STUDIO HAÇIENDA

2OO5 — 2OO8

BLANCHE TILDEN
DESIGNER AND MAKER

PHOEBE PORTER
DESIGNER AND MAKER

STUDIO HAÇIENDA (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.