FESTIvAL GuIDE 2019

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SAT 29th & SuN 30th June Experience the energy & heritage of ’s historic Quarter

Brought to you by the JQBID JQBID CELEBRATE WITH uS Welcome to the JQ Festival The Jam House It’s a Happy 20th Birthday to the Jam House TH TH who are celebrating with a special outdoor 29 & 30 June event within the picturesque St Paul’s Square with a whole host of bands playing live music. Sat 29th June | 1pm - 7pm | FREE For the fifth year in a row the Jewellery Quarter Festival returns to celebrate the energy and heritage of the Quarter! With free entertainment, tours, events and music this is James Watt Bicentennary the perfect opportunity to come and explore Paying homage to the bicentenary of the death this unique Birmingham neighbourhood. of James Watt, there’ll be plenty of activities throughout the day celebrating this anniversary. The JQ Festival is organised by the Jewellery Denver Light Railway will be bringing a Quarter Business Improvement District and rideable steam engine to the JQ and a James is funded by the local businesses. Watt reenactor will be roaming at the Festival.

FREE! Get exclusive offers in the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon-landing Taking us from the 19th century to the 20th we celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Jewellery Quarter Apollo 11 Moon-landing together with Thinktank, Birmingham Museums Trust and CircusMash who will be bringing their ‘out of this world’ performance. Don’t forget to pick up your copy of the JQ Voucher Booklet for exclusive discounts and offers throughout LITTLE BooK oF vouCHERS Summer 2019! If you would like a booklet, grab one from a local JQ café or contact the JQBID team Packed full of special offers and Page 18 - 27 exclusive discounts from ([email protected]). Jewellery Quarter businesses during the summer 2019! JQ Open Studios Across both days, JQ Open Studios makes a full Accessibility Please note that both The Golden Square and St Paul’s Square are return with a community of over 30 makers from accessible to wheelchair users but other venues may not be. Please contact the organisers within the Quarter opening their workshop and directly for more information. This guide is also available to view online at studio doors to the public. Visitors can speak to www.jewelleryquarter.net/jq-festival. local makers, watch demonstrations and purchase hand-made items that include the art of jewellery, Please note that this schedule is subject to change. Any changes to the programme will be needle craft, leather making and much more. posted on the official Festival website: www.jewelleryquarter.net/jq-festival 3 CELEBRATE

THE HISTORY Heritage JQ Townscape JQ Townscape Heritage OF THE JQ Townscape Heritage - Personal, JQ Lettering Workshop Political and Colonial JEWELLERY Sun 30th June | 11am-1pm | £5 Thur 27th June | 6pm-9pm | £4.50 St Paul’s Church at 1000 Trades, 16 Frederick Street, B1 3HE QUARTER at The Rose Villa Tavern, B18 6JW French Fancies An introduction to traditional sign writing in Fri 28th June | 7.30pm | £15 An evening of talks exploring the life and the Jewellery Quarter and beyond with Jim JQ Townscape Heritage Project impact of Joseph Chamberlain on the city at St Paul’s Church, B3 1QZ Kerr from Seven 9 Signs. Find out about Jim’s Presents a special programme of of Birmingham, the Jewellery Quarter, and work and sign writing practice, explore the talks & events throughout the beyond. Our main speaker for the evening An evening of French Baroque music from basics of drafting letter forms using tools of is Peter Marsh, Honorary Professor at the the trade and have a go at painting letters. All the court and chapel Le Roi Soleil: featuring Jewellery Quarter and author materials provided. Over 18s only. Pre-booking Lully’s “ Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme” and of Joseph Chamberlain, Entrepreneur in is advised at th.jewelleryquarter.net accompanied by a selecion of French cheese Supported by Politics. Peter will provide an overview of and wine. Perfomed on period instruments by Joseph Chamberlain’s life, views, work, and legacy. Pre-booking is advised at Baroque Chamber Ensemble, Rococo Revival. th.jewelleryquarter.net Tickets via [email protected] FAMILY FRIENDLY JQ Townscape Heritage EvENT Watt about the JQ Sat 29th June | 11am-4pm | FREE at Deakin & Francis Car Park, BCU School of Jewellery JQ Townscape Heritage 15 - 17 Regent Place, B1 3NL Open Day - School of Jewellery Antiques & Artefacts of the Sat 29th June | 10am -4pm | FREE Explore science and inventions on the site Jewellery Quarter Tour where James Watt lived over 200 years ago! 82 - 86 Vittoria Street, B1 3PA Sun 30th June | 1pm-2pm | FREE • Meet James Watt and hear some terrific Meet outside Diamond Quarter, The world-famous School of Jewellery is tales from the past. Performances at 12.30 The Golden Square, B18 6NF OPEN for you to visit, make, play and enjoy and 2.30pm. with hands-on experiences, exhibitions and Experience the Jewellery Quarter through the • Explore the history of engines from early more, suitable for all ages. We will be running antiques and artefacts made here. As we walk steam power to internal combustion with workshops looking at gemstones and watches, we explore the history of the buildings and the Thinktank team. as well as making simple jewellery. Learn the objects made in this fantastic place. If about hallmarking with the Assay Office who • Be an inventor like James Watt, using mini you’re interested in antiques or Birmingham’s will be here too. LEGO kits and find out about the history, this is for you! Pre-booking is advised characters of the JQ’s past in our dressing at th.jewelleryquarter.net up, craft and photo corner. 5 GoLDEN SATuRDAY

