Meet ceramics artist Amy Hughes…“I love working with porcelain, she’s a mistress. You have to play by her rules, I enjoy the challenge and adore the clay’s natural qualities.”

I’ve always known deep down, despite my insecurities and these feelings of being the ‘outsider’, that my work is deeper than normal. It makes people feel something, and I want that to do the talking.

We’re thrilled to speak to British artist Kate Montgomery about her early creative years, her journey to becoming the artist she is today, and her beautiful new exhibition, ‘Pattern Book’ which opens today at the Long & Ryle Gallery, London, and runs till 27 July 2023.

New Zealand creative Kim Mason shares her creative story with FAIRE, describing it as a process of wandering, photographing and stitching fine art creations through the lens of imagination.

Help support the dreamy Tuscan enoteca project of Emiko Davies and her husband Marco Lami who wish to open ‘a culinary space for food and wine workshops and a natural wine shop with the most interesting selection of excellent, sustainable, small-producer wines’.

‘Quite cliché but, life seldom goes according to plan, some elements might, many won’t, but often it leads you to where you need to go and if you’re open and curious, you’ll be able to create the life you want, whether personal or professional.’

Storytime with Kelsey Tynik, exploring the importance of playfulness and malleability in creativity.

‘My sculptural pieces hold their boundaries. They are not pieces that will be tripped on or walked over. They have gusto and authority. They are wacky and sweet. Powerful and tender. They hold far more contradictions than I do myself. They are pieces that often live more than one life and are always available for a refresh. Sometimes the smallest lessons show you the most about your creative process.’ Kelsey Tynik

Mel Calver grew up in Dorset and now lives in Westcombe, Somerset with her husband Tom, a cheesemaker/farmer and their two children, Rupert 9 and Heidi 8. She grew up in a creative household where her parents had a dream of building their own family home. As a child, she would spend her weekends helping to build that home. This fostered a creative side in her. She is now a proud owner of 3 hair salons and has turned her hobby of planting and growing flowers into a very successful micro business.

Marion founded Mamie Brougitte Cakes in 2013. Her days as a toddler were her first in the kitchen, climbing to the countertop for culinary teachings from her grandmother Mamie Brougitte. Those lessons remain the main ingredient in what has turned into a married world of baking and art. Raised by artist parents in multicultural surroundings, Marion pulls her deepest inspiration from her roots. Attention to detail is key. Working intimately with each client is her nature. And the process of turning a couple of ingredients into a story to remember is her gift.

JOANNA CUTRI, a Los Angeles native, has an extensive visual arts background beginning at the prestigious Los Angeles County High School for the Arts. She continued her studies at the Cleveland Institute of Art and in Cortona, Italy with the University of Georgia. Joanna received her Bachelors of Fine Arts degree from the University of Georgia in 1998. Joanna has had numerous solo and group exhibitions in Southeast Asia, Australia, and South Africa as well as in the US and in Europe.

A still-life photographer of vegetables, fruit and flowers, Lynn Karlin lives on the coast of Maine and is passionate about local markets where everyone knows their farmer. A graduate of Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York, she has an impressive list of employees and clients over her five-decade career. Sole photographer of three award-winning garden/lifestyle books, Lynn's work has appeared in numerous write-ups from the San Francisco Chronicle to The New York Times and is exhibited in galleries and corporate headquarters worldwide.