Phoebe Porter (Studio MG1) has addressed the theme of adaptive re-use for Clean Lines by working with glass marbles from her childhood collection. She has produced necklaces that explore movement and the tactile qualities of jewellery characteristic to her work.
The pieces evoke nostalgia for a time when we made more things by hand and experienced the tangible qualities of materials, in contrast to the throwaway quality of mass-produced things and our increasing obsession with virtual technologies.
Making the work, Phoebe reflected on the lost childhood of the girls who worked in the lower laundries of the Convent and the new role of the site in fostering children, through its schools and public access programs.
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Phoebe Porter
Birdcage necklace 2010
Vintage marbles, titanium, stainless steel
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