SQuARE 29th JuNE Vyse Street, B18 6NF 29th June Saturday Celebrate the energy of the QuarteR Magic Party The JQBID Face Painting & Balloonantics Workshop of Wonders - Sat 29th June |11am-4pm | FREE Interactive Storytelling Sat 29th June | 11:30am, 1:30pm, 3:30pm Whether a princess, a tiger or a superhero our expert face painter can transform you! Through imagination, music and role play Or find the wandering entertainers on the travel back in time to the 18th century square with their balloon modelling tricks. and learn about the history of some of the Jewellery Quarter’s most famous places and faces. In these interactive storytelling Sunshine Events sessions, children and families are invited Hungry Hippo Inflatable to learn about the kinds of jobs people held Sat 29th June | 10am - 6pm | FREE in this famous part of Birmingham. It’s the family favourite board game with a twist, YOU are the hungry hippo and must Gavin Parsons compete against your fellow players for the Close up Magic! most points. The JQBID with Dualworks and Odox Colour-in-BIG! Fool’s Paradise Sat 29th June | 12pm-4pm | FREE Sat 29th June | 10am - 6pm | FREE The Bewonderment Machine Award winning magician and modern conman Sat 29th June | 11am, 1pm & 3pm | FREE Gavin Parsons has studied the ancient art Unleash your inner artist and add your of close-up magic for many years and has artistic flavour to our new Festival Accompanied by original music, the become a sleight of hand expert. Specialising logo! We’re looking for you to Bewonderment Machine is an artist-built in close-up magic and borrowing everyday add flair and imagination to these cycle-powered carousel, a kinetic public objects he will not fail to leave you speechless. original illustrations. Suitable for all sculpture and a magical journey for small ages and heights! children. The Blue Orange Theatre Stan’s Café Theatre Make-up The JQBID & Birmingham Balloons The Commentators Sat 29th June | 10am-4pm | FREE Acetones Balloon Selfie Frame Sat 29th June | 10am - 6pm | FREE Giant Scalextric Sat 29th June | 10am - 6pm | FREE Enjoy theatre make-up for all the family! Meet The Commentators say it as they see it - all Sat 29th June | 10am - 6pm | FREE and greet the cast of Madagascar for a free Grab a unique memento of the event with the world as sport. Expect wry commentary photo opportunity and pick up information Challenge your friends and family in this our one-of-a-kind Balloon Selfie Frame! Share throughout the day as The Commentators on upcoming family friendly shows. Find out classic competitive game with modern on social media with the hashtag #JQFestival. more: blueorangetheatre.co.uk explore the Festival. leaderboards and a live commentator!

7 The Jam House Presents GoLDEN The Jam House Celebrates 20 years! Sat 29th June | 1pm - 7pm | FREE SQuARE For the past twenty years The Jam House has been at the Saturday 29th June Saturday Vyse Street, B18 6NF forefront of The Midlands live music scene. Celebrate their 20th anniversary in style with an array of diverse performers and styles ranging from blues, salsa, pop, gospel & reggae while enjoying the green leafy surroundings in St Paul’s Denver Light Railway Ltd Square! Read some of the highlights below. Ride A Miniature Steam Train Sat 29th June | 10am-6pm | FREE Come and take a ride on a miniature steam engine, suitable for kids (and adults!). Take Gabiddon a trip across the Golden Square and find out Reggae guitarist & a founding member of Birmingham’s own Birmingham Museums Trust how a real steam-train works! STEEL PULSE. Basil and his band will play tracks from his Destination Space iconic “Handsworth Revolution” recording, & a selection of great songs that make up the History of Reggae. Sat 29th June | 10am-6pm | FREE Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo Gospel Central Moon Landings with the experts from “One of Birmingham’s best kept secrets – full of passion Thinktank! Discover the Apollo 15 landing and fantastic musicianship”. Urban & contemporary Gospel site, hold a meteorite and sniff the smell of music, a regular monthly feature at the Jam House for the last the moon. Get crafty making and launching 5 years. your very own rockets and celebrate your achievements with a mission badge. Lou Warren Band Midland Metro Alliance Lou Warren’s magnificent vocals have provided range and Drive A Tram Simulator power to many well-known UK Soul recordings over the past twenty years. Here she fronts her own band, with her own Sat 29th June | 10am - 6pm | FREE compositions & her favourite hits. Come and join us and find out more about the expansion plans of Metro Mr Ben and drive a tram through the city on our Classic & contemporary rock anthems from the likes of state-of-the-art simulator. Police, Stereophonics & Snow Patrol.

