“My work has always been inspired by the sea. Using discarded materials, my primary focus is on recycling. I add very little in the way of purchased materials, with electrical cabling having been my signature material for the past fifteen years. It is my focus to highlight the issues that affect our marine environments; what they historically and currently endure, and what this means for the future. I hope that my work is worn with thoughtful pride, not just worn to enjoy, but also to engage us to wear, think and act.”

Artist Bio
Pennie Jagiello completed an Advanced Certificate of Art and Design, RMIT University, 1991, and a Bachelor of Fine Arts, Sculpture, VCA, 1995. She has held numerous solo exhibitions, including Coral Wreath, Metalab, Sydney, 2009, and Once, Craft Victoria window, Melbourne, 2000. Pennie was also included in aRteCYCLE, Art Prize, Incinerator Arts Complex, Melbourne, 2010, City of Hobart Art Prize, 2006, and the Hutchins Art Prize, 2005. In 2004 she received an Australia Council Crafts Mentorship.