Studio Hacienda

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.

Drawing inspiration from the philosophy of serial production demonstrated in the work of craftspeople such as Melbourne contemporary jeweller, Susan Cohn, and German master goldsmith, Friedrich Dau, Studio Hacienda have produced interchangeable components of varying colour, texture, form and material that are laid out in a "production line" ready pick'n'mix. Architectural details and signage found around Melbourne's CBD were starting points from which each design evolved. 

"General Assembly exemplifies Porter and Tilden's common ground: working in multiples, exploring the individual impulse to select, combine and adorn, alertness to the ubiquitous street styles that pulse through a city. It is a project that involves people in a lively, intelligent conversation through the object. That's Studio Hacienda." - Merryn Gates

General Assembly—Canberra brooch series 2007–2008, remade 2021
Edition number RE06

Materials: flameworked borosilicate glass, anodised aluminium, titanium, stainless steel

Dimensions: 8 cm (h) x 2.8 cm (w) x 0.5 (d)

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.

Drawing inspiration from the philosophy of serial production demonstrated in the work of craftspeople such as Melbourne contemporary jeweller, Susan Cohn, and German master goldsmith, Friedrich Dau, Studio Hacienda have produced interchangeable components of varying colour, texture, form and material that are laid out in a "production line" ready pick'n'mix. Architectural details and signage found around Melbourne's CBD were starting points from which each design evolved. 

"General Assembly exemplifies Porter and Tilden's common ground: working in multiples, exploring the individual impulse to select, combine and adorn, alertness to the ubiquitous street styles that pulse through a city. It is a project that involves people in a lively, intelligent conversation through the object. That's Studio Hacienda." - Merryn Gates

General Assembly—Canberra brooch series 2007–2008, remade 2021
Edition number RE12.

Materials: flameworked borosilicate glass, anodised aluminium, titanium, stainless steel

Dimensions: 8 cm (h) x 2.8 cm (w) x 0.5 (d)

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.

Drawing inspiration from the philosophy of serial production demonstrated in the work of craftspeople such as Melbourne contemporary jeweller, Susan Cohn, and German master goldsmith, Friedrich Dau, Studio Hacienda have produced interchangeable components of varying colour, texture, form and material that are laid out in a "production line" ready pick'n'mix. Architectural details and signage found around Melbourne's CBD were starting points from which each design evolved. 

"General Assembly exemplifies Porter and Tilden's common ground: working in multiples, exploring the individual impulse to select, combine and adorn, alertness to the ubiquitous street styles that pulse through a city. It is a project that involves people in a lively, intelligent conversation through the object. That's Studio Hacienda." - Merryn Gates

General Assembly—Canberra brooch series 2007–2008, remade 2021
Edition number RE10.

Materials: flameworked borosilicate glass, anodised aluminium, titanium, stainless steel

Dimensions: 8 cm (h) x 2.8 cm (w) x 0.5 (d)

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.

Drawing inspiration from the philosophy of serial production demonstrated in the work of craftspeople such as Melbourne contemporary jeweller, Susan Cohn, and German master goldsmith, Friedrich Dau, Studio Hacienda have produced interchangeable components of varying colour, texture, form and material that are laid out in a "production line" ready pick'n'mix. Architectural details and signage found around Melbourne's CBD were starting points from which each design evolved. 

"General Assembly exemplifies Porter and Tilden's common ground: working in multiples, exploring the individual impulse to select, combine and adorn, alertness to the ubiquitous street styles that pulse through a city. It is a project that involves people in a lively, intelligent conversation through the object. That's Studio Hacienda." - Merryn Gates

General Assembly—Canberra brooch series 2007–2008, remade 2021
Edition number RE08.

Materials: flameworked borosilicate glass, anodised aluminium, titanium, stainless steel

Dimensions: 8 cm (h) x 2.8 cm (w) x 0.5 (d)

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.

