News

Seconds: what makes something a second and why?

Here at Feldspar we champion the handmade - no two of our wares are ever quite identical, and this is...

Feldspar + Tanya Ling Studio

We are delighted to announce a collaboration with the artist Tanya Ling. I haven’t written about art since my university days so...

A chat with shirtmakers Turnbull & Asser

The (Royal Warrant holding!) English shirt makers Turnbull & Asser came to the studio to photograph their beautifully crafted shirts...

An exclusive colour for Fortnum & Mason

TIME FOR TEA(L)! We've created an exclusive new colour for none other than Fortnum & Mason - the home of delicious...

The Modern House

The Modern House came to visit our workshop as a part of their 'Studio Visits' series and we discussed fine...

My Great Great Grandpa Wrote a Cookbook

In 1873 my Great-Great-Grandpa wrote a cookbook called ‘Round the Table’. I only found out earlier this year, and since discovering my culinary-minded ancestor ('The G.C.’ to his readers, Victor de Rivaz to everyone else) I’ve been fascinated by him.

The Chicken Coop/Palace

During lockdown and struck by a self-sufficient ‘let’s start a small-holding’ bug, we decided to get some chickens. Jeremy fenced...

THE LOCKDOWN WORKSHOP

There’s a cobbled room on the ground floor at the end of our house. The floor is extraordinarily uneven, the...

Geranium, for lazy summer days

This summer is not quite like other summers - and so we’ve created a limited edition colour as an ode...

Getting the band back together

The past ten weeks have taken us back to the beginning, when we first moved down to Devon and had...

Closing, just for now

Hello, As with it all out there, things got quite crazy quite quickly here at Feldspar HQ this week. The good...

Mother's Day

Mums are important. Hold yours close if you can, or give them a ring. This new world is really hammering...

The importance of making things properly

When we started Feldspar we knew we wanted to make things properly, how things used to be made, with care...

A year on the farm

We moved into our workshop a year ago this month. It previously housed only giant vats of cider vinegar, and...

Russett - an exclusive collaboration with Feldspar x Matchesfashion.com

An exclusive Russett collection with Matchesfashion.com. Inspired by the earthy red of our home-dug clay, we've developed a deep clay...

Summer News

For the first time since we started making the majority of our fine bone china items ourselves in Devon, we...

Spring News

Devon is pulling out all the Springtime stops: the sun is shining, lambs bound about every field in sight, bunnies...

January News

January. Oh January. The biting cold, misty moorland walks, the mud caked boots, one veeery damp dog. And the gearing...

Autumn News

And just like that, we're deep into Autumn. Those balmy September evenings seem like aeons ago as the fire is...

September News

It's September, and while the sun is still shining (mostly) there's a chill in the air. I've always loved this...

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My Great Great Grandpa's Cookbook: Un piatto di frittura recipe

As the sunshine and long warm evenings make a reappearance after what feels like a thousand days of rain, my thoughts are turning to having friends over in the garden, drinks under the oak tree, all soaked up with some home-cooked morsels.

My Great Great Grandpa's Cookbook: A Pasta Pudding

To find an entire chapter dedicated to pasta in my Great Great Grandpa’s cook book from 1873 was a brilliant surprise.

My Great Great Grandpa's Cookbook: Rhubarb Tart

Victor’s feelings on puddings in general he sums up quite wonderfully - they are to 'convey the greatest amount of pleasure to the taste with the least possible nourishment’.

My Great Great Grandpa's Cookbook: Parmesan Soufflé

For this month’s recipe I decided to have a go at the ‘Petits Soufflés au Parmesan’, because when else am I going to attempt to master soufflés if not during a national lockdown?