Allow Me to Introduce Tat London's First Collection

25th April 2025

Charlie Porter, Photographed With The First Tat Collection, Photographed By Jasper Fry

For eight years, Tat has celebrated the artistry of others—championing their imagination, their craftsmanship, and the enduring beauty of objects that thumb their nose at passing trends. It’s not the quickest route to riches. Not even close, but it is, I think, an honourable and delightful way to make a living. To find beauty in the overlooked, to recognise the skill of those who came before us, and to give the discarded a second act, a small act of resistance to this overly polished world.

What I’ve come to realise is that the best designs have heart. They were made with necessity, ingenuity, and a human skill that modern production would smooth out in a heartbeat. Even the earliest things I sold—flawed, occasionally unhinged—had soul. Some might call them gauche. But they weren’t pretending, they stood proud in their gaudy human made form.

For years I hesitated to put the Tat name to something new. The idea loitered. I flirted with it, and then would shy away. Then, as these things go, a.late night conversation in Milan nudged it from daydream into reality.. A partnership was struck. A plan took shape. And here we are.

From the outset, one thing was certain: the pieces had to be made in the UK. My admiration isn’t for those who extract from industry, but for those who invest in it and the community around it. We are very lucky in the UK with the skills that many of the residents possess, so it would be lunacy not to make good use of them! Tat may not yet be the Medici of manufacturing, but one must start somewhere—and hope, after all, is as good a foundation as any.

We chose pewter, a material I’ve always had a soft spot for. Plenty of it has passed through Tat’s hands over the years, and its appeal has never waned. Pewter changes with age—it softens, darkens, deepens. It records a life lived. The designs are pulled from here and there—largely European, mostly practical, and now brought to life in the Midlands with a combination of machines, hands, and a decent amount of tea. A quiet handshake between past and present.

Tat has always been about honouring what lasts. And now, finally, we’ve made something of our own which we pray might pique your interest.

These products will be released on the 30th April 2025, as good a date as any.

Sconce o1, Bookends o1, Candlestick o1 - Photographed by Jasper Fry

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