Justine Ferreri
Justine Ferreri began her career as an artist in the 1990’s. She started working with papier-maché doing full sized sculptures of people and animals. Her first sculpture was named “Blanche” after her husband’s sister. She began working in clay by accident. A friend had a kiln and was getting ready for a show and mentioned to Justine that she might want to make some things to enter and offered the use of her kiln. Justine agreed and created a collection of snakes (the only thing she knew how to make at the time!) Everything Justine creates is inspiring to her and she refuses to create anything that isn’t inspiring or uplifting. Whimsical and quirky, Justine describes her early works as having a primitive childlike quality, which she tries to maintain as she becomes more adept at her craft. She is also the recipient of an Emerging Artist grant from the North Carolina Arts Council.