Pete Harris Circus Mash fizzPOP Makerspace CIC Pete’s melodic, bluesy and soulful guitar playing is reminiscent Project Zero 3D Printing Workshop of such greats as George Benson, Kenny Burrell and Pat Sat 29th June | 12pm & 2pm | FREE Sat 29th June | 10am - 6pm | FREE Metheny. Circus acrobatics and theatre combine in this fizzPOP is Birmingham’s Makerspace which Red Lemons otherworldly exploration of outdoor spectacle is a community project around access to Part of the local scene since the mid-eighties, enjoying on a bespoke rig, celebrating 50 years since tools and skills allowing people to learn and UK chart success. Performing a vast range of soul & The Jam House humans first landed on the moon. But what develop their abilities. With everything from funk favourites from the likes of Aretha Franklin & The St Paul’s Square, B3 1QZ did they leave behind? The countdown to a laser cutter, 3d printer, sewing machine to a Temptations, to Alicia Keys, and Plan B. Zero commences! pottery wheel and metal lathe. thejamhouse.com/birmingham 9 SATuRDAY 29th JuNE JQ Around MuSIC TRAIL the JQ Saturday 29th June Saturday Saturday 29th June St Paul’s Gallery We are bringing the sounds of the JQ Gallery Tour Festival to every corner of the Quarter Sat 29th June | 1pm & 4pm | FREE with our Music Trail! In collaboration 94 Northwood Street, B3 1TH with local music school, Academy of Take a free guided tour of this unique The Museum of the Jewellery Quarter Contemporary Music, we are giving commercial art gallery crammed with prints Museum Open Day young musicians a chance to showcase and art from the music industry and discover Sat 29th June | 10:30am - 5pm | FREE their talents to the public. Take the more about their collection. Or drop in for 75 - 80 Vyse Street, B18 6HA opportunity to wander further and an informal visit during opening hours from explore every nook and cranny of the 10am - 4pm. Join us in celebrating the JQ Festival with JQ while listening to live music. See the free costumed guided tours of the Smith

schedule below for locations and timings. & Pepper jewellery factory throughout the weekend. Guided tours are free but pre- booking is strongly advised. Tour times: Location Artist 1 Time Artist 2 Time 10:45, 11:15, 12:15, 1:15, 2:15, 3 & 4pm. http://bit.ly/MJQFest19 0121 348 8140 1 Hockley St. / Spencer St. Zoe McGowan 12pm Genevieve 2pm

2 JQ Train Station Millie May 1pm Room 502 3pm

The Hive Heritage & Craft at the New 3 Newhall St / Charlotte St Ginge & the Giant 12pm Zoe McGowan 2pm Standard Works Open Day at The Hive 4 Legge Ln. / Albion St. Kyle Parsons 1pm Millie May 3pm Sat 29th June | 10am-4pm| Pay as you feel 43 - 47 Vittoria Street, B1 3PE 5 Warstone Ln. / Tenby St. Genevieve 12pm Ginge & the Giant 2pm Discover the history of the Grade II listed RBSA Gallery New Standard Works. Enjoy our heritage Meet the Artist with Judith Grassi 6 Hall St./ Spencer St. Room 502 1pm Kyle Parsons 3pm exhibitions and art installations and take part Sat 29th June | 11am -1pm & 2- 4pm in craft activities; just drop in and unleash FREE | 4 Brook Street, B3 1SA your creativity. We will also be running building tours, from the derelict basement to A chance to meet artist Judith Grassi during the inspiring rooftop urban micro-farm. the Friends exhibition and learn about the Look out for the www.rmlt.org.uk/Pages/Site/the-hive-jq inspiration behind her works and how she on the map on page 16 creates them.

11 The Vanguard Mead Masterclass Sat 29th June | 1.30pm-2.30pm | FREE Saturday 29th June Saturday 16 Frederick Street, B1 3HE Come and learn about the world’s oldest alcoholic beverage from Mead Master SMR Fitness The Coffin Works The Official Friends of Key Hill & Samuel Boulton. Try six meads from around the UK and understand its history Open Day Casting Creations Warstone Lane and heritage, and why it’s becoming the Sat 29th June | 10.30am-5.30pm | FREE Sat 29th June | 1pm | FREE Information Stall & Guided Tour hot topic on everyones lips once again! 5 Northampton Street, B18 6DU 13 - 15 Fleet Street, B3 1JP Sat 29th June | 11am & 2pm | FREEEE |