Drawing inspiration from the philosophy of serial production demonstrated in the work of craftspeople such as Melbourne contemporary jeweller, Susan Cohn, and German master goldsmith, Friedrich Dau, Studio Hacienda have produced interchangeable components of varying colour, texture, form and material that are laid out in a "production line" ready pick'n'mix. Architectural details and signage found around Melbourne's CBD were starting points from which each design evolved. 

"General Assembly exemplifies Porter and Tilden's common ground: working in multiples, exploring the individual impulse to select, combine and adorn, alertness to the ubiquitous street styles that pulse through a city. It is a project that involves people in a lively, intelligent conversation through the object. That's Studio Hacienda." - Merryn Gates

General Assembly—Canberra brooch series 2007–2008, remade 2021
Edition number RE07.

Materials: flameworked borosilicate glass, anodised aluminium, titanium, stainless steel

Dimensions: 8 cm (h) x 2.8 cm (w) x 0.5 (d)

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.

Drawing inspiration from the philosophy of serial production demonstrated in the work of craftspeople such as Melbourne contemporary jeweller, Susan Cohn, and German master goldsmith, Friedrich Dau, Studio Hacienda have produced interchangeable components of varying colour, texture, form and material that are laid out in a "production line" ready pick'n'mix. Architectural details and signage found around Melbourne's CBD were starting points from which each design evolved. 

"General Assembly exemplifies Porter and Tilden's common ground: working in multiples, exploring the individual impulse to select, combine and adorn, alertness to the ubiquitous street styles that pulse through a city. It is a project that involves people in a lively, intelligent conversation through the object. That's Studio Hacienda." - Merryn Gates

General Assembly—Canberra brooch series 2007–2008, remade 2021
Edition number RE04.

Materials: flameworked borosilicate glass, anodised aluminium, titanium, stainless steel

Dimensions: 8 cm (h) x 2.5 cm (w) x 0.5 cm (d)

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.

Drawing inspiration from the philosophy of serial production demonstrated in the work of craftspeople such as Melbourne contemporary jeweller, Susan Cohn, and German master goldsmith, Friedrich Dau, Studio Hacienda have produced interchangeable components of varying colour, texture, form and material that are laid out in a "production line" ready pick'n'mix. Architectural details and signage found around Melbourne's CBD were starting points from which each design evolved. 

"General Assembly exemplifies Porter and Tilden's common ground: working in multiples, exploring the individual impulse to select, combine and adorn, alertness to the ubiquitous street styles that pulse through a city. It is a project that involves people in a lively, intelligent conversation through the object. That's Studio Hacienda." - Merryn Gates

General Assembly—Canberra brooch series 2007–2008, remade 2021
Edition number RE05.

Materials: flameworked borosilicate glass, anodised aluminium, titanium, stainless steel

Dimensions: 8 cm (h) x 2 cm (w) x 0.5 cm (d)

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.

Drawing inspiration from the philosophy of serial production demonstrated in the work of craftspeople such as Melbourne contemporary jeweller, Susan Cohn, and German master goldsmith, Friedrich Dau, Studio Hacienda have produced interchangeable components of varying colour, texture, form and material that are laid out in a "production line" ready pick'n'mix. Architectural details and signage found around Melbourne's CBD were starting points from which each design evolved. 

"General Assembly exemplifies Porter and Tilden's common ground: working in multiples, exploring the individual impulse to select, combine and adorn, alertness to the ubiquitous street styles that pulse through a city. It is a project that involves people in a lively, intelligent conversation through the object. That's Studio Hacienda." - Merryn Gates

General Assembly—Canberra brooch series 2007–2008, remade 2021
Edition number RE08.

Materials: flameworked borosilicate glass, anodised aluminium, titanium, stainless steel

Dimensions: 8 cm (h) x 2 cm (w) x 0.5 cm (d)

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.

