I am delighted to have made a collection for Charleston in Sussex to support their Post-Impressionist Living: The Omega Workshops exhibition.

For those who aren’t already familiar, Charleston is a beautiful house, garden and gallery which was home to several members of the Bloomsbury Group including Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant, in the early twentieth century. It offered a creative playground for some of the most prolific artists, thinkers and innovators of the time, who believed in debate, creativity, beauty, innovation and truth. Today the Trust still promotes the groups experimental approach, celebrating historical collections while also championing contemporary artists and makers. It’s an incredibly inspiring place to visit and I thoroughly recommend it if you get chance.

The Omega Workshops were a design collective, founded by Roger Fry in 1913, which involved several members of the Bloomsbury Group. Together they created bold and playful household items inspired by the post-impressionist movement. The exhibition at Charleston includes textiles, ceramics, furniture and clothing which all played a role in bringing modern art into people’s homes.

My pottery was chosen for the accompanying museum shop as they felt it was evocative of Frys, a generous and humbling comparison.

The Omega Workshop Exhibition runs from 14th September 2019 - 19th January 2020.

Photos taken by Lee Robbins, styling by Lottie Warren for Charleston.