A Grammar of Sentiment | Dr Bharti Parmar Bharti Parmar is a British artist and academic with a practice of over 25 years. She trained in Fine Art Printmaking at the Royal College of Art and her PhD (awarded 2009 University of Wolverhampton), entitled A Grammar of Sentiment, examines the potential of C19th material culture, particularly jewellery, […]
Type talks | Jonathan Barnbrook: A Barnbrook Super Delux Ultra Karaoke Megamix Jonathan Barnbrook is most well-known as David Bowie’s favourite graphic designer having worked on the designs of his last 4 albums. However he has had a long and distinguished career in type design being one of the original members of the ‘typographic new wave’ – […]
Type Talks | Trine Rask: Reading and Writing Text When you read you recognise familiar shapes on a background. The pattern you decode consists of letters and depending on the frequency and sequence of letters (which language, which words) adjustment to the single element must be made to fit it in. The same happens in […]
Patina, Colour and the meanings of ‘old’ | Jon Privett The talk examines concepts of age, meaning and the value of colour and patina to an object’s surface. As makers, the relationship with our work often ends once the invoice is written; have you ever thought what it might look like in 100 years’ time? […]
The Brilliant Club offers a unique paid opportunity for current and completed PhD researchers! Tutors deliver programmes of university-style teaching based on their research to small groups of high-performing pupils in schools that serve disadvantaged communities based on their research to help them secure places at top universities. Hear from Joe Loudon, Regional Director of The Brilliant Club about what […]
In conversation with Jessa Fairbrother and Private view The Vittoria Street Gallery is delighted to host a solo exhibition of work by international artist, Jessa Fairbrother. Armour studies (regarding skin) will be on show at the Vittoria Street Gallery between Monday 16th January and Friday 17th February 2017. Talking Practice and the Vittoria Street Gallery invite you to join us for […]
UK film premier | The Path of Inspiration The School of Jewellery’s Talking Practice series is delighted to host the UK premier of the film, The Path of Inspiration. The event will be followed by a glass of wine in the Atrium. Please join us. The Path of Inspiration The film has been produced by Alexander Komarov, a Russian […]
Type Talks | Toshi Omagari: Myths of science and practice in typeface design We have a lot of standard practices in typeface design on how to form letters, some of which are scientifically backed and others passed on for generations without being questioned. By examining non-Latin writing systems, one might question whether they may only […]
The Chemistry of Couture | Jo Horton Talking Practice is delighted to present a talk by Jo Horton. Please join us for the talk, and for a glass of wine, an opportunity to chat with Jo and to view her work in the Vittoria Street Gallery afterwards. Originally trained at UCE in Birmingham as an […]
