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.
In the Studio with Madeleine Kemsley

The textile artist on creating with simplicity and designing two pieces for our new collection.

9 months ago
A Feast for the Eyes

Artist Andrew Pierce Scott on creating alternative still lifes that celebrate our season concept, A Shared Table. 

9 months ago
Materiality with Phoebe Cummings

The artist on natural materials and creating an installation inspired by TOAST Lounge.

10 months ago
Guided by Texture

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

11 months ago
Vernacular Furniture with Chris Williams

Making Welsh stick chairs in the countryside.

1 year ago
The Making of Our Festive Window Display

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

1 year ago
Living Sculpture

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

1 year ago
Infinite Smocking

Annie Coggan on her installation at TOAST New York Upper East Side.

1 year ago
The Ties that Bind

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

1 year ago
Blending Tradition & Technology at Robert Mackie

We visit the centuries-old knitwear manufacturer in the Scottish town of Stewarton.

1 year ago
Heritage Steps

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

1 year ago
In the Studio with Printmaker Angela Harding

We speak to the Rutland-based artist about her process and surroundings.

1 year ago
Nature-Inspired Blends Made on the Isle of Purbeck

We meet the mother and son team behind the Dorset-based wellness company Yellow Gorse.

1 year 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.

1 year ago
From Fleece to Form

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

1 year ago
Clay & Connection

Ceramics shaped between Australia and Cambodia.

1 year ago
Material Inheritance

The making of Tiipoi’s Longpi pieces in Bangalore.  

1 year ago
The Rhythm of Papermaking

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

1 year ago
Knitting New Futures with Manos del Uruguay

How this rural craft cooperative provides opportunities for women artisans.

1 year ago
The Spaces Between

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

1 year ago
Time to Make | Bookbinding

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

1 year ago
From a Studio in Brylle

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

1 year ago
Grain & Form

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

1 year ago
In the Studio with Helena Rohner

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

1 year ago