• Justine worked as a stylist before she turned to glass
• Glass sparked her move from Paris to Barcelona during the lockdown
• Her work speaks in soft transparency, inviting calm and elegance

Justine Ménard’s creative path began with a career in styling, but it was through glass that she found a more personal form of expression. “With glass, I feel as if I am speaking in my own voice,” she says. Justine’s work began with simple glass-beaded jewellery in Paris and soon grew into a deeper curiosity. This led her to Barcelona where she discovered a vibrant community of borosilicate glass artists and the space to grow. Justine approaches each piece intuitively, and lets breath and movement lead before thoughts interfere. “I try to create before the mind steps in,” she says. As Justine’s sculptural objects shifted into tableware, her practice reached new visibility. Today, her work speaks in soft transparency and invites a calmness that reflects a form of grace, femininity and elegance she now calls her own.