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Brown Game StrongAnisha Parmar on The Stories in our AdornmentIn this episode, we sit with the brilliant Anisha, a curator, artist and jewellery designer. Not only does she design beautifully intricate and unique desi jewellery pieces, she also opens up a space for learning and storytelling around ancient forgotten heirlooms and educates us on their deep-rooted colonial past.
Anisha's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anishaparmarlondon/ 2024-02-091h 06
Bae HQ Podcast29. Building The Self-Belief To Work With The Biggest Celebrities And Influencers w/ Anisha VasaniThe BAE HQ welcomes Anisha Vasani, who's behind Anisha Vasani Creates, a creative wedding consultancy. She's also a bridal stylist and the founder of Influencer Reach and the former editor of Asiana Magazine.Anisha wasn't sure exactly what she wanted to do when she was younger so experimented and worked at magazines and radio stations before taking her position at Asiana where she became an editor at just 24!After 10 years she struck out on her own and is thriving!If you're listening to this ...2023-01-2540 min
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Empowered Adornment: Gold Jewellery Stories with Anisha ParmarJayant PureJewels & Shalini Red Dot Jewels- The IndustryIn the final episode, I speak to British Asian jewellery industry professionals;
Jayant Raniga, CEO of Pure Jewels by Bhanji Gokaldas, who comes from over nine generations of jewellers. His Grandfather Bhanji Gokaldas and sons Ramnik, Dinesh and Harish established East Londonâs first British Asian jewellery showroom in 1975. In 1987 the family and store moved to Green Street where they have been located since. Their designs reflects the rich cultural heritage and brand journey, which traces its historic roots to India and east Africa. Jayant has been our 'gold expert' throughout this series where we hear his profes...2021-09-1258 min
Empowered Adornment: Gold Jewellery Stories with Anisha ParmarTanya, Usarae & Misha- Remembering our MumsIn Episode 9 , I speak to Tanya and sisters Usarae and Misha about the jewellery pieces they inherited from their late mothers. Jewellery carries a special sentiment  especially of those who are no longer with us. Tanya feels closer to her mum wearing her pieces every day. Usarae and Misha bond over stories of their mum's jewellery pieces and remember her when they wear her them.
Tanya talks about when her and and her sisters went through her mum's jewellery at the request of her dad. What's really interesting is that Tanya's pieces that she shared with me a...2021-09-0656 min
Empowered Adornment: Gold Jewellery Stories with Anisha ParmarMathushaa & Tahmina- Oral Histories & GoldIn Episode 8, I speak to both Mathushaa and Tahmina about gold jewellery given to them, what it represents and the oral history linked to these beautiful pieces.
In this episode both of them had very different stories about their gold pieces for Mathushaa, it's the gold chain and Tamil 'aum' pendant given to her when she was born, and we speak about the significance of it as an heirloom as her family had to flee Sri Lanka due to the civil war and came to the UK with no family heirlooms to had down to her, hence...2021-08-2942 min
Empowered Adornment: Gold Jewellery Stories with Anisha ParmarRaheem- Matriarchal InspirationIn Episode 7, I speak to Raheem about how the matriarchs in his family have inspired his work as a professional dancer and choreographer and the significance of the 3 distinct pieces of gold jewellery that he shares with his maternal grandmother.
We talk about the resilience embedded in the way he navigates through life that has been instilled in him from his female ancestors which shone through in this conversation.
There is so much that I learnt from Raheem, so many 'aha!' moments that you'll hear to add to my research into these Gold Jewellery...2021-08-2230 min
Empowered Adornment: Gold Jewellery Stories with Anisha ParmarSofia- Dowry to HeirloomIn Episode 6, I speak to Sofia about "arranged marriage", dowry and how the loving sentiment of the pieces gifted to her from her parents and grandparents for her wedding still stands proud despite the marriage not working out. We talk about her mother's journey to the UK to meet her father who was part of the Merchant Navy, for the first time, and how he actually bought her mum, her wedding set that was especially designed and handcrafted for her as her family couldn't afford to buy her the set at the time.
As the episode unravels...2021-08-1538 min
Empowered Adornment: Gold Jewellery Stories with Anisha ParmarMeera- The Wedding SetIn Episode 5, I speak to Meera about how she was inspired by her mum's wedding outfit and paired her mum's bridal set with some costume jewellery to complete her bridal look for her big day 2 years ago. We also speak about her family's migrant journey from Gujarat, East Africa and then to the UK. The fond memories they have living in East Africa, how they've effortlessly weaved Swahili words in to Gujarati and the ripple effect Idi Amin kicking out the Asians from Uganda in 1972 had across Kenya and Tanzania.