Bring your gym wear to SMR Fitness for our FREE make-and-take workshop for families. Corner of Vyse Street & Pitsford Street Open Day. We will have free gym admission, Follow in the footsteps of Newman Brothers Get help with finding your ancestor’s plot free taster sessions and consultations. There employees as you learn about sand casting number. Come & learn about the prominent will also be a prize draw for every visitor and techniques, make and decorate your people who rest here with our free mini protein sampling. www.smrfitness.com own portrait medallions out of a magical guided tours of at 11am combination of sand, plaster and paint! This & at 2pm both workshop is recommended for ages 5-12, it’s days. Meet at stall. Donations are welcome to a drop-in activity, booking is not required. raise funds for the restoration of headstones. www.coffinworks.org/coffinworks/

casting-creations-4/ Saint Paul’s House Cocktail Demonstrations Sat 29th June | 3pm | FREE Escape Live 15 - 20 Saint Paul’s Square, B3 1QU The Chocolate Quarter JQ Key Quest We will be running Cocktail Making Popping Candy Chocolate Demo Sat 29th June | 10.30am-5.30pm | FREE Demonstrations showing people how to flair Sat 29th June | 1pm | FREE Escape Live will bring our “box game” stall with the best of them and learn a few cocktail 1A Spencer Street, B18 6DD back to the Golden Square this year, but we secrets too. saintpaulshouse.com At this demonstration The Jewellery think the merrymaking can’t stop there. Quarter’s own chocolatiers will show you the We want to do something different, bigger, Saint Paul’s House process of hand tempering chocolate on a and something that involves our friends Saint Paul’s BBQ table and will make shards of milk chocolate across the Quarter. Hence, the inaugural Stan’sSat 29th Café June | From 3pm| FREE and popping candy inclusion which you JQ Key Quest: find a key, and achieve The15 - 20Commentators Saint Paul’s Square, B3 1QU can enjoy at the end of the demonstration. champion puzzler status. (There’s also prizes! Sat 29th June | ? | FREE We will be serving up some amazing Saint There will also be time for a very short Win prizes!) ThePaul’s CommentatorsBurgers for any say people it as theyon the see Square it - all Q&A session. thewith world Peroni as onsport. tap. Expect saintpaulshouse.com wry commentary www.thechocolatequarter.com throughout the day as The Commentators explore the Festival.

13 Sample real JQ ale and take 1000 Trades home a free limited edition Get Yourself Printed in 3D t-shirt! Sat 29th June | 1pm - 4pm | £10-£60

Your own ‘mini-me’ created by Walsall creative start up Get 29th June Saturday The JQ is a hotbed of independent Cloned, using the latest scanning and 3D printing technology. brewers. Take the chance over the Festival weekend to sample three The Vanguard breweries plus 1000 Trades, who will Discover Mead 1000 Trades Food & Drink Sat 29th June | 4pm - 8pm | FREE be selling locally made ale all weekend. Emporium presents a programme There’s a secret brewing...not only courtesy Buy a drink to collect stickers at each of events including: venue. Once you’ve got five, head to of our second floor hideaway but around the country too. Come and find out about this 1000 Trades to exchange your hard- Birmingham Amateur Brewers formerly most elusive of tipples that used earned stickers for a FREE and exclusive Beermaking Demo to be the staple for many in the years BB Brewery Quarter 2019 t-shirt Sat 29th June | 1pm - 6pm | FREE (Before Beer). Bottles available to buy (or (first 50 customers only). Ever thought about making your own climb one more flight of stairs for more). lovely beer at home? As well as being one of the most rewarding hobbies on earth you Slow Food Birmingham Venues across the JQ get to drink the product of your efforts! Slow Food Hub Collect 5 Stickers Using exactly the same techniques as craft Sat 29th June | 4pm - 8pm | FREE 1000 Trades breweries it’s not as hard as you might A scheme to give access to fresh locally Open Fri 11 - 12am, Sat 12 -12am, think. BAB, which meets once a month produced seasonal food to the residents of Sun 12pm -11pm at 1000 Trades, will be undertaking a live the Jewellery Quarter that currently lacks 16 Frederick Street B1 3HE demonstration of what’s involved from start a butcher, a baker or a greengrocer. Find to finish. Drop in anytime. Burning Soul out more about this sustainable ‘click and Open Fri 4 - 8pm & Sat 1- 8pm collect’ online farmer’s market. Siren Craft Brew Unit 1 Mott Street, Hockley, B19 3HE I’m Sour Enough Thanks Wine Freedom Sat 29th June | 4pm - 8pm | FREE Journeys Throught Natural Wine Indian Brewery Sat 29th June | 4pm - 8pm | FREE Open 10:30 am till late Sour beers have existed for as long as all beer 16 Livery Street, B3 1EU has existed; before refrigeration and brewing Fed up of hangovers? Pure natural wine science advances, bacteria and yeast would on tap does exactly what it says on the tin - wine from small producers, made Rock “n” Roll Brewhouse have found their way into almost anything in exactly the same way it ever was, with Open Fri 5-9pm & Sat 1- 7pm To win a T-Shirt that was brewed, particularly when aged or stored in wooden barrels. Learn what goes nothing added and nothing taken away. It 60 Regent Place, B1 3NJ on behind the scenes in these most special tastes better and it’s pure. Find out more of beers. and sample the good stuff. Please drink responsibly. Stickers can be collected and exchanged from opening hours on Friday 28 June to closing time on Sunday 30 June. 1000 Trades, 16 Frederick Street, B1 3HE 1000trades.org.uk 15 S M I T H S T T R E E E E R B T T A S R L R L E S T W R E E The Golden Square WC T

