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Blanche Tilden
Accredited since: 2008
Website: www.blanchetilden.com.au
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Artist's statement
Tilden has exhibited nationally and internationally since 1990. A unique approach to materials, along with a focus on repetition has developed over this time.
A fascination with mechanical devices, fuelled by a desire to understand how things work continually inspires Tilden's jewellery.
This understanding enables her to explore glass both as a material for jewellery making and a universal metaphor.
It is the response of the wearer that makes my jewellery succeed for me. The connection that can develop once a necklace becomes precious to someone else, once it becomes part of their persona, their life, their experience, is the aspect of my practice that I value the most.
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Biography
Beginning her studies in 1998 at Sydney College of the Arts, Blanche graduated from the Glass Workshop at the Australian National University School of Art in 1992, and went on to complete a Post Graduate Diploma in Gold and Silver Smithing.
In 1997, Blanche completed an Australia Council for the Arts Traineeship with goldsmith and designer Susan Cohn.
She has developed a significant practice in the dual fields of glass and gold and silversmithing, receiving a number of awards including the inaugural Stephen Proctor Fellowship through the Australian National University, and in 2003, a Pilchuck International Glass School scholarship.
Her work is in the collections of most Australian public galleries.
In 2005 she mentored jeweller and designer Phoebe Porter with whom she later founded Studio Hacienda. In 2008 Studio Hacienda was awarded the State of Design Premier's Design Award for the ongoing collaborative jewellery project General Assembly.
Blanche is represented by Gallery Funaki in Melbourne and Metalab in Sydney.
Selected exhibitions
| 2011: | Fer et Verre, Metalab - Sydney |
| 2011: | The First Show, Pin Up @ Something Together - Melbourne |
| 2011: | Elements: glass, Craft ACT: Craft and Design Centre - Canberra |
| 2011: | Elements: glass, Craft ACT: Craft and Design Centre - Canberra |
| 2010: | Glass Jewellery: An International Passion for Design, 2010 40th Annual GAS Conference, Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft - Louisville, Kentucky, USA |
| 2010: | Le Verre dans tous ses Eclats, Galerie Noel Guyomarch - Montreal, Canada |
| 2010: | Fer et Verre, Canberra Glassworks - Canberra |
| 2009: | General Assembly - Open Studio 09 (collaboration with Phoebe Porter), Boyd School Studios (part of the 2009 State of Design Festival) - Melbourne |
| 2008: | In Essence - The Legacy of Stephen Proctor, Sabbia Gallery - Surry Hills, NSW |
| 2008: | Sum of the Parts, Masterworks Gallery - Ponsonby, Auckland |
| 2008: | Who Let the Dogs Out? The Dog in Contemporary Australian Art, Hazlehurst Regional Gallery and Arts Centre - Gymea, NSW |
| 2008: | Who Let the Dogs Out? The Dog in Contemporary Australian Art, Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery - Booragul, NSW |
| 2008: | Gather, Craft ACT: Craft and Design Centre - Canberra |
| 2008: | General Assembly - Open House 08 (collaboration with Phoebe Porter), Canberra Glassworks - Canberra |
| 2008: | Essential, ACT Heritage Library - Canberra |
| 2008: | SOFA Chicago 08, Kate Elliott Gallery - Seattle, USA |
| 2007: | New Under the Sun: Australian Contemporary Design in Jewish Ceremony III, Jewish Museum of Australia - St Kilda, VIC |
| 2007: | Limited Lines, Canberra Glassworks - Canberra |
| 2007: | General Assembly - Canberra (collaboration with Phoebe Porter), Workshop Bilk - Queanbeyan, NSW |
| 2007: | Jewellery Box, Masterworks Gallery - Ponsonby, Auckland, NZ |
| 2007: | Carte Blanche, Sabbia Gallery - Surry Hills, NSW |
| 2007: | Solutions for Better Living: General Assembly - Melbourne (collaboration with Phoebe Porter), Craft Victoria - Melbourne |
| 2007: | Smartworks - Design and the Handmade, Powerhouse Museum - Sydney |
| 2006: | Est. 2005 (collaboration with Phoebe Porter), Craft ACT: Craft and Design Centre - Canberra |
| 2003: | Cutting Edge, Jam Factory Contemporary Craft and Design - Adelaide |
| 2003: | Wearable Work (collaboration with James Minson), Craft ACT: Craft and Design Centre - Canberra |
| 2003: | Wearable Work (collaboration with James Minson), Vetri International Glass - Seattle, USA |
| 2002: | Current Work, Jam Factory Contemporary Craft and Design - Adelaide |
| 2001: | Chain Reaction, Helen Maxwell Gallery - Canberra |
| 2000: | Chain Reaction, Gallery Funaki - Melbourne |
Selected commissions/awards/grants
| 2011: | Commission to create the Australia Council Visual Art Award and Medal, Australia Council for the Arts |
| 2010: | New Work - Established Grant, Visual Arts Board, Australia Council for the Arts |
| 2009: | Visiting Artist, The Australian National University School of Art, Glass Workshop |
| 2008: | Arts Development - Creation Grant, Arts Victoria |
| 2008: | Top 100 in the category Design and Innovation, The Age Melbourne Magazine |
| 2008: | Victorian Premier's Design Award, Studio Hacienda - General Assembly |
| 2007: | Skills and Development Grant, Visual Arts Board, Australia Council for the Arts |
| 2007: | Arts Grant with Phoebe Porter, City of Melbourne |
| 2003: | Artist in Residence, The Australian National University School of Art, Glass Workshop |
| 2003: | International Student Scholarship, Pilchuck International Glass School, Seattle, USA |
| 2003: | Travel Grant to Osaka, Japan, Asialink - University of Melbourne |
| 2002: | Arts and Professional Development Grant, Arts Victoria |
| 2002: | Inaugural Stephen Procter Fellowship, Australian National University |
| 2002: | New Work - Established Grant, Visual Arts Board, Australia Council for the Arts |
| 2000: | New Work - Emerging Grant, Visual Arts Board, Australia Council for the Arts |
Selected publications
| 2011: | P. Hely, Elements: glass, Craft ACT: Craft and Design Centre |
| 2010: | Who's Who of Australian Women, Crown Content |
| 2008: | New Glass Review 29, Corning Museum of Glass |
| 2008: | C.K. Dougherty, Contemporary Jewellery Design, Fusion Publishing USA |
| 2007: | M. Gates, Blanche Tilden and Phoebe Porter: General Assembly, Craft Culture |
| 2007: | R. Forgarz, New Under the Sun: Australian Contemporary Design in Jewish Ceremony III (exhibition catalogue), Jewish Museum of Australia |
| 2007: | M. Gates, Carte Blanche (exhibition catalogue), Blanche Tilden |
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