Speaking to Meera about her wedding set...2021-08-0835 min
Empowered Adornment: Gold Jewellery Stories with Anisha ParmarAysha- Jewellery Chooses you"Jewellery Chooses you" something Aysha says in her podcast that really stayed with me throughout this project, that I also tell my participants in every conversation since this first interview with Aysha. I truly believe in this sentiment, that the jewellery pieces handed down to you or carefully chosen by you or for you, are meant for you. Wearings a piece of jewellery is such a personal ritual, as it sits on you skin, worn on intimate places on your body such as on your neck, ear or wrist, so its synchronicity with you and how it makes you...2021-08-0139 min
Empowered Adornment: Gold Jewellery Stories with Anisha ParmarKiran & Krishna - GrandmothersBaa, Nani, Dadi, Dadi Maa, Patti, Granny- We all have our significant names for what we called our grandmothers, I called mine London Baa (paternal grandmother) and Leicester Baa (maternal grandmother) based on where they lived and now these names remind me of a distinct memory of where I spent my weekends with my London Baa in Wembley and summer holidays with my Leicester Baa - The names transport me to their homes, the food they used to cook for me, chai time in the afternoon paired with ready salted walker's crisps and feeling close to them.
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Empowered Adornment: Gold Jewellery Stories with Anisha ParmarMisbah- Mother to DaughterWeâre kicking off the series with Episode 2 where youâll hear me interview Misbah about the gold jewellery pieces given to her by her Mother and the pieces she bought for her eldest daughter when she got married a few years ago. I loved speaking to Misbah about Gold within the South Asian culture, because in this conversation it was so apparent how much its engrained in the culture and especially to hear what its like to buy gold for a daughterâs weddings from a motherâs point of view in modern time. And because this research sheds a...2021-07-1829 min
Empowered Adornment: Gold Jewellery Stories with Anisha ParmarAnisha - Migrant JourneysI am super excited to announce the launch of the Empowered Adornment Podcast as part of the research I have been doing for the Developing your Creative Practice grant from Arts Council England this year. I hope you've had a chance to listen to the trailer this week, I've had so much great feedback so far!
In this first episode you'll hear Co-Producer Molly Crossley interview me (Anisha Parmar) about my Gold Jewellery Stories, the pieces I love and my family's story and migrant journey from India, East Africa and then to the UK in the 1970's.
I am jewellery designer...2021-06-2029 min
Empowered Adornment: Gold Jewellery Stories with Anisha ParmarEmpowered Adornment TrailerThe podcast encapsulates the research I have been doing around Gold jewellery collected through South Asian journeys of migration as artefacts with the capacity to be carriers of emotions and memories; gold as a womanâs security within the context of historical and contemporary diasporas; and adornment to express cultural heritage. I have spent the last 5 months opening a dialogue and documenting conversations with those who belong to the South Asian Diaspora, and who have collected or been handed down, bought precious pieces of jewellery/adornment, to talk about what these pieces represent to them.Â
Trailer Launch: Sun...2021-06-1001 min
Global Derbyshire in 10 ObjectsWorld Cultures: In Conversation with Anisha ParmarOver the last three years, thousands of people have worked with Derby Museums to co-produce âObjects of Love, Hope and Fear: A World Collectionâ. People on the streets of Derby, co-production volunteers and new friends across the globe have cleaned, photographed, researched, interpreted and displayed this important collection of objects.
However, a gallery like this can never be considered finished and interpreting these objects makes us have honest, open and sometimes uncomfortable conversations about how these objects came to be in the museumâs collection, how they have been labelled and how they represent Derby today.
In t...2020-11-0315 min
She can. She did.Episode 1 - with Anisha Parmar, Founder of Anisha Parmar LondonI'd say series 4 is back with a bang ladies but let's face it, series 3 only wrapped up a month ago... I think we all know that might sound a tad OTT! Instead, I'll say that I love recording these interviews too much to wait months on end for a dramatic return so here we are, primed and ready to go with an episode that will go down as one of my favourites to date!To kick series four off, I had a chat with the vivacious and incredibly talented woman that is Anisha Parmar, Founder of...2020-06-1143 minShe can. She did.Episode 1 - with Anisha Parmar, Founder of Anisha Parmar LondonI'd say series 4 is back with a bang ladies but let's face it, series 3 only wrapped up a month ago... I think we all know that might sound a tad OTT! Instead, I'll say that I love recording these interviews too much to wait months on end for a dramatic return so here we are, primed and ready to go with an episode that will go down as one of my favourites to date!To kick series four off, I had a chat with the vivacious and incredibly talented woman that is Anisha Parmar, Founder of...2020-06-1143 min
THE TRAILBLAZERS JOURNEY#12 Anisha Parmar London | Jewellery brand inspired by multi-cultural London; a hub for diversity and cultural cross overs with true British culture | The highs and lows of being a designerIn this episode I chat with Anisha Parmar from Anisha Parmar London. Anisha Parmar London is a luxury fashion, jewellery & accessories brand that is inspired by the melting pot of multi-cultural London which she describes as a hub for diversity and cultural cross overs with true British culture.
Anishaâs jewellery is for the bold, confident & badass woman. Her designs have been featured in Vogue Italia, Vogue India, Elle France, Elle India, Jungle Magazine, the V&A museum, and even a Snoop Dog music video.
2020-02-1024 min