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17th -20th Century
Stoke on Trent, Heidi's home town is the world centre of ceramics A sky of 4,000 smoking pot banks, employing over 70,000 people. from which, famous artists such as Claris Cliff and the renowned tablewares’s of Spode, Royal Doulton and Wedgwood. |
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1990’s
Heidi's childhood in Stoke. Heidi became obsessed with the stories of the derelict pot banks, and the history of the ceramic heirlooms proudly displayed upon grannies dresser and with that a life long pride and association with the ‘made in Stoke-on-Trent’ base stamp. |
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2005
Heidi studied 3D design with ceramics at Stafford college. |
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2007
Heidi moved to Brighton to pursue degrees in ceramics, product design, and Architecture. |
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2015
Teddy was born and begins to develop her influencer following. |
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2017
After 12 years of study and work in Architecture Heidi goes back to her roots, product design with ceramics. From the living space in Heidi’s Brighton home, the Teddy Brighton brand is born. |
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2017
The first Teddy Brighton mug is produced to kickstart the funding for Teddy Brighton. |
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2018
Heidi and Teddy move back to Stoke-On-Trent to learn how to manufacture the ceramics and the business moves with, taking over home 2. |
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2019
Heidi and Teddy return to Brighton and the business takes over home 3. |
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2019
Heidi and Teddy move the ceramics manufacturing to a shared studio space on Brighton seafront. |
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2019
Heidi and Teddy open their first studio, a shop basement in Hove and take on a small team. |
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2019
Teddy is diagnosed with IVDD and has her first spinal surgery at Fitzpatricks. Gifts and messages were sent from all other the world from people following the brand. |
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2020
Heidi and Teddy covert a warehouse into their own design studio with framing, printing, casting and decorating all under one roof. |
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2020
Teddy is struck down by IVDD again. |
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2020
We open our new studio. 2 days before we're closed for COVID. We work over 12 months to improve the machinery and product quality. |
