwhārangi Massey University, her major project an interrogation of how she defines jewellery, and how its potential hybrid nature can reframe and reimagine our interactions with place. She uses various cultural mapping systems as structural elements around which to make adorning objects, which she terms ‘tool ornaments’, that act as counter-memorials.
Justine is a Pākehā contemporary jeweller, of Irish and English descent. Her practice is an ongoing investigation of how she understands, interprets, and purposes ornament in the socio historical context of Aotearoa New Zealand. She recently completed the MFA programme at Toi Rauwhārangi Massey University, her major project an interrogation of how she defines jewellery, and how its potential hybrid nature can reframe and reimagine our interactions with place. She uses various cultural mapping systems as structural elements around which to make adorning objects, which she terms ‘tool ornaments’, that act as counter-memorials.