General Assembly brooch Aluminium, Glass, Stainless steel

Sharing passion for making and a commitment to contemporary jewellery practice, Phoebe Porter and Blanche Tilden founded Studio Hacienda in 2005.
Their first collaborative project, GENERAL ASSEMBLY, invited the public to select from pre-fabricated parts to creat their own souvenir brooch - so far over 250 people have participated in this project, which received a Victorian Premier's Design Mark in 2008.

"GENERAL ASSEMBLY exemplifies Potrer and Tilden's common ground: working in multiples, exploring the individual impulse to select, combine and adorn, alertness to the ubiquitous conversation though the object. That's Studio Hacienda." - Merryn Gates, Courtesy Powerhouse Museum, 2007