Bireti Jewellery

I’thandi Munro is a mixed Afro-Euro L’nu woman living in K’jipuktuk, Mi’kma’ki, the unceded territory of the Mi’kmaq People. Munro is a Professional performance and visual artist. In 2020 she completed her BFA earning a double major in Photography + Jewellery Design and Metalsmithing from NSCAD University. As a racialized person living in a postcolonial environment, Munro uses the representation of line and of lineage as the underlying concepts through her fine art, craft, and dance. Often merging mediums into finished pieces there is always a sense of multi-ness within her work. Melding notions of the digital within her craft Munro continuously seeks to learn new ways of making. she leaves space for her pieces to naturally evolve through reaction and discussion. This creates an ever-changing flux body of work that can be continued, explored, and realized in many different ways.

Munro is the owner and designer of the local jewellery company Bireti; Precious metal, gemstones, & beadwork that celebrate & embrace the beauty in dark tones.