Heading into the holidays, we’re admiring Faye Toogood’s first dedicated homeware collection.
“The inspiration first came whilst I was exploring common items from the kitchen, such as the soft volumes of rising dough and hand-shaped leavened pastries,” explains Faye.
All pieces in the collection are available in two standard matte glazes: cream or charcoal. Each piece is individually finished, with the curves softened and the glaze applied by hand by artisans in Portugal.
The Dough Ceramics Pitcher (£90). The Dough collection of ceramics is inspired by Faye’s Roly-Poly chair: “smooth, rounded, voluptuous.” Work began with the jug.
The Dough Ceramics Mug (£76 for a pair).
“A mug is a mug, so like a wheel, it’s quite hard to reinvent the shape. It works for a reason. But I wanted to take that simple ritual of having a cup of tea and give the details as much attention and love as they deserve, hoping to acknowledge and celebrate those quiet, mundane moments we all have in a day.”
The collection is inspired by “the soft volumes of rising dough and hand-shaped leavened pastries.”
A stack of Dough ceramics in charcoal, balanced on Toogood’s Spade chair.
The florist Constance Spry inspired the understated glaze Constance Spry would make vases out of clay and plaster and I think sometimes even papier mâché just to get the shape I was very inspired by these vases...
...with their simple paint finish and I wanted the Toogood ceramics to have a similar feeling like sculpture Vases are often left without flowers and so they need to work as soloists on your shelf or mantlepiece
The range also includes a vase and a centerpiece.
The merino wool Plough Throws (£450) “feature stripes that are reminiscent of freshly ploughed country fields.” Rather than weaving a motif on the loom, the plough stripes are added later, wedging contrasting woolen threads into the weave.