T E E S Vyse Street B18 6NF R M 06 T 02 S I T Y T E E H Saturday 29th & Sunday 30th June L E K S R C T T O R S H E 09 G B E Celebrate the energy of the Quarter on 11 R A T E R S B E R A R Y A T S Saturday with free entertainment and 12 V N T S H R T A E O E activities. Discover our heritage with tours and M T N P S T T O talks on Sunday with street food on both days. R T E E N T E E S T R S T T T E S R E D Y E R 15 L E L E T E K S T W I C O D R O N H B ST GEORGE RG E S S T R EE T O R U O K E F C R K G C T 20 A N N S I H G H Deakin & Francis car park O A M B T S Jewellery 10 R P T R A E E 15 - 17 Regent Place, B1 3NL N M T Quarter S T A P I 07 O H Saturday 29th June only T S F N O T R D S 01 T A M S T R T O 03 E R S E T BU C S T Step back in time to explore science, history and E E P E T K N G H A M E R T E T E E N T S E R G T V C R inventions on the site where James Watt lived E T T Y R S S S A S L

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R O G E A S T H U E A T T H T S W S A T T R R M A O E T E E S H T P E E T T Parking R E O T E 14 The E R N T 08 T S Big Peg S C O N T R N S T E O T U E Y T O T St. Paul’s Square WC N N T E H E L R E K L T K E S E N Y O D St Paul’s Square, B3 1QZ A N N S T A N GOLDEN L T S 4 O N E 1 B T O C D SQUARE R S O A A W O St Paul’s Saturday 29th June only - See page 9 NE 04 R W T N E L A O H S R S T O T T A L W 17 E R A Celebrate The Jam House’s 20th Anniversary Chaimberlain E O T

N L Clock R N T T V E E S E in style with an array of free music on stage S Y R R T R Y N A E F 19 M T S H at St Paul’s Square. Bring a picnic and soak in E T R E R E V R E D T E the atmosphere of this leafy Georgian Square. T S E T T X T R O O S R C C R E C E K A L A C A T P N T S N R A C T S E O A S T E G W T R L R Y R V B R T N ST PAUL’S N T S E E E E N T E E E R E G E R T S D&F SQUARE S T T T JQ Open Studios 13 T 05 T S E D N O O B W Throughout the JQ H J Y R T A O T S N M E E T T S E Saturday 10.30 - 4.30pm & P S S R O N T T P I O R S E B E 16 S A L E K Sunday 11am - 4.30pm T JEWELLERY T O O R T B S Disover our community of designers and C R A E QUARTER T T M E E D S T R A makers as the many studios open their E A M N R A H W S T G T S Parking workshop doors to the public. See full N Snow Hill I O L B L E N E L Station A G G E L A U listings on page 18-27. D G A T E

E H T V L S R I T L D E L N N E L E R T E D E M T E W A W S E O C R P H E BT T T A G S S R Tower Live Music Trail L L E O E N L E N A G E N O H T W O Saturday only, from 12pm-4pm L E H R S E L L NEWHALL A U R L L H T L Enjoy free live music across the JQ T S SQUARE R S C E T A A T R M T E with performances throughout the D E E O T City Centre N L T R E T S A E E day. See the Music Trail schedule on T R R E H T E E C S Y R T T A T E T S page 10 for timings and acts. E E W L 18 ’ L F E L R Q S A N D P T S T T A S W L S P E S N A N R R E O A O L D L R C E T A E E R A H T 4 S 5 C K C 7 W T R A A E B S U M R M E R G R O W Around

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JQ Open Studios

Step inside and see & Sunday JQ Open Studios Saturday behind the scenes of our Jewellery Quarter Designers & Makers Saturday 29th June 10.30am - 4.30pm & Sunday 30th June 11am - 4.30pm | Admission FREE

Join the JQ Open Studios as they open their workshop doors to the public alongside this year’s Festival. Explore the Jewellery Quarter’s historic streets and enter inspiring studios, galleries and workshops. Once described as the city of a thousand trades, Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter has maintained its identity as a creative hub for designers and makers, from jewellery to fashion, accessories to homewares. Discover inspiring workshops, maker-demos and take home a unique hand-crafted item made in the JQ.

The listings on the next page are numbered and shown on our map on Follow the map Page 16. We’ve also included access on page 16 information. This programme is also available to view online at www.jewelleryquarter.net/jq-festival

