PARTNERS WITH A PUBLIC FOCUS
Deb Day Sewing Room - Dressmaking, Sewing classes, Textile art and much more
Email: ddsewingroom@outlook.com Phone: 07827 446213 Facebook & Instagram: @debdaysewingroom
Deb Day makes a wide variety of beautiful handmade garments, everything from Wedding dresses to Art dresses to textile and felt art. The Sewing Room is fully equipped with the latest digital sewing machines, cutting table and notions. In the sewing room you can have the dress of your dreams made especially for you or if you already have a dress that needs a bit of tweaking, you can bring it along to be altered to fit you perfectly. The sewing room is fully equipped with a lovely fitting room and a comfortable space for your wedding party to relax and enjoy the experience with you.
Sundragon Pottery: Wheelwork, Hand building, Decorating and Pottery courses
Website: https://sundragonpottery.co.uk/ Email: hello@sundragonpottery.co.uk Phone: 07590 402 633
Sundragon Pottery is a not for profit Community Association, run as a members club. It began life in late 2013, when Becky Belcher, Fiona Scanlan and other refugees from the seven potteries that closed down in Birmingham (due to funding cuts), set up the studio to have somewhere to “play with clay”. It has flourished because of the hard work, determination and benevolence of our members.
Sundragon Pottery offers a variety of membership options and courses for experienced and aspiring potters of all ages and abilities, as well as one-on-one tutoring and pottery parties.
The Bike Project
Website: www.thebikeproject.co.uk Instagram: @the_bikeproject
The Bike Project takes secondhand bikes, fix them up and donate them to refugees and asylum seekers in London and Birmingham.
CRAFT DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY FOR KIDS
Website: https://www.oldprintworks.org/cdt
The CDT room has a range of tools for turning, milling, precision cutting, drilling, engraving and pyrography. Projects are designed and led by children, who make musical instruments, vehicles, furniture or whatever they can imagine out of wood, plastic and metal. Children are also encouraged to adapt and repair their tools. These sessions are run by Richard Newton who has 30 years of experience teaching craft, design & technology to children.
Suitable for children aged: 2 - 10 years old.
Price: £8 per child or two children £6 each child.
Metallix - Metal embossing, mixed media art, workshops, commissions, online workshops
Website is www.artmetallix.com. Facebook: Metallix Instagram: @artmetallix Email: melberman@live.co.uk
Access is via Courtyard Entrance
Mel Berman is a metal and mixed media artist. She creates artworks using embossed pewter and copper sheet and combines them with free machine embroidery and different coloured waxes and inks. They are used to embellish everything from notebooks, mirror frames, boxes and canvasses to create unique one-off artworks.
She teaches through live Zoom in a variety of mixed media techniques and leads workshops in embossed pewter from her studio at The Old Print Works.
Darkroom Birmingham
Website: https://darkroombirmingham.co.uk/ Email: info@darkroombirmingham.co.uk Phone: 07779159217
Community photography facilities. Hourly darkroom access available. B+W film dev and printing up to 5×4. Portraiture, event documentation, product and commercial photography. pop up photo booth, digital printing. Photo courses and tuition available. Analogue and digital photography services – photographic commissions, portraiture – event documentation. Analogue photography courses, regular weekend dates. Bespoke photography tuition, individual and group tuition and project support. Independent access to darkroom facilities available to members following an induction by arrangement.
Balsall Heath Local History Society
Website: balsallheathhistory.co.uk
The Society was founded in 1980. We aim to foster links across different cultural, religious and age groups by promoting and exploring local, community and family history. In the last few years they have: worked with schools; mounted a range of exhibitions; produced publications relating to local heritage; interviewed and recorded many people’s life stories; indexed our extensive photographic collection; organised trails; and undertaken specific projects.
At our base at The Old Print Works we have a good collection of photos of the area over the years, a range of maps and other resources.
The_Gap & The Mix Cafe
Website: https://www.thegapartsproject.co.uk/ Email: admin@thegapartsproject.co.uk
A creator of space and time for young people to make sense of the world through creative and cultural action. The GAP delivers a range of projects across different artistic and creative forms, both in local and international settings. As much as we are a space to deliver our projects we opened this space for all young people in Birmingham. If you have a project in mind then get in contact and let's see how we can work together.
The Sound School
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HudaReiki/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hudashealingandhealth/
Huda is a Sound Therapist trained with the British Academy of Sound Therapy and Reiki Master. At her studio at The Old Print Works she hosts events and workshops, including Gong Baths, Yoga & Sound workshops, Chakradance and Meditation, and sees 1-2-1 clients. Huda also holds day workshops and retreat days where you can learn how to use singing bowls, how to use essential oils and much more.
Ash Tree Floral Designs
Website: https://ashtreefloraldesigns.co.uk/about-me/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AshTreeFloralDesigns/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ashtreefloraldesigns/
Ash Tree Floral Designs is a studio florist business. Passionate about creating beautiful, seasonal and sustainable floral designs, weddings are their speciality, delivering a genuine and bespoke service that results in unique and stunning florals that make a real statement!
Ash Tree Floral Designs is the venture of qualified florist Ashley Edwards. Her background in Art and Design means she is always searching for something visually unique and different. Taking her inspiration from the natural world you can expect something a little wild and relaxed but always beautiful and contemporary. Ashley creates her designs using a combination of British flowers, high quality imported flowers from Holland and a selection of her homegrown blooms. Photos by Mica Ross- Harris.
artists and makers
Jonathan Greenaway works in metal
Website: www.churchwindows.co.uk Access via the Courtyard Entrance.
Jonathan Greenaway and his company focus on the design, manufacture and installation of bespoke architectural metalwork, innovative glazing systems and window protection for churches and listed buildings.
DO MAKE SAY INK
Website: domakesayink.com Instagram: @domakesayink Access via the Courtyard Entrance.
A small screen printing studio whose prints are pulled by hand using eco-friendly water based inks for a long lasting, soft and breathable finish. Do Make Say Ink print t-shirts, hoodies, sweatshirts, baby clothes, aprons and tea towels.
Fire Formed
Website: www.fireformed.co.uk IG/Facebook: @fireformed2020 Email: fireformed2020@gmail.com
Nessa Grimes is a ceramicist, looking to create beautiful items of decorative and functional ware. They work in a variety of different colour stoneware clays, and sell both pre-made and made-to-order items. Pottery parties are soon to be offered along with school workshops and small group classes. Please check the website for further details.
Birmingham Upholstery Collective
Website: www.birminghamupholsterycollective.co.uk Instagram: @birminghamupholstery
The Birmingham Upholstery Collective is a group of individuals with a shared enthusiasm for rescuing tired and unloved vintage and antique furniture. They specialise in traditional upholstery, with a modern twist, making pieces suitable for the modern home. Although, they describe ourselves as amateurs, between them they have over 60 years of upholstery experience. The studio is often open as part of Balsall Heath Second Saturday.
