Listen to this….Sunday night, 10pm
A heads up for those of you who like your jewellery of the Bollywood variety…for we have a famous Indian designer maker in our midst!
Tusheeta David’s work can be seen at the School of Jewellery right now as part of Flux, but before she studied in Brum she was a successful designer maker in India, where she designed all of the jewellery for the major Bollywood movie Paheli.
It was even nominated for an Oscar for best foreign language film. Not bad eh?
It demonstrates the truly international feel of the festival this year - from Oslo and Tokyo to Bangalore, all via Birmingham, of course.
Here’s a picture of Tusheeta’s jewellery being worn by some of Bollywood’s biggest stars Shahrukh Khan, Rani Mukherji and Amitabh Bachchan.
She’s no doubt got some fascinating stories about her life in India - and you can hear about it when she chats to Midlands Today presenter Satnam Rana on her weekly radio show - Midlands Masala - this Sunday on BBC WM, that’s 95.6fm.
If you miss it - and you’ve got no reason to, the telly on a Sunday night’s rubbish - you can listen again for the next week at www.bbc.co.uk/wm. Just click on listen again and then choose Midlands Masala.
Comments (0)Launch Photos Are In…
Check out these amazing photos from Thursday’s launch…they really do the spectacle justice.
Congrats to all the students and their performance, Bijoux Bionyx, and of course everyone involved with or exhibiting in Flux!
Bonkers...in a good way
Oh What A Night
Anyone who was there at the Brilliantly Birmingham launch last night - I told you so!
The performance of the second year School of Jewellery students was fantastic - think Kylie Minogue’s Can’t Get You Out Of My Head dancers mixed with Daft Punk’s video for Around The World, only much wackier!
It was a great opening to proceedings, and kept up the growing tradition of wonderfully bonkers student performances, backed by their truly innovative jewellery designs.
But seeing the work of so many talented designer makers on display at Flux - and watching them nervously as guests checked out their work - is what the real spirit of Brilliantly Birmingham is about. Remember - Flux is a selling show, and I certainly had a few pieces in mind for Christmas presents.
I did promise photos of last night - which I will put up as soon as possible, as well as more info about a few of the things that are coming up in the next couple of weeks.
Remember - everything you need to know is in the catalogue, which you can download now from our Downloads section.
Comments (0)Are you ready for the launch?
I’ve been to approximately four thousand launch events for creative and arts festivals in and around Birmingham over the years.
The wine is usually the same. The canapés are usually the same. Even the guests are, sadly, usually the same.
Brilliantly Birmingham is different. Each year, the launch event is a spectacular, exciting, extraordinary affair that, as I near five thousand launch events, still manages to be memorable.
Of course, the fantastic displays of jewellery all play their part, but it’s the increasingly eccentric performances by the graduating students of the School of Jewellery that will command your attention.
The stunning backdrop of the school helps, but looking up at the students, in their own jewellery, strutting along the peripheral walk ways from the atrium below has never failed to entertain me.
I won’t give too much away about what the students - and their lecturer Zoe Robertson - have conjured up for this year’s launch, but I do know that it’ll be another unmissable spectacle.
It all kicks off tomorrow night, and you can download the invitation here…you don’t have to bring it along, but PLEASE do RSVP to Prim Currie by emailing prim.currie@birmingham.gov.uk or call her on 0121 464 1887 so we know how many of you will be there.
All that remains is to tell you to enjoy yourselves…and check back here on Friday for the pictorial evidence!
Comments (0)The Brilliantly Birmingham 2008 Catalogue is Here!
Download the Brilliantly Birmingham 2008 Catalogue and Guide now!
The wait is finally over…details of all of the events, exhibitions and workshops forming part of Brilliantly Birmingham 2008 can be found in the gorgeous catalogue, which you can download by clicking the link above.
Have we mentioned they’re all absolutely FREE!?
If you’d prefer to receive a hard copy of the catalogue in all its glory, don’t hesitate to contact the Brilliantly Birmingham team on 0121 464 1187 and we’ll post one straight out to you. Or why not register using our online form?
Happy Jewellery hunting!
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