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I AM

2018

THIS WORK IS A REFLECTION UPON THE CONTRASTS EXISTING WITHIN LIFE AND INSPIRED BY POETRY OF TOVE DITLEVSEN. THE COLLECTION FOCUSES ON CREATING LONGER USE LIFE OF FASHION GARMENTS. THE HOURGLASS TURNS WITH EVERY STITCH EMBODYING THE ELEMENT OF TIME THROUGH HANDWORK AND EMBROIDERY ESTABLISHING A VALUE OF TIME TO ACHIEVE AESTHETIC SUSTAINABILITY.

I ACKNOWLEDGE THE KAURNA PEOPLE, TRADITIONAL CUSTODIANS OF THE LAND ON WHICH I TRADE AND WORK, AND PAY MY RESPECTS TO THEIR ELDERS, PAST, PRESENT, AND EMERGING. I RECOGNISE THEIR ONGOING CONNECTION TO LAND, WATERS, AND CULTURE, AND EXTEND THAT RESPECT TO ALL ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER PEOPLE.

Munaintyanangku, tunturri. (Always was, always will be)

© 2020 JUTHO BY JULIE THORNBERG-THORSØE

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