JUSTINE HIOSAN
Justine Hiosan
Flora Armor
2025, cardboard, coloured anodised aluminium and ribbon — repurposed photo album,
420 x 350mm
Photography by Chris Bowes.
ARTIST STATEMENT
JUSTINE HIOSAN
A vest made from cardboard from a photo album and coloured anodised aluminium jump rings. The choice to use anodised aluminium rings is a conscious choice reflecting the price of silver. The vest fits over curves and moves gently with the body. Women wear jewellery and fashion like armour, sometimes unconsciously other times very consciously. Floral Armour is made from cardboard; there is a fragility in the material projecting the perceived fragility of femininity.
PROFILE
Justine Hiosan entered the jewellery world in 2021, completing a Diploma in Jewellery and Object Design and Manufacturing at Melbourne Polytechnic, followed by an Advanced Diploma, cramming 6 years part-time into 4. In 2025, they began a BA Fine Art: Gold and Silversmithing. They continue to explore their identity as an artist, focusing on how culture and personal history shape their jewellery. Diagnosed with dyslexia at a young age while trying to succeed in a world of words with a mind full of pictures, they are enjoying the chance to explore creatively and release the pictures from their mind.
