July 2010
25.07.10
Audio Design Museum
“The Audio Design Museum is a major new project for Object: Australian Centre for Craft and Design. Ever keen to explore new media and expand its scope beyond the gallery space, Object has taken the ‘gallery audio tour’ medium, built upon it and created a series of downloadable tours which offer a unique insight into and sensory experience of, the wide realm of design in Australia, using the city as an exhibition space, with designers and their work as the exhibits…”
Kate Rhodes (Object) and Viviane Stappmanns (Alphabet Press) have curated nine tours in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. Phoebe was interviewed by Viviane in Melbourne for the Focus on Jewellery tour.
25.07.10
Audio Design Museum
“The Audio Design Museum is a major new project for Object: Australian Centre for Craft and Design. Ever keen to explore new media and expand its scope beyond the gallery space, Object has taken the ‘gallery audio tour’ medium, built upon it and created a series of downloadable tours which offer a unique insight into and sensory experience of, the wide realm of design in Australia, using the city as an exhibition space, with designers and their work as the exhibits…”
Kate Rhodes (Object) and Viviane Stappmanns (Alphabet Press) have curated nine tours in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. Phoebe was interviewed by Viviane for the Focus on Jewellery tour.
The General Store – Design:Made:Trade
14.07.10
Thursday15 July – Sunday 18 July
Royal Exhibition Centre, Carlton
Phoebe’s work will be represented at The General Store – Stand 3, Design:Made:Trade, Melbourne. The project is a curatorial collaboration between friends Georgie Morgan (Sunday & Rex) and Viviane Stappmanns (Alphabet Press).
14.07.10
Clean Lines exhibition – Mercator Studios – 2010 State of Design Festival_
Friday July 23 6 – 8 pm
Saturday July 24 12 – 4 pm
Sunday July 25 12 – 4 pm
Mercator Studios
Gate 2, Abbotsford Convent
1 St Heliers Street
Abbotsford VIC 3067
Mercator Studios at the Abbotsford Convent is staging a special exhibition titled Clean Lines responding to the idea of adaptive re-use and referencing the building’s history as an industrial laundry.
Follow the clothes line leading from the entrance of the precinct through each studio to discover a diverse range of works including jewellery, glass, ceramics, furniture, lighting, printmaking and painting. While seeing the exhibition, visitors will have the opportunity to meet the designers , learn about the development of the studios, and purchase work direct from the makers.
Mercator Studios is housed in a building that was once part of the commercial laundries run by the Sisters of the Good Shepherd. Until recently the building had fallen into disrepair and was threatened by a proposal for a major residential development. Through a grant from the Sidney Myer Fund Commemorative Grants Program, Mercator has recently been transformed into numerous light-filled studios: a dynamic hub for art, craft and design and a remarkable example of adaptive reuse. The complex history of the building has been subverted by the creation of a dynamic new space, activated by the creative companies and individuals who work there, and now freely accessed and enjoyed by the public.
The General Store – Design:Made:Trade
14.07.10
Thursday15 July – Sunday 18 July
Royal Exhibition Centre, Carlton
Phoebe’s work will be represented at The General Store – Stand 3, Design:Made:Trade, Melbourne. The project is a curatorial collaboration between friends Georgie Morgan (Sunday & Rex) and Viviane Stappmanns (Alphabet Press).
14.07.10
Clean Lines exhibition – Mercator Studios – 2010 State of Design Festival_
Friday July 23 6 – 8 pm
Saturday July 24 12 – 4 pm
Sunday July 25 12 – 4 pm
Mercator Studios
Gate 2, Abbotsford Convent
1 St Heliers Street
Abbotsford VIC 3067
Mercator Studios at the Abbotsford Convent is staging a special exhibition titled Clean Lines responding to the idea of adaptive re-use and referencing the building’s history as an industrial laundry.
Follow the clothes line leading from the entrance of the precinct through each studio to discover a diverse range of works including jewellery, glass, ceramics, furniture, lighting, printmaking and painting. While seeing the exhibition, visitors will have the opportunity to meet the designers , learn about the development of the studios, and purchase work direct from the makers.
Mercator Studios is housed in a building that was once part of the commercial laundries run by the Sisters of the Good Shepherd. Until recently the building had fallen into disrepair and was threatened by a proposal for a major residential development. Through a grant from the Sidney Myer Fund Commemorative Grants Program, Mercator has recently been transformed into numerous light-filled studios: a dynamic hub for art, craft and design and a remarkable example of adaptive reuse. The complex history of the building has been subverted by the creation of a dynamic new space, activated by the creative companies and individuals who work there, and now freely accessed and enjoyed by the public.
Station stud earrings
Transit earrings
Phoebe Porter is an Australian contemporary jeweller whose work explores industrial processes and mechanical parts. Each of her designs is refined to its necessary elements, often using a mechanism as a starting point which then becomes integral to the design.
Porter graduated from the Gold and Silversmithing Workshop of the ANU School of Art in 2001 where she studied under Johannes Kuhnen and Ragnar Hansen. She undertook complementary studies in Product Design with Gilbert Riedelbauch who encouraged her to pursue Computer Aided Design in combination with traditional techniques. Computers continue to play a strong role in her work both during the design process and to generate files for CNC processes.
Porter currently works from a studio in the extraordinary Mercator building at the Abbotsford Convent which she shares with fellow jeweller Katheryn Leopoldseder.
