University News Last updated 13 September 2011
Postgraduate students specialising in Jewellery, Silversmithing and Related Products from Birmingham City University are gearing up to offer a unique insight into the very best of up-and-coming contemporary design.
More than 30 MA students will be showcasing their final collections in a range of exhibitions open to the public this month. Ranges include jewellery, glassware and product design, to tableware and body worn textiles and will demonstrate the student’s imagination, skill and innovation with an emphasis on individual creativity and originality.
This is a truly international group exhibition in both content and style, the multi-national student group have come together to work intensively for the year to develop their own unique and idiosyncratic methods to making creative work.
Rachael Colley, Artist in Residence at the School of Jewellery at Birmingham City University, said: “The students have enthused and inspired me with their knowledge, skill and commitment to their varied design projects. Their perceptive engagement, in particular with their chosen materials and design methodologies, has been evident throughout their development and I greatly look forward to viewing their exhibition.”
The exhibition, titled ‘MAdness in the Method’ will be working in association with Birmingham Children’s Hospital to raise funds for their Art’s Programme. The programme encourages children to get active, using art to aid there recovery by arranging various arts based activities over the summer that will get them out of their beds and sometimes even out of hospital.
MAdness in the Method is open to the public from Monday 12th September to Friday 23rd September at the School of Jewellery (82-86 Vittoria St, B1 3PA) in. It is free to attend and open from 10am till 4pm each day, with much of the work for sale or available for commission and with students on hand to discuss works of interest.