October 2008
Brilliantly Birmingham 2008
30-Oct-2008
Brilliantly Birmingham - International Contemporary Jewellery Festival is entering into its ninth year. Since 1999, it has grown from an informal group of local designer jewellery exhibitors who gathered together to market themselves under a single brand to an international contemporary jewellery festival attracting designer makers from across the globe.
Meet up with Michelle Ni
24-Oct-2008
One of the pleasant aspects of visiting this year’s Origin show in London was to meet up with Michelle Ni, who was exhibiting in the second week.
ACJ Origin Jewellery Award
21-Oct-2008
Whilst exhibiting at Origin for the first time, Amy Duggan won the Origin Jewellery Award for creativity, innovation and standard of work which was presented by the Association for Contemporary Jewellery. She won £200 and a year’s membership to ACJ.
Origin: The London Craft Fair
29-Oct-2008
Recent graduates and current staff members exhibit their new collections this week at Origin: The London Craft Fair held at Somerset House. The exhibition takes place over two weeks and this year our exhibitors include lecturer Jo Pond, graduates Amy Duggen, Jiyeon Hyun, Betty Pepper, and our artists in residence Yoko Izawa, Kathryn Partington and Esther Lord.
The School of Jewellery Case by Ted Noten 2008
20-Oct-2008
This work originates from a workshop conducted with our MA students in 2008 by the School’s Research Fellow, Ted Noten www.tednoten.com
Graduate collaboration leads to innovative new collection from CW Sellors
16-Oct-2008
A collaboration between CW Sellors and the Birmingham City University School of Jewellery has resulted in a brand new collection of designs launched at this year’s IJL – the first to be developed within CW Sellors using CAD/CAM technology.
The Louisa Anne Ryland Award
16-Oct-2008
Jonathan Olliffe a recent MA graduate from the Birmingham School of Jewellery has been awarded a travel scholarship to be used to support his studies and further his silversmithing career.
KTP with C W Sellors
16-Oct-2008
The School of Jewellery have been actively involved with Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTP) for several years. These collaborative projects create a triangle of knowledge between a university, a manufacturing company and a graduate and are an exciting and successful way of sharing knowledge and benefits for all parties.
Jewellery School Students take over Design Space!
01-May-2009
This year the turnover from the Jewellery School into Design Space has been phenomenally high, with a total of 11 ex-Vittoria Street residents being accepted onto the scheme.
A busy year for Nan Nan
10-Oct-2008
Since graduating from the School’s BA course in 2007 with First Class Honours, Nan Nan Liu has enjoyed many successes!
She progressed to the Bishopsland Educational Trust’s workshop in South
Oxfordshire for an intensive 12 month programme and in September 2008
she commences the MA course at the Royal College of Art in London.
SOJ graduate selected for major international glass exhibition.
10-Oct-2008
Artist jeweller Abigail Stradling will see two pieces of her work exhibited at the British Glass Biennale 2008, a major exhibition of contemporary glass which offers awards of £8000, £5000 and £1000.
Birmingham trained jeweller completes Australian residencies
10-Oct-2008
School of Jewellery BA (Hons) Degree Graduate (2006) Abigail Stradling has made a triumphant return to the UK after 7 months in Australia as an artist in residence.
St Paul's Church
10-Oct-2008
Known as the ‘Jewellers Church’, St Pauls has a prominent setting at the edge of the Jewellery Quarter in Birmingham’s only remaining Georgian square.
Theresa Nguyen
10-Oct-2008
Theresa Nguyen graduated from the Birmingham Institute of Art and Design in 2007, with a degree in Jewellery Design and Silversmithing. In 2008, she was awarded the Nadfas South Mercia Scholarship, to further her silversmithing training at the Bishopsland post graduate workshop. She currently works from a Birmingham based workshop in the heart of the Jewellery Quarter.
Prizegiving 2008
08-Jan-2009
The School of Jewellery’s Prizegiving ceremony for 2008 was held in St Pauls Church on Thursday 19th June.