Black Country news and blogs Tuesday 20 May 2014
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Migrating Birds project with Birmingham Jeweller Miranda Sharpe 
Shelanu 12 May 14
Last Friday we began a review of our Migrating Birds range with Birmingham contemporary jeweller Miranda Sharpe .
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May craft market at mac birmingham
Shelanu 7 May 14
On Sunday we attended our first summer craft market of the year at mac birmingham .
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mac craft market in Birmingham
Shelanu 23 Apr 14
We’re looking forward to our first craft fair of the year at mac birmingham ‘s craft market on Sunday 4th May 11am – 5pm.
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Marking My Place with the Library of Birmingham
Shelanu 15 Apr 14
We are really excited to announce that we will be holding a Refugee Week event this year, with Craftspace at the Library of Birmingham on Friday 20th June .
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2014 and Shelanu in Birmingham
Shelanu 14 Apr 14
It’s been a long time since our last update because we’ve had such a busy and interesting start to the year.
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Story Meadow – The Harvest at the Library of Birmingham
Shelanu 8 Jan 14
Come along next Friday to celebrate a great residency we supported last year.
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Story Meadow at the New Library of Birmingham
Shelanu 13 Dec 13
We were so pleased to be part of the Story Meadow residency at the new Library of Birmingham with Craftspace and the School of Jewellery .
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Story Meadow with Migrant Voice & City of Sanctuary, Birmingham
Shelanu 3 Dec 13
We’re just emerging from the frenzy of our Story Meadow residency with Craftspace , lead artist Jivan Astfalck and the School of Jewellery MA students at the Library of Birmingham last week.
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Story Meadow workshop at Birmingham’s School of Jewellery
Shelanu 19 Nov 13
Since our last post we’ve been busy preparing and planning for the residency we are working on with Craftspace , supporting lead artist Jivan Astfalck and MA students from the School of Jewellery .
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Workshop visiting and enamelling in Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter
Shelanu 25 Sep 13
Last Friday we took a day out of the workshop and went on a trip to the Jewellery Quarter .
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Library of Birmingham visit
Shelanu 6 Sep 13
This morning we visited the new Library of Birmingham as we’re going to be taking part in a residency there in November.
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Summer exhibitions in Birmingham and West Bromwich
Shelanu 5 Sep 13
We’ve been so busy we’ve forgotten to let you know about two exhibitions where you can see our work this month.
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Summer project – silver rings for everyone!
Shelanu 2 Sep 13
For five weeks over the summer we’ve been very lucky to have an international student placed with us, Jimin Kim from South Korea.
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Looking Back
Shelanu 5 Aug 13
Although we’ve got lots of new things to tell you about we have been looking back at some old work lately, so we thought we’d share it too.
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Refugee Week launch at mac birmingham
Shelanu 17 Jun 13
Thanks to Celebrating Sanctury for inviting us to be part of such a great event at mac birmingham on Saturday.
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Refugee Week Launch Event – MAC Birmingham
Shelanu 13 Jun 13
Shelanu will be at Celebrating Sanctuary’s Refugee Week Launch event at mac birmingham this Saturday 15th June 11am-5pm.
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Shelanu in Edge magazine
Shelanu 6 Jun 13
Although we’ve been quiet on the blog, we’ve been getting interest in the media, which has been very exciting.
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Craftspace & Shelanu at Craft Skills Awards in London
Shelanu 10 May 13
Unfortunately Craftspace didn’t win the Craft Skills Award for Engaging New and Diverse Audiences through Shelanu, but they were Highly Commended, so congratulations Craftspace! Thank you for all the support you give us.
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Craftspace shortlisted for national Craft Skills Award
Shelanu 16 Apr 13
We’re really excited and pleased that Craftspace the craft development organisation which supports Shelanu has been shortlisted for the new national Craft Skills Awards for their work with us! They have been shortlisted in the engaging new …
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Laser cut jewellery in Coventry
Shelanu 12 Apr 13
Where is this year going? March went in a flash, which is why we’re late updating you again! So, before too much more time goes by, here’s some images of our limited edition collection commissioned by The Herbert Art Gallery and Museum .
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Caught in the Crossfire commission – the final push!
Shelanu 7 Mar 13
Following on from our last post, we went back to Black Country Atelier with a new colour in the acrylic, a blush pink, taken from the John Piper painting at The Herbert Art Gallery and Museum , to test along with the orange and gold that had worked well before.
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The Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, Coventry commission – final developments
Shelanu 25 Feb 13
We’ve been meaning to bring you this story at a regular pace, but time kind of got away from us.
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Coventry commission process
Shelanu 7 Feb 13
Back in October we announced that we’d been commissioned by The Herbert Art Gallery and Museum to produce a range of jewellery for their shop, alongside the exhibition, ‘Caught in the Crossfire’ 25th January – 7th July 2013.