Studio Hacienda
Blanche Tilden (designer and maker)
born Australia, 1968
Phoebe Porter (designer and maker)
born Australia, 1979
Hacienda―first anniversary (bracelets) 2007
repurposed silicone bracelet and anodised aluminium
Courtesy of the artists and Gallery Funaki, Melbourne
General Assembly—Canberra brooch series 2007–2008, remade 2021
flameworked borosilicate glass, anodised aluminium, titanium, stainless steel
Courtesy of the artists and Gallery Funaki, Melbourne
Studio Hacienda (2005–2008) was established in a factory space in Abbotsford by Blanche Tilden and Phoebe Porter following an Australia Council funded mentorship of Phoebe by Blanche in 2005. The General Assembly brooches were developed as a series of designed and engineered component parts that, when assembled, are redolent of the built structures of Melbourne and Canberra.