Archive for the ‘Craft’ Category

Creative Playground

Creative     Community     Networking

“I strongly believe that Birmingham needs to do a better job of creating community amongst our businesses if we are to compete with other emerging ‘out of London’ creative/digital hubs like Manchester, Bristol and Brighton. After we have created a cohesive community we will be able to start successfully promoting our offerings to [...]

Wrote Under: The Movie - take two

Creative     Community

Wrote Under: The Movie - take two
Local multi-creative collective Wrote Under are back with a second clip from their work-in-progress documentary, provisionally and thoughtlessly entitled “Wrote Under: The Movie”.
Wrote Under are a ramshackle collective of amateur and professional creatives whose talents include poetry, comedy, comedy-poetry, songwriting, experimental performance, visual arts, philosophy, bipolarity, psychoanalysis and [...]

“Fresh from the Press”

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“Orchard Lawns” Jo Barry
“You, your friends and family are cordially invited to the opening of
“Fresh from the Press” - An Original Print Exhibition at Purple Gallery on
Sunday 3rd May between 2.15 pm & 6.15 pm. Wine and soft drinks will be
served during the afternoon and the Sculpture garden will also be open
for [...]

Made to measure…

Fashion     Craft

I was approached recently by a pleasant young gent… Benjamin Vaughan. They run a great bespoke service that I do believe is native to “Brum”.  Hooray! Check them out onlin… Benjamin’s Bespoke Shirtmakers & Tailors and they’re only a short hop out of town in King’s Heath.

Nisha Grover - Artist

Art

She experiments by combining acrylic painting, mixed media collage and textile techniques onto canvas. Bright colours, decorative patterns and embroidery enhance and embellish the completed works.
Ultimately Nisha strives to create an image of beauty.
Nisha is available for commissions, [...]

Midlands Young Fashion Designer Awards 2009 - HURRY!

Fashion     Opportunity

Deadline for Entries 31st March 2009
We are in search of talented fashion designers to design and make three completed garments for showcasing at our forthcoming fashion showcase. We are interested in enthusiastic designers who are creative and have a passion for fashion.
Enter for your chance to showcase your designs – win fantastic prizes together [...]

Debutmag SUBMISSIONS!

Debut     Magazine     Submissions

We’re now taking submissions for the first edition of debutmag!

edencreative - Celebrating faith and creativity

Arts     Creativity    Faith

edencreative is a new project aimed at promoting and showcasing faith based arts/creativity in the Birmingham and surrounding areas.

Exhibition Space

Exhibitions

A lot of local artists are asking about exhibition spaces in Birmingham/surrounding areas - Know of any that are good value and would benefit everyone? - please leave a comment or email us at info@debutmag.co.uk

Made in Moseley

Promotion   Art/Craft

Made in Moseley Shop allows members to sell their products online via a shared shop front. The Made in Moseley Shop sells local artists and designer-makers’ products at their own prices, to customers across the UK searching for a unique handcrafted gift or that something special…