19 01 03 05 03 Abbie Gaiger + Slice Laser Studio Anne Bracey Jeweller Artisan Alchemy Gallery Centrepiece 21D Vyse Street, Birmingham B18 6LE 13c Pitsford Street, B18 6LI 84 Caroline Street, B3 1UP 13c Pitsford street, Hockley B18 6JL Saturday only | Steep stairs to access building Sat & Sun | Flat access to building Sat & Sun | Step up from street to access Sat & Sun | Flat access to building & Sunday JQ Open Studios Saturday Abbie Gaiger designs bold fashion jewellery The gold and silver jewellery I design and Artisan Alchemy Gallery opened 3 years ago Centrepiece is a jewellery collective formed based on geometry, symmetry and patterns make is influenced by the Art Nouveau to feature specifically the Art Jewellery of in 1997 to showcase the work of jewellery found within mathematics. She combines period. Sensuous curves with clean lines Michele White, jeweller and gemologist, the designer makers working in the Jewellery digital processes such as laser cutting with and added decoration where appropriate are gallery owner. She partners this with curated Quarter. Their Christmas exhibition at traditional skills, while incorporating the hallmark of my work. Added to this is bespoke furniture from approximately 30 Symphony hall has been an annual event techniques such as her distinctive colourful the use of unusual gemstones in some of my artisan makers from around the country. since then. At JQ Open Studios this year dip-dyed acrylic. Her unusual jewellery is pieces, thereby enhancing the beauty nature www.artisan-alchemy.co.uk our members are joined by three Artists in statement-making and unconventional, while has created. Residence from the School of Jewellery. remaining wearable, playful and colourful. www.centrepiece-jewellery.co.uk www.centrepiece-jewellery.com Incorporating Slice Laser Studio, laser cutting engraving service. www.abbiegaiger.com & slicelaserstudio.com

02 04 06 07 Alyn Waterman Makeup & Hair Artfull Expression B18Leather Daisy Grice Jewellery Studio 44 Vyse Street B18 6HF 23 Warstone Lane, B18 6JQ Studio One, 36 Keyhill Drive, B18 5NY The JQ Set, 85 Spencer Street, B18 6DE Sat & Sun | Step up from street access Saturday only | Step up from street to access Sat & Sun | Access via Hylton Street. Sat & Sun | Flat access to building Award Winning Film, Television and Artfull Expression recently featured in the Step up from street to access Daisy is an award winning jewellery designer- Celebrity Hair and Makeup Artist. Makeup top ten independent retail outlets in “I wanted to experiment with leather and a maker. Fusing traditional goldsmithing lessons, wedding and bridal makeup and hair. Birmingham. A real destination for anyone pre-owned leather sewing machine and so B18 techniques with modern technology she JQ Open Studios exclusive Mini Makeovers who loves handmade artisan jewellery and was born.” Shapes are simple and colour is produces innovative original pieces. Inspired and Makeup Tips. Fabulous hair accessories, who wants to know the craft behind it. the key. Some pieces are hand painted using a by the darker side of life Daisy has a signature costume jewellery and lashes on sale. Representing over 40 UK makers. variety of methods. The skin or hide is treated gothic style. www.alynmakeuphair.co.uk www.artfullexpression.co.uk as a blank canvas for the experimentation. www.daisygrice.com www.b18leather.co.uk 21 08 10 11 07 Dual Works Frilly Industries James Newman Jewellery Jordan Herry Jewellery 23 A Kenyon Street, B18 6AR 1st and 2nd Floor, 89 Spencer St, B18 6DE 49 Vyse Street, B18 6HF The JQ Set, 85 Spencer Street, B18 6DE

Sat & Sun | Flat access to building Sat & Sun | Steep stairs to access the building Saturday only | Step up from street to access Sat & Sun | Flat access to building & Sunday JQ Open Studios Saturday Dual works is a creative design studio who Frilly Industries make illustrative, statement, James Newman Jewellery creates high quality All my jewellery is handcarved by myself, to specialise in bespoke design solutions and laser cut jewellery. From sketches on paper to hand crafted pieces for people that love a high level of detail and realism. Strongly one-off fabrication, including the design and a digital design, pop by and see the magical attention to detail. Creating the heirlooms of influenced by Rock‘n’Roll culture my work manufacture of products, furniture, interiors. laser machine Bertha make fun things! tomorrow needs a full team of craftspeople has aquired recognition from Johnny Depp Their design led homewares collection, www.frillyindustries.com who are committed to their trade. and Alice Cooper. My goal is to promotoe Quarter.haus, is handmade in-house in jewellery as a form of art. limited editions and available to purchase Please ring doorbell for access, if we are full www.instagram.com/jordanherry from their new showroom. we may ask you to come back later. www.dual.works www.jamesnewmanjewellery.co.uk

07 03 09 03 Jemma Bowers Jewellery Julia Ann Davenport Jewellery Feed My Creative CIC Isabella Hart The JQ Set, 85 Spencer Street, B18 6DE 13c Pitsford Street, B18 6JL Unit 26 Hylton Court, 25 Hylton Street, 13c Pitsford Street, B18 6LJ Sat & Sun | Flat access to building Sat & Sun | Flat access to building B18 6HJ Saturday only | Flat access to building Sat & Sun | Steep stairs to access building From a single piece of metal, or a block of Jewellery designer maker creating handmade, I like its geometric patent which could wax, Jemma forges and sculpts dynamic and contemporary silver and gold, stone set We’re a social enterprise with an aim to bring be fluid as well as regular. Using advance fluid volumes. This instinctual yet meticulous jewellery. Julia also specialises in commissions, out the creativity in young people and adults. technology I created structures which way of working gives a distinct, life like including engagement rings and wedding Our project emphasises sustainability by previously cannot be constructed. Based on personality to her collections. Jemma is rings. demonstrating how you can reuse clothing, this structure, I have also created a set of chess inspired by the natural forms of the human www.instagram.com/juliadavenport89 soft furnishing fabrics and furniture therefore pieces which was selected to be exhibited in body, which she translates into jewellery reducing waste. the Goldsmith Hall in London. through the use of surface texture derived www.feedmycreative.com www.isabellahart.co.uk from the forging process. www.instagram.com/jemma_bowers

