#theisolationcollection

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A few months ago, I said to a friend that I wished I still had my first lockdown Instagram stories, and he showed me the Insta-archives, where they all had been stored - an excellent surprise! The stories show how my new ceramic designs developed, and how I spent 3 months in the hills of Ceredigion, Wales - having planned to go for 3 days. It was quite a trip down memory lane looking at them. They’re saved the under ‘1-9 Lockdown’, in my Instagram Highlights. I hope you enjoy them!💫🪰🥂🐝🐳🪰🐇☀️🥃🍎🍐🍓🍋🍒🥕#theisolationcollection #rheidol #design #lockdown2020 (at Ceredigion) https://www.instagram.com/p/CPX7uzKHiHC/?utm_medium=tumblr

[tomrooth]

Morning light on the Welsh dresser. My great-grandparents bought this old friend in the 1930s, for 15 shillings - on condition that it would never leave Wales. It’s such a great piece of furniture, with a beautiful deep brown 19th century patina. I also love the cold slate flagstones, which sit directly on the soil. Some years ago, one was lifted up, and there was a toad living under it! #theisolationcollection (at Ceredigion) https://www.instagram.com/p/COLQAT5HYrI/?igshid=1xaowvcbbx8ef

[tomrooth]

It’s so great to be back at Pen, and at the table where I spent most of the first lockdown drawing bees, mushrooms, hares and many other designs, that we’ll be launching next month - as bowls and plates. Over the next week I’m going to be photographing the ceramics on the table where they were conceived and borne. It’ll be pretty cool uniting them with the cottage - and table, where five generations of my family have eaten. #theisolationcollection (at Ceredigion) https://www.instagram.com/p/CNzgtsrn6SB/?igshid=tsosrirkluyf