As the EyeCatch curators pointed out, looking at this picture you cant help seeing Audrey Hepburn, but actually this picture was taken four years previous to that famous image. Lavender Sansom was seen at the time as wearing far too much jewellery and I guess that can be said of a number of people in this post, but oh what fun we had checking out everyone's lovelies.
This event is to raise awareness and funds for a Kobi Bosshard Master of Craft show next year at Objectspace. If you know anyone who owns a Kobi, let Objectspace know. This picture shows Kobi wearing Warwick in Sydney.
"Piss elegant" (my new favourite Kobi saying).
Even though we were all wearing our most fabulous, there was a bit of Kobi envy going on when you found someone wearing Kobi - and there were quite a few.
Chris is wearing her brand new Victoria McIntosh pill necklace and Renee Bevan hydrangea puzzle. Al wears Gavin Hitchins. Apparently Al talked to someone who bought a Kobi in the New Lynn train station in 1964 because there was a train carriage going up and down the country selling art and jewellery at the time. Fantastic!
Alan Preston went all out
Eloise wears Kate Barton, Robyn Singh (whatever happened to her?) Andrea Daly, my favourite Lisa Walker hose, and Cheryl Sills.
Fran Allison wears Fran Allison, Sharon Fitness, Jacqui Chan and Ross Malcolm; Sharon Fitness wears Shelley Norton, Renee Bevan, Raewyn Walsh, Lynsay Raine, Kristin D'Agostino, Sharon Fitness and her Cath Dearsley Flying Rocketship (on her back)
Lynsay Raine wears Gillian Deery, Cath Dearsley, Raewyn Walsh and Sharon Fitness.
Lynsay pointed out that only at a contemporary jewellery event like this can you get away with touching everyones chests/breasts and nobody batts an eyelid.
Pauline Bern was adorned front and back with lots of goodies.
Phillip and Jane Clark with some very lovely items including what looks like three Warwicks on Janes back.
The fantastic EyeCatch display walls cleverly allow for spying through the slots into other spaces. Here I catch a wave from 2011 Talente jewellers Rachel Bell and Flora Sekanova
Rachel Bell wears a brand new Rachel Bell that still has wet glue and Alan Preston Kiwi
Aerial shot, clockwise from left, Nadene Carr, Sarah Walker-Holt, Renee Bevan, Gillian Deery and Lynsay Raine
Sarah wearing Sarah, Renee wearing every NZ pendant she owns
Even the wine girl was wearing a whole lot of lovelyness. She is a Hungry Creek student called Eileen, maybe she will be famous in a few years (you saw her here first!). Who knows... So many new graduates are getting really big breaks now with invites into great shows and even getting into Talente. I think this is so cool and cant wait to see who comes after us. Thank you so much to all the people who are making this happen. Super!
