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Heal’s presents a decorative
flourish of events for Spring
S
pring has well and truly sprung at Heal’s,
and alongside our glorious new seasonal
collections we’ve been busy pulling together
a jam-packed calendar of events for the
coming months.
Following the success of Heal’s Modern Craft
Market earlier in the year, our ‘more than a store’
programme is on the front to deliver a range of
workshops, talks and live demo’s in-store.
Teaming up with a diverse array of leading designers
and makers, this unique series of events has been
specially curated to match the exacting tastes and
passions of our design hungry customers.
And with plenty more to be announced over the next
month, keep your eyes peeled for ‘What’s On’ at Heal’s.
Eley Kishimoto in Conversation with
Professor Lawrence Zeegen
To celebrate the launch of Eley Kishimoto’s optical wallpapers
at Heal’s, join us as we take a trip into the design duos
wonderful world of prints.
Leading the conversation, Dean of the UAL’s School of
Design Lawrence Zeegen will be quizzing the Brixton based
designers on their illustrious fashion career, expanding
repertoire of interiors, and trying to discover the inspiration
behind their eclectic prints and patterns along the way.
Just like an Eley Kishimoto design, this exclusive event is
sure to reveal a fascinating story.
DAT E
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Wednesday 3rd June
TIME
6.30-8.30pm
COST
£10
H E A L’ S P R E S S O F F I C E [email protected], 020 7896 7553
Augustine Bridgland and Claire de
Quenetain in conversation with Rise Art
Join us for a special evening of painterly print and pattern with
designers Augustine & Bridgland and Claire de Quénetain live
in conversation.
Adding vibrant summer scenes to Heal’s latest seasonal
collection, they’ll be discussing the art of combining bold,
vibrant, and fresh colourful prints into textiles for the home plus
revealing some of the techniques behind their unique designs.
LO C AT I O N Heal’s,
DAT E Wednesday
Tottenham Court Road
22nd April T I M E 6.30pm - 8pm
C O S T £5
Hand Lettering with Meticulous Ink
Led by Meticulous Ink, this specialist calligraphy course takes
you from the basics of handling a dip pen and ink through
to forming letters in a copperplate style to create your own
beautifully written word or quote.
Putting pen to paper, expert Athena Cauley-Yu will be on
hand to give you all the tools and expertise required to form
your own individual style and ensure you stay on the write
track. In addition, you will also receive a wooden nib holder,
copperplate nib, pot of Meticulous Ink, 5 calligraphy practice
sheets and hand lettering guide sheet - all of which you will
use in the course and take home with you.
LO C AT I O N Heal’s, Tottenham Court Road
DAT E Thursday 29th April T I M E 5.30pm - 8pm C O S T £45
N . B . Limited spaces available - max 10 people. Adults only.
Leather Moulding & Concrete workshop
with Katharina Eisenkoeck
Having wowed audiences at our Modern Craft Market
in February, Katharina Eisenkoeck returns to the Heal’s
showrooms to demonstrate her unique technique of moulding
leather onto embossed concrete.
In this workshop, you will create 2 beautiful handmade
napkin rings to take home with you. By cutting the leather into
strips before wet-forming them in water, you will learn how to
emboss the material with your own unique pattern casting
small cubes of concrete to attach to your napkins.
LO C AT I O N Heal’s,
DAT E Thursday
Tottenham Court Road
7th May T I M E 6.30pm - 8pm C O S T £20
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H E A L’ S P R E S S O F F I C E [email protected], 020 7896 7553
London Craft Week Live Demonstration
with Gemma Waggett
Textile designer Gemma Kay Waggett presents a live
demonstration of one of the oldest printing techniques –
screen-printing – in-store at Heals, Tottenham Court Road.
This handmade process entails the passing of ink or other
printing media through a stencilled mesh stretched around a
frame, with the stencil openings determining the image that
will appear on the base substrate.
Gemma has been screen-printing for over 10 years and will
answer questions about the process, discuss her work, and
show you how to screen print for yourself.
LO C AT I O N Heal’s,
DAT E Friday
Tottenham Court Road
8th May T I M E 12pm – 5pm
Build your own Terrarium Workshop
Fancy getting your hands dirty? Then why not create your own
indoor garden with the help of horticultural designers London
Terrariums.
In this green-fingered workshop, Emma and Tom will
talk you through the science behind these self-contained
ecosystems as well as providing all the skills to look after
them. Then it is up to you to get stuck in and build your own!
Heal’s, Tottenham Court Road
Saturday 9th May, 11am - 12.30pm, Wednesday 20th
May, 6pm - 7.30pm C O S T £33 - Bring your own bottle, glass, jar or sphere and
create a custom terrarium. £50 - Bottle supplied for you by
London Terrarium (15 x 15 x 25cm)
N . B . All contents, terrarium vessels (unless you have one) and
tools are supplied.
LO C AT I O N
DAT E S
C O N TA C T
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EDITOR’S NOTES
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Lauren Bardini, PR Assistant
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Heal’s has been designing, making
and selling quality furniture for more
than two centuries now, so it’s no
surprise that it’s known as ‘the
home of modern and contemporary
designer furniture’. Starting out as
a bed-makers in 1810, and later
embracing the ideals of the Arts
and Crafts movement, Heal’s has
a long history of collaborating with
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prominent designers. Heal’s is as
passionate today as it’s always
been about introducing new ranges,
discovering stars of the future and
pushing the boundaries of outstanding
contemporary design.
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