Heal’s are once again hosting the fantastic works by Jealous Gallery & Print Studio.  For one week only, until 5th February 2012, Jealous will take up residence in the prestigious Tottenham Court Road flagship store and turn their display windows into live studio spaces.  Here, original works will be created by talented artists such as; Amanda Marie, Jayoon Choi, Damien Weighill, Sara Pope and emerging artists such as Diana Taylor, Andrew Curtis, An Gee Chan, Ian Gronzarow, Sarah Fotheringham, Cornelia Balte, Ceal Warnants and Simone Lia and showcasing the Jealous Needs You initiative, Jealous at Heal’s will offer a fresh approach to accessible and contemporary art. This highly interactive and creative project will allow customers to work together with on-site artists, illustrators and designers as well as taking part in personalising and printing their own editions.  A show not to be missed…

Based in North London, Jealous Gallery and Print Studio are dealers and publishers of limited edition prints, with a changing program of exhibitions featuring work by emerging and established artists from varied schools, movements and styles. Producing prints for artists including Charming Baker, Peter Blake and Ben Eine and exhibiting at Multiplied at Christies South Kensington and having worked recently with The Royal Academy of Arts, Jealous are an exciting collaboration at Heal’s for 2012.

Jealous at Heal’s will see the window space split into three distinct areas, each with its own focus on live studio practice and printmaking equipment. Each area will host 3-4 different artists printing editions live on site, building up the walls and windows and keeping the showcase space active and exciting throughout the week long event.

Prices for small prints start from just £35 and range up to £600 and 10% off sales will be donated to the Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital.

For more information go to www.heals.co.uk/event

This is the beautiful work of Tina Frey, who was one of many talented designers exhibiting at Maison. Tina started her career in finance but decided to take a leap of faith and follow her passion of design; that was 6 years ago and now her company, Tina Frey Designs, distributes her products all over the world.

The colourful yet simple range is hand made from resin and incredibly, it’s all dishwasher safe, as well as having anti-bacterial qualities which makes it perfect for food. You can purchase Tina’s products from her UK outlet – Mint.

Finally arrived in Paris after quite a hairy journey.  My taxi driver was driving at about 90 through Paris and there was I thinking that he was going to crash – and he did!  He drove straight into the side of a golf and dented their door, he got out of the car, exchanged a few angry words and then drove off, he didn’t even turn around to ask if I was OK!!  Anyway, I’m in my hotel room and VERY excited about the exhibition!  I have my laptop with and so I may do a few geeky posts while I am away ;0)

This is the stunning work of Gill Wilson, a designer I came across at Origin 2011, I remember walking past Gills stand and being totally struck by the beauty of her pieces.

Gill Wilson produces handmade paper using natural plant fibre as the raw material for architectural and interior schemes.  The pulp is hand dyed to produce a palette which ranges from the most subtle natural tones to full colour saturation. Any range of colours, hues and tones can be achieved.  Textures range from richly fibrous to perfectly smooth and are further enhanced by tooling, casting, spraying and layering. The finished artwork can be produced to any size, from domestic spaces to installations of unlimited scale.  You can see more of Gills gorgeous work here.

ARCO OKAY LONDON was a great exhibition showcasing 10 designers work which was produced after one week inside an empty furniture factory in the Dutch countryside…