Arts & Culture

Exploring the art world through the eyes of curators, artists, photographers and architects. Visits to studios, galleries, museums and homes.
Workspace | Olivia Whitworth

For this month's workspace wevisitedillustrator Olivia Whitworth at her

10 years ago
Shiba Ryotaro Memorial Museum

Nestled in the heart of the city, Shiba Ryotaro Memorial Museum in Osakatowers

10 years ago
BORO

If you can wrap three beans in a piece of cloth, then it is big enough to

10 years ago
NOREN

Wandering a Japanese toori' (street), one of the most distinctive features is

10 years ago
Workspace | Temple Cycles

For this month's workspace series we met up with the founder of Temple Cycles,

10 years ago
THE ART OF WRAPPING | HOLY VARIETY OF EVERYTHING

For Pre Collection we took inspiration from the wrapped silhouettes of old

10 years ago
KASURI | HOLY VARIETY OF EVERYTHING

Kasuri is a Japanese form of ikat. It isonly practiced by a handful of highly

10 years ago
JAPAN BLUE | HOLY VARIETY OF EVERYTHING

Blue runs through Japan. It is in the skies, the water, the vast surrounding

10 years ago
WORKSPACE | SCULPTOR & LETTER CARVER

Jo Sweeting is a sculptor and letter carver, living and working in

11 years ago
#LOSTINLITERATURE WITH HAY FESTIVAL

This month TOAST partnered with Hay Festival and offered our Instagram and

11 years ago
Ikat | An Age-Old Technique

John Gillow is an author, lecturer and collector who has spent more than 40

11 years ago
Lost Literature | The Compleat Angler

Ellie Tennant has been scouring the shelves of secondhand bookshops in search

11 years ago
Akiko Hirai | Potter

The teacup is a much esteemed and venerated object in Japan. Yet potters who

11 years ago
THE STORY OF INDIGO

Can you name the colours of the rainbow? Three centuries ago, all-round genius

11 years ago
FAMILY RITUALS | BY KAREN - THIS LITTLE CORNER

Christmas is often marked by traditions and rituals. Gathering pine cones on

11 years ago
ARTIST ROANNA WELLS | OF THE LAND

Roanna Wellsis an artist, living and working in Yorkshire. TOAST has

11 years ago
LOST LITERATURE - THE MOUNTAIN TOP

Each month, journalist Ellie Tennant scours the shelves of secondhand bookshops

11 years ago
CERAMICIST ADAM BUICK | OF THE LAND

Adam Buick, a ceramicist fromPembrokeshire, is one of the artists TOAST

11 years ago
OAS | FOUR WOMEN - NICOLA EASTON - POTTER

OAS is our new collection of workwear-inspired clothing. Our shoot features

11 years ago
OAS | FOUR WOMEN - SARAH HISCOX - AN ICON PAINTER

OAS is our new collection of workwear-inspired clothing. Our shoot features

11 years ago
OAS | FOUR WOMEN - CALI RAND - GARDEN DESIGNER

OAS is our new collection of workwear-inspired clothing. Our shoot features

11 years ago
Everyday Epiphanies - Sausage Dogs & Quantum Physics

Every day I walk the dog. Since he came into my life, my world has largely

12 years ago
A short history of rembetica

The origins of the music now known as rembetica lie in the mid-nineteenth

12 years ago
SISTERHOOD WITH TOAST

Sisterhood 2015 Standing at the water's edge hands held high we dance to

12 years ago