Workshop of the World Activities

Make a list of all the phrases, sayings or mottos associated with tea!

Write a diary account and consider the sights, sounds and smells associated with a working building like this.

Draw your own design for a candlestick or another useful item of silverware for the home.

Find out about some of the locations in the world the Jewellery Quarter connects to.

Imagine you are an apprentice jeweller, you've been asked to design a piece of jewellery for an important customer!

Calculate what you think this ring made in Birmingham in 1894 might sell for on today’s prices.

Look at a painting and read a poem and consider some questions about how silversmiths and goldsmiths are portrayed.

Try some of these fun ancient translation activities in a small group.

Look closely at this picture which shows a royal visit to Gillott’s pen factory in 1874 and answer some questions to investigate.

Using the template, design your own pen box lid and give your pen an impressive name!

Create a code using sounds such as clicking your finger, clapping or clicking your tongue.

Imagine you are William Ramsdale at work on the night of 9th November 1940 and write a diary account.

Listen to Elaine Wilson describe how she enamels objects and answer some questions.

Imagine you are a judge at the Goldsmith Awards. Choose a piece from the 2014 awards catalogue and write a paragraph about it.

Design your own sporting trophy. Select your sport, your material, shape, wording, and decoration.

Describe the life of the War Stone as a biography or an autobiography.

Imagine you are a skilled stonemason and have been asked to carve a runestone for an important Viking.