Drawing inspiration from the philosophy of serial production demonstrated in the work of craftspeople such as Melbourne contemporary jeweller, Susan Cohn, and German master goldsmith, Friedrich Dau, Studio Hacienda have produced interchangeable components of varying colour, texture, form and material that are laid out in a "production line" ready pick'n'mix. Architectural details and signage found around Melbourne's CBD were starting points from which each design evolved. 

"General Assembly exemplifies Porter and Tilden's common ground: working in multiples, exploring the individual impulse to select, combine and adorn, alertness to the ubiquitous street styles that pulse through a city. It is a project that involves people in a lively, intelligent conversation through the object. That's Studio Hacienda." - Merryn Gates

General Assembly—Canberra brooch series 2007–2008, remade 2021
Edition number RE01.

Materials: flameworked borosilicate glass, anodised aluminium, titanium, stainless steel

Dimensions: 8 cm (h) x 3 cm (w) x 0.5 cm (d) 

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.

Drawing inspiration from the philosophy of serial production demonstrated in the work of craftspeople such as Melbourne contemporary jeweller, Susan Cohn, and German master goldsmith, Friedrich Dau, Studio Hacienda have produced interchangeable components of varying colour, texture, form and material that are laid out in a "production line" ready pick'n'mix. Architectural details and signage found around Melbourne's CBD were starting points from which each design evolved. 

"General Assembly exemplifies Porter and Tilden's common ground: working in multiples, exploring the individual impulse to select, combine and adorn, alertness to the ubiquitous street styles that pulse through a city. It is a project that involves people in a lively, intelligent conversation through the object. That's Studio Hacienda." - Merryn Gates

General Assembly—Canberra brooch series 2007–2008, remade 2021
Edition number RE02.

Materials: flameworked borosilicate glass, anodised aluminium, titanium, stainless steel

Dimensions: 8 cm (h) x 2.8 cm (w) x 0.5 cm (d)

General Assembly - Canberra is inspired by the considered plan and built environment of our capital city. Developed for a special event at Workshop Bilk, the starting points for the designs are Marion Mahony Griffin's beautiful drawings of Walter Burley Griffin's vision for Canberra.

Edition number RE18.

Materials: Aluminium, titanium, glass, stainless steel

Dimensions: 8.5 cm (h) x 1.5 cm (w) x 0.5 (d)

General Assembly exemplifies Porter and Tilden's common ground: working in multiples, exploring the individual impulse to select, combine and adorn, alertness to the ubiquitous street styles that pulse through a city. It is a project that involves people in a lively, intelligent conversation through the object. That's Studio Hacienda. - Merryn Gates

General Assembly - Canberra is inspired by the considered plan and built environment of our capital city. Developed for a special event at Workshop Bilk, the starting points for the designs are Marion Mahony Griffin's beautiful drawings of Walter Burley Griffin's vision for Canberra.

Limited edition RE24.

Materials: Aluminium, titanium, glass, stainless steel

Dimensions: 4.5 cm (h) x 4.5 cm (w) 0.5 cm (d)

General Assembly exemplifies Porter and Tilden's common ground: working in multiples, exploring the individual impulse to select, combine and adorn, alertness to the ubiquitous street styles that pulse through a city. It is a project that involves people in a lively, intelligent conversation through the object. That's Studio Hacienda. - Merryn Gates

General Assembly - Canberra is inspired by the considered plan and built environment of our capital city. Developed for a special event at Workshop Bilk, the starting points for the designs are Marion Mahony Griffin's beautiful drawings of Walter Burley Griffin's vision for Canberra.

Limited edition RE14.

Materials: Aluminium, titanium, glass, stainless steel

Dimensions: 4.5 cm (h) x 4.5 cm (w) 0.5 cm (d)

General Assembly exemplifies Porter and Tilden's common ground: working in multiples, exploring the individual impulse to select, combine and adorn, alertness to the ubiquitous street styles that pulse through a city. It is a project that involves people in a lively, intelligent conversation through the object. That's Studio Hacienda. - Merryn Gates