23 12 13 15 17 Kate Smith Jewellery Mahliqa Odox Ria Poynton Design Studio 6, 49 Vyse Street, B18 6HF Regent Place, B1 3NL 171 Great Hampton Row, B193JP Unit 3, 39 Warstone Lane, B18 6JQ

Sat & Sun | Step up from street to access Sat & Sun | Flat access to building Sat & Sun | Step up from street to access Sat & Sun | Step up from street to access & Sunday JQ Open Studios Saturday Nature inspired, precious jewellery. As a Mahliqa’s designer and creator, Suraya, is a Odox is an artist-run project space, Inspired by geometric forms Ria’s wire-based specialist in unique and alternative eternity, London-born British Asian, who draws on her contemporary gallery and studio provider work is modelled on complex traditional engagement & wedding rings, I offer a warm cultural heritage of arts and handicrafts from in Birmingham. Sitting on the border of filigree pieces, concentrating on the and friendly personal service. the Indian Sub-continent. Her collections the Jewellery Quarter, we embrace the area’s development of traditional ideas and methods www.katesmithjewellery.co.uk explore the tradtional art of stitch in jewellery. unique heritage alongside its current context, in the creation of contemporary pieces. Collaborator with Tina Francis in Where at a time of exciting cultural regeneration. Ria’s jewellery is crafted from high-grade Wool Meets. www.odoxarts.com materials and new technologies, culminating www.mahliqa.co.uk in superbly functional and stunning pieces in gold and silver. www.riapoyntondesign.co.uk

03 14 16 06 Katherine Campbell-Legg Pavlov Ceramics Studio RBSA Gallery solvandkopper 13c Pitsford Street, B18 6JL 36 Hall Street, Birmingham B18 6BS RBSA Gallery, 4 Brook Street, B31SA Studio One, 36 Keyhill Drive, B18 5NY Sat & Sun | Flat access to building Sat & Sun | Steep stairs to access building Sat & Sun | Flat access to building Sat & Sun | Access via Hylton Street Step up from street to access Katherine works in a traditional Jewellery Hristiyan Pavlov is a potter and teacher, whose The Royal Birmingham Society of Artists quarter workshop. She designs and makes practice seeks to pay tribute to clay while also (RBSA) is an artist-led charity which supports Makers of deconstructed jewellery. Martina silver jewellery enhanced with 24 carat gold introducing more people to the wonders of artists and promotes engagement with the is a designer maker behind s&k. After years using the Korean technique of Keum Boo. mindful making. The studio is a playground visual arts through a range of exhibitions, of exploring various methods in jewellery She is a founding member of Centrepiece for material exploration in ceramics and workshops, and events. The RBSA Gallery is making, Martina is focusing on creating and exhibits at craft fairs and galleries regularly opens its doors for public events open seven days a week and is free to visit. unique and edgy silver pieces using a lost wax throughout the UK. and workshops. www.rbsa.org.uk casting technique. Her passion for Scandi inspired design is reflected in her individual www.katherinecampbell-legg.co.uk www.pavlovceramics.com wax carving style. www.etsy.com/shop/solvandkopper 25 07 18 13 07 The JQ Set The Quarterworkshop Tina Francis Tapestry Wabi Mokume Studio 6, 85 Spencer Street, B18 6DE 13 - 15 Fleet Street, B3 1JP Regent Place, B1 3NL The JQ Set, 85 Spencer Street, B18 6DE

Sat & Sun | Flat access to building Saturday only | Steep stairs to access building Sat & Sun | Flat access to building Sat & Sun | Flat access to building & Sunday JQ Open Studios Saturday The JQ Set is a jewellery school offering Located within a beautiful historical factory Tina Francis has been very busy this last Wabi Mokume is a specialist jeweller in evening and weekend jewellery making classes. we are a jewellery studio specialising in year stitching with 1000 people across the technique of Mokume Gane, a Japanese We teach set projects in short courses to build running creative workshops and events Birmingham. Come see the result of this technique which combines precious metals your technical skills block by block. Pop along including make your own wedding ring endeavour alongside her tapestry kits and together to create unique, one of a kind pieces to see some of the traditional skills you can workshops and jewellery classes. patterns in her new home at The New of jewellery, including engagement expect to learn on our courses. Pippa, founder thequarterworkshop.com Standard Works. and wedding rings, and jewellery for of The JQ Set, will be sat making and chatting www.tinafrancis.co.uk everyday wear. at one of the beautiful handmade benches in www.wabi-mokume.com our airy studio. www.thejqset.co.uk

