Jivan Astfalck, White lies – Sibyl, in film box, 2006, Sibyl, paper brooch brooches: paper, cotton, steel, White lies necklace: fine-gold

B1 3PA B1

Dauvit Alexander (UK)
Jivan Astfalck (DE)
Stephen Bottomley (UK)
Sarah O’Hana (ES)
Bridie Lander
Anna Lorenz (DE)

Drew Markou (UK)
Toni Mayner (UK)
Jo Pond (UK)
Claire Price (UK)
Rebecca Steiner (UK)
​Katy Tromans (UK)

26 August – 26 December

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Jo Pond, Buttonhole Brooches, mixed media

B1 3PA, is the postcode of the Birmingham School of Jewellery, in the UK and the title of an online exhibition profiling the jewellery artists and designers, who are staff at the School educating the makers of tomorrow.

The online exhibition is both an opportunity to showcase the breadth of practice at the School and also part of a project that aims to encourage engagement between artists committed to our field. The Instagram pages are an invitation to open conversations between educator makers, and identify common threads of interest and parallel practice.
Individuals can take part in this project via our Instagram platform, b1_3pa, during Radiant Pavilion week by sharing images of their own work using the hashtag #g’dayB1.

Your tagged images will then be considered for selection for an exhibition at the School’s Vittoria Street Gallery back in Birmingham.
Lookout for our stickers and badges throughout the week

@b1_3pa    #g’dayB1

Sarah Ohana, Obra II.Brooch. Silver, reclaimed wood, stainless steel. Approx: H 60mm x W 35mm x D 10mm

(ABOUT THE ARTISTS)

​Stephen Bottomley (UK) is Head of the School of Jewellery, Birmingham City University and Professor of Jewellery Culture and Innovation. Trained at the Royal College of Art (MPhil RCA 1999-2001) he established his studio with a Prince’s Youth Business Trust Award (1990). Voluntary work has included; International Jewellery London Advisory Board (2018-), Craft Scotland Advisory and Board of Directors (2015- 2017) and Vice Chair / Chair for the Association for Contemporary Jewellery (2003-2007). 
His jewellery is in collections at South East Arts, British Museum and The National Museums of Scotland. He writes, exhibits and curates jewellery work internationally.
 
Jivan Astfalck (DE/UK) is a visual artist, jeweller and academic. Born in Berlin, where she was trained as a goldsmith, she has been living in London for more than 25 years. She obtained her MA in the History and Theory of Modern Art at Chelsea College of Art and Design and her PhD in Fine Art at the University of the Arts London. Dr Astfalck is Professor at the Faculty of the Arts, Design & Media (ADM), Birmingham City University (BCU). She combines her studio practice, which she exhibits internationally, with teaching at BCU’s world-renowned School of Jewellery. 
 

Dauvit Alexander (UK) – TheJustifiedSinner
Dauvit was born in the west of Scotland and trained as a landscape gardener. Through various quirks of fate, he ended up working for jeweller, John Gilchrist before moving into teaching jewellery craft skills in Glasgow and then at the School of Jewellery in Birmingham, a role which is  a critical part of his practice.
He is interested in socially-engaged practices and in the interactions between technology and traditional skills.
His work has been exhibited around the world and is represented in many recent books on contemporary jewellery. He has spoken at conferences and has taught internationally.
 
Rebecca Steiner (UK) began training as a goldsmith in London in 2003. From 2005 her work won awards and was exhibited across Europe. With a growing interest in craft and design education, from 2010 - 2012 she completed an MA in Design: Critical Practice at Goldsmiths University of London. Upon graduation her final project evolved into a series of workshops for practitioners, centred around critical practice and professional development.
In 2017 Rebecca joined Birmingham School of Jewellery. Her current research explores the wider benefits of crafts education in relation to autonomy, agency and wellbeing.
Her jewellery work can be seen at www.rebeccasteiner.co.uk
 
Claire Price (UK) is a part time lecturer on the Design for Industry Course. Working as a Jewellery Designer within the industry allowed Claire to explore the capabilities of Computer Aided Design and develop skills and knowledge of production processes used for the manufacture of precious jewellery. Computer Aided Design /manufacturing and laser technology allowed her to implement new product development processes and create products that achieved recognition through industry awards. Working as a designer has allowed Claire to bring her knowledge and experience to the course providing the students with the reality and expectations that the industry demands. Claire continues to develop work inspired by the endless possibilities created by CAD and laser sintering technology.
 
