Justin Aaron Brown

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New Bedford, MA, USA
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College/Studio
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My work breathes the life back into the objects that are deemed "no longer necessary". The validity of an object is based off its function and, as a metalsmith, I disagree that an object's functionality dictates its beauty. Seeing an image of a patched shovel, a blacksmith had repaired multiple times, changed the way I began to look at objects around me. I have let myself delve into the realm of repairing and changing objects that were once "non-functional" because of their breaking or cracking. I have patched and created new objects that reference function but truly repair/enhancing their beauty. I have explored ways to reference their past, giving the viewer a chance to witness the narrative of the object’s life unfold before them. Much as in our own lives, these objects carry the scares of their lives, and these scares shape them as objects as our own life stories shape each one of us as individuals.
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  • Brigitte Martin

    Hello Justin,


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    Brigitte Martin
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    Jun 12, 2011