19 03 03 20 Tilly Cope The School of Jewellery Vanessa Miller Zolia Jewellery 86 Vittoria Street, B1 3PA 13c Pitsford Street, Hockley, B18 6JL 13c Pitsford street, Hockley B18 6JL Unit 3, Plantagenent Building, 94 Spencer Sat & Sun| Flat access to building Saturday only | Flat access to building Saturday only | Flat access to building Street, B18 6DB Tilly Cope is currently an artist in residence Come and see the legendary School of Inspired by nature, holidays and happy Sat & Sun | Step up from street to access at the Birmingham School of Jewellery from Jewellery - and maybe try making some memories. Vanessa specialises in hand Can jewellery be a form of sculpture or can where she graduated in 2018. Fascinated with jewellery. We will also be hosting displays by carved and modelled milliput. Creating sculpture be a form of jewellery? Pieces of how and why humans have chosen to adorn the Assay Office, a sale of graduate work and contemporary silver jewellery collections sculpture with an eccentric and quirky themselves over time, Tilly’s projects explore films about the Jewellery Quarter. ranging from small charms to larger detailed essence are turned into unconventional objects of meaning and how they link is to www.bcu.ac.uk/jewellery pendants, brooches and rings adorned with pieces of jewellery. our past and to others. semiprecious gemstones. @JQOpenStudios www.zoliajewellery.co.uk www.tillycope.com www.vanessamillerjewellery.co.uk

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Birmingham Heritage Week 12 - 22 September |birminghamheritageweek.co.uk The JQBID sponsors this year’s Birmingham Heritage Week, St Paul’s Church celebrating the history of the city, through a week of city-wide events. Summer Concert J.W.Evans Silver Factory - English Heritage Sun 30th June | 10:30am - 5pm | £2-£5 Townscape Heritage Activities for Drop in “Taster Tours” St Paul’s Church, B3 1QZ Birmingham Heritage Week FREE Sun 30th June | 11am - 5pm | The Midland Chamber Orchestra presents 12 - 22 September | th.jewelleryquarter.net 54 - 57 Albion Street, B1 3EA their Summer Concert at St Paul’s church A variety of activities and events will highlight the stories behind some Established in 1881, J. W. Evans is one of the including Telemann’s Overture-Suite “La of the historic buildings in the Jewellery Quarter. Enjoy hands-on most complete surviving historic factories Bourse” and Haydn’s “Symphony No. workshops, walking tours and heritage talks. in Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter. To 93 in C minor”. Concession price tickets available for children and students. walk into the factory today is to enter a lost Christmas Lights Switch On industrial world. www.english-heritage.org. November 15th | Free Entry | www.jewelleryquarter.net JQBID uk/visit/places/j-w-evans-silver-factory The Golden Square will be the stage for the annual Christmas event from the JQBID. Kick-off the festive season with a bang and enjoy the spectacular fireworks display alongside live entertainment, street food and mulled wine! The Official Friends of Key Hill & Warstone Lane Cemetery Guided Tour & Information Stall JQ Open Studios Sun 30th June | 11am & 2pm | FREE 23 - 24 November | Free Entry | jqopenstudios.wordpress.com The Museum of the Jewellery Quarter Corner of Vyse Street & Pitsford Street JQ Open Studios invites you to see beyond the window displays by Museum Open Day opening their studios and workshops to the public. Get help with finding your ancestor’s plot Sun 30th June | 10.30am - 5pm | FREE number. Come & learn about the prominent 76 - 80 Vyse Street, B18 6HA people who rest here with our free mini guided tours of Key Hill Cemetery at 11am Join us in celebrating the JQ Festival with & Warstone Lane Cemetery at 2pm both free costumed guided tours of the Smith Find out more about our upcoming events at days. Meet at stall. Donations are welcome to & Pepper jewellery factory throughout the www.jewelleryquarter.net raise funds for the restoration of headstones. weekend. Guided tours are free but pre- booking is strongly advised. Tour times: 10:45, 11:15, 12:15, 1:15, 2:15, 3 & 4pm. http://bit.ly/MJQFest19 0121 348 8140 31 Getting Here

By Train/Tram: The Jewellery Quarter has a dedicated train station (JEQ) and two tram stops (St Paul’s and Jewellery Quarter). Hop on the tram for £1.

By Car: From north-west/north-east take the M6 or M1. From the south/south-east take the M40 or M5. A multi- storey car park is located on Vyse St. and Newhall St. The JQBID is funded by the local businesses and provides On Foot: It is a 20 min walk from Birmingham city centre. a welcoming environment for visitors; keeps the streets clean By Bus: The Quarter is accessible from the city centre via and safe and invests in projects the 8A, 8C & 101 (Warstone Lane Stop) and 16, 74 and to improve the local area 75 (Great Hampton St Stop). www.jewelleryquarter.net Tel 0121 233 2814