Dr Sarah O’Hana (ES/UK) was brought up in Spain and trained at Loughborough University College of Art and Design in Jewellery and silversmithing.  She received her Ph.D. in laser processing on titanium for contemporary Jewellery from The University of Manchester's School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering. This marked her practice by turning it towards a new curiosity for materials and scientific research, especially where unusual networks might be harnessed for delivering research information to new audiences. She joined the Birmingham School of Jewellery in 2017 as a research lecturer on the BA (Hons) Jewellery and Objects.
 
Anna Lorenz (DE/UK) works across the disciplines of Jewellery, Silversmithing and Fine Art Sculpture. 
Her work is diverse and multi-layered, utilizing Gold & Metalworking techniques to investigate formal concerns of structure, space, layering and depth, while conceptual thinking questions the transformation of materials and the importance of the creative engagement for the individual. 
Originally from the South of Germany, she apprentice trained with a Master Goldsmiths, gained a BA (Hons) First Class Degree in Jewellery and Silversmithing from the School of Jewellery and completed a Master of Fine Art Degree at the School of Art, Birmingham City University in 2013. 
Anna is a scholar of the prestigious Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust, her work is represented in the Grassi Museum in Germany, the Jewellery Quarter Museum in Birmingham, the Goldsmiths Contemporary Silver Collection and in private collections.
She is based in a studio in Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter and lectures part time at the School of Jewellery on the BA Jewellery & Objects course.
 
Drew Markou (UK) is an art jeweller and object maker as well as a lecturer based at Birmingham City University, School of Jewellery. From primitive cave paintings to the cutting-edge advances in science man has always been exploring creation and making. Drew’s current research seeks to examine the synonymic links between creation within religion and science and that within his own studio practice. Drew Likes to echo this play between the traditions of religion and advancements of science in his making process by using ancient techniques such as casting and use of metals through to laser welding constructions and modern man-made materials just as jesmonite. 
 
Jo Pond (UK). As an internationally renowned jewellery artist her work has been exhibited at prestigious galleries highlights include Schmuck in Munich, the V&A Museum London, Price Tower Arts Centre Oklahoma, Galerie Rob Koudijs Amsterdam, Velvet da Vinci San Francisco and Contemporary Applied Arts in London. Alongside her practice, she is currently employed as a part-time lecturer at the world renowned School of Jewellery, Birmingham City University. She is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a member of Contemporary Applied Arts in London.
 
Katy Tromans (UK). Born in the UK. Katy Tromans found her love for jewellery while studying at the BCU School of Jewellery, where she now lectures. Katy graduated with first class honours and continues to make miniature art ever since. Combining new technologies such as 3D printing with fairy-tale stories she creates truly exquisite wearable art.
Katy is an international award winning jeweller. Her miniature artworks combine new technology production methods with traditional fairy-tale stories to encapsulate wearable jewels within them. Katy has won a Gold award at the Goldsmiths Craft & Design Council Awards, has been selected as one of Retailer Jewellers Top 30 Under 30, exhibited at International Jewellery London as a Bright Young Gem and showcases her work globally gaining one of 4 awards from over 450 entries at Artistar in Milan during fashion week. Alongside full time lecturing at the Birmingham City University, School of Jewellery, Katy continues her creative practice.
 
Toni Mayner (UK) ‘keeps her mum in a cupboard’ and her PhD research examines objects as expressions of remembrance, repository of emotions and memories - remembrances embodied with emotive values beyond intrinsic nature, a conduit between an event (loss, bereavement, remembrance) and an individual.   A practitioner of traditional craft skills her practice includes craft practice as performance. 
A lecturer at the School of Jewellery for ten years, her teaching has included fine jewellery skills, design thinking, material exploration and the development and application of research methodologies as related to studio practice. Her teaching philosophy is underpinned by the core belief that, when treated with respect and invited on a shared journey of discovery and challenges, all individuals are capable of learning and thriving. As makers of culture, jewellery and object makers engage in and invite critical and playful dialogue between makers and the wider public. A serious engagement with wider social and cultural issues is possible alongside the pleasure of making and wearing