Nadene Subliminally Infiltrates Neckware 8 and Smother at Masterworks 06 July 2011

Nadene Carr had a plan last week and turned up with some lovely cut up silk scarf pins for us all to Subliminally Infiltrate with for the opening of Neckware 8, Victoria McIntosh's 'Smother', Kate Barton Jewellery Box and Matthew McIntyre Wilson's THINKspace. 

The second big jewellery show opening in a row at Masterworks - Super!

 Renee wearing 'Love, Sunshine and Happiness' 

 Lynsay chatting with Neckware 8 Selector Rhoda Fowler

 Most lovely and surprising neckware award would have to go to Raewyn Walsh for this piece which was admired by everyone I spoke too.

 Raewyn and Cath with flags

 Victoria telling us about her touring show Smother which looked absolutely grand. Very interesting stuff indeed.

This necklace is made of one 1000 bits of blanket.

Sarah Walker-Holt in front of her neckware piece. Big congratulations to Sarah for being a finalist in this year's NZ Jewellery show in September. Yippee. And to Flora Sekanova and Matthew McIntyre-Wilson and Jane Dodd! Well done.

Sharon decided to play 'Pin the tail on the JohnKey' with her flag.

 Gallery Director Oscar who is now one year, two months and one day old did a pretty good job of Subliminally Infiltrating the show - we should have pinned a flag on him too.

 Gillian wearing Jacqui Chan (a few of us had a conversation about the way we never say 'Jacqui Chan' in a normal way - always in a kungfu movie kind of way.
I bet she hates that)

 This show of 20 selected neck pieces was hung on coat hangers.  A controversial move that allowed most pieces to be viewed from all sides.  I quite liked it but also wondered if they would have been better suspended on invisible string minus the coat hangers which are more to do with clothes than jewellery I think...  but very to do with neck positioning also. Interesting.

 Kate Barton's Jewellery Box Showcase. Love that blue one.

Over the shoulder Nadene holder

 A very popular brooch this evening was 'Bob and Terry' made by a teacher called Kim from Kaipara College who was really inspired by Joey's Broach of the Month Club wearings, and the fact that she reckons that Joey looks like KW from 'Where the Wild Things Are'.  A very sweet and lovely pair of owls.

Matthew McIntyre Wilson chatting to Ilse-Marie, Kylie and Tatjana. Unfortunately I do not have an in-focus shot of his fabulous THINKspace installation, but he is standing in front of his beautifully woven neck piece.

Subliminally Infiltrating International - an ongoing project by Chris and Al on their Big Arty Europe trip

Last year's Broach of the Month Club wearer Chris and her husband Al are on a big art trip around Europe including a bit of time at the Venice Biennale.  They kindly offered to do some Subliminal Infiltrating along the way.

The Hong Kong Art Fair - Chris wearing Raewyn Walsh

Al and Chris with Michael Parekowhai's guard at the Palazzo where the NZ exhibition is in Venice.

 Sharon's Wind Wand, Al and the Bull

 My VW mechanic Frank (who is also Michael Parekowhai's mechanic) told me this morning that he saw the beautifully carved grand piano that was black at the leaving NZ party being painstakingly sanded down to be painted Red before it left for Venice. Frank was sworn to secrecy because Mike P (as Frank calls him) wanted it to be a surprise for people seeing the show in Auckland and in Venice.  Super.
You can see more of Mike P here. 

Clockwise from top right: Cath Dearsley Bunny Poo necklace, Kristin D'Agostino Aligator Goo pin, Sharon Fitness Wind Wand and Nadene Carr green link on black white and grey necklace (sorry Kristin and Nadene what do you call these?) all adorning a Michael Parekowhai Venice Biennale 2011 Bag.

The same naughty jewelleries now adorning a 'Free Ai Weiwei' bag given out at the Vernissage opening at the Giardini Venice.  

Ted Noten's Biennale installation in the Glass Stress Show on the island of Murano.

Chris wearing Nadene and Kristin at the Pinakothek der Moderne in Munchen.

 Some rings Al and Chris saw in a gallery in Munich.

Karen Michaud Subliminally Infiltrates 'Eye Catch' and Lynne Kelly at Objectspace 10 June 11

A few geeks were down with the flu tonight, but Karen Michaud still managed a Subliminal Infiltration of 'Eye Catch: Jewellery & Photography' curated by Warwick Freeman and Octavia Cook

Renee playing incognito, running past the camera with bunch of flowers.

 Karen's friend Dave wearing a Karen leaf, watching for pooping birds

 Cath in front of Fran Allisons "How to make a necklace from a dress", wearing flower forest brooch

Cath again and stripy, furry Raewyn wearing a Karen Flower

 Kristin wears Jackson and a leaf

 Jackson, Kristin, Leaf, Flower Forrest, Cath 

 Incognito Renee hiding behind catalogue in front of photogram by Areta Wilkinson and Mark Adams

 Karen wearing "Spikey but Nice"

 Kristin's husband Craig wearing a leaf on his cloud.  Craig has declared that he wants to be a subliminal infiltrator too.

Peter Deckers Infiltrates The See Here Infiltrating Masterworks 08 June 2011

Oh what a night!  The Geeks decided to Subliminally Infiltrate The See Here Masterworks show with some Peter Deckers and a Sunni to celebrate the visiting Wellington jewellery geek community which ended up being a Bootcamp reunion, Handshake jeweller meeting and BOM retrospective spectacular.

The See Here not so Subliminally Infiltrating the Masterworks Gallery window.

 Jhana Millers telling Raewyn about Matthew McIntyre-Wilson's Ratbags.

 Lynsay and Kristin investigate Vivien Atkinsons installation.

 Ross Malcolm in front of his BOM brooch In The Pink's South Island roadtrip photo with Renee and Sunni.

 Raewyn infiltrating Kelly McDonald's installation with her Peter Deckers brooch.

 Sharon's PD Moose Head infiltrating Tara Brady's work that has pictures of Peter Deckers in it.

 Sunni Gibson's flash bench with sold sticker and Raewyn's wine glass

 The 2010 Brooch of the Month Club retrospective show in the THINKspace.

 The lovely Sunni Gibson wearing a Peter Deckers

 Bootcampers Karen Michaud and Tara Brady enjoying a catch-up.

 Not to be beaten, Tara grabs a Peter Deckers to Subliminally Infiltrate with too.

 By happy coincidence, Lynsay was in the Rick Rudd teapot show when I walked through and I remembered that our very first planned Subliminal Infiltration was at the yellow Rick Rudd show. Special!

 Mary Curtis arrived in her pilates gear so I adorned her with Vivien Atkinson.  Shelley Norton wears an Esther Knobel that looks a bit like a Sunni.

 Renee wearing Sunni, Sunni wearing Renee next to Sarah Reads work and Shelley now wearing Vivien

Nadine Smith wearing Nadine Smith

 Renee and Sharon in Thinker pose contemplating Tara Brady expiration dates

 Nadene arrives late and doesnt have a Peter, so Sharon puts hers on Nadene

 Sunni Gibson, Eloise Kitson and Sarah Read all wearing Peter Deckers

 Renee wearing Nadine Smith, Raewyn wearing Peter and Nadene wearing a scarf

 I bet David Hartnell thought I was trying to take a photo of him, but I was actually trying to get a photo of the elusive Cheryl Sills with her Jewellery Box showcase.

 Cheryl's work looked great on fluro perspex shelf

The See Here installation was fantastic and we were all very impressed.  Most clever award goes to Peter Deckers himself for this fantastic bunch of wonderfulness.

Many thanks to Masterworks Gallery for loaning us a couple of extra Peters to infiltrate with.