TOAST Magazine

Making & Craft

Inside the studios of makers, from potters and weavers to jewellers and brushmakers. Visiting the factories of our suppliers, discovering mending techniques and exploring the history of craft.
Guided by Texture

Lindey Tydeman on shifting from textile design to jewellery making, and creating pieces for our New Maker 2025 collection.

2 days ago
Vernacular furniture with Chris Williams

Making Welsh stick chairs in the countryside.

13 days ago
The Making of Our Festive Window Display

Floral designer Paula Ellis has decorated our shop windows with repurposed paper and seasonal foliage.

1 month ago
Living Sculpture

Floral artist April Johnson on creating a botanical installation for our Nolita community garden.

1 month ago
The Ties that Bind

Piotr Jarosz on the quiet discipline of bookbinding and communicating through craft.   

1 month ago
Heritage Steps

We visit the Solovair factory in Northamptonshire to see the making of our Autumn Winter 2025 loafers.

2 months ago
TOAST Circle | My Day of Repair With Celia Pym

Emily Gowers reflects on the restorative act of mending, and a garment repaired by Celia Pym.

2 months ago
From Fleece to Form

Meet the skilled sorters, spinners, and knitters behind our Shetland Wool Graphic Jacquard Sweater.

2 months ago
Clay & Connection

Ceramics shaped between Australia and Cambodia.

2 months ago
Material Inheritance

The making of Tiipoi’s Longpi pieces in Bangalore.  

3 months ago
The Rhythm of Papermaking

Collaborating with Arizona-based paper makers Cave Paper on sculptural window installations.

3 months ago
Knitting New Futures With Manos del Uruguay

How this rural craft cooperative provides opportunities for women artisans.

3 months ago
The Spaces Between

Ceramicist Lou Power on following artistic intuition and creating installations for TOAST shop windows.  

4 months ago
Time to Make | Bookbinding

Simon and Ira of the London Centre for Book Arts guide you through a simple bookbinding technique.

4 months ago
From a Studio in Brylle

In rural Denmark, New Maker Lærke Møller Hansen creates organic hand-thrown ceramics.

4 months ago
Grain & Form

In her Montreal studio, wood-turner and New Maker Elise McLauchlan explores quietude through everyday objects.  

5 months ago
In the Studio with Helena Rohner

The jeweller on three decades of design and fostering quiet moments in Madrid.

5 months ago
Light, Shadow & Form

Former TOAST New Maker Kate Semple on paper vessels, playful exploration and a new installation for TOAST.  

5 months ago
Along the Cheshire Silk Road

Inside the 50-year-old silk mill producing printed scarves for our Autumn Winter 2025 collection.

5 months ago
Abstract Expressions

Sophie Fletcher of Zosia Ceramics on creating expressive sleepwear ceramics from a Cambridge studio.

5 months ago
Clay, Sea, and Sky

Ceramicist and TOAST New Maker Amy Leeworthy on how place shapes practice and palette.  

6 months ago
The Fabric of Life

Hand-weaver Sabine Van der Sande on the intimacy of textiles and being a TOAST New Maker.   

6 months ago
TOAST & Leach Pottery | Beyond Tradition

Roelof Uys on collaborating with TOAST on an exclusive collection for London Craft Week.

7 months ago
Emerging Craft | Meet Our New Makers 2025

Introducing the five inspiring craftspeople selected for this year’s programme.  

7 months ago