Makers | Mixtapes - Ad Libitum
We launch a brand new series today, Makers | Mixtapes, taking you on an audio adventure inside our favourite creative spaces. We ask Ad Libitum, a French creative duo, who feature in our upcoming Issue 4, to share a selection of the music that they like to listen to while they’re making.
1030Blackwool: Weaving Social Bonds
1030Blackwool began with Pauline Dornat’s desire to highlight a local material, wool. What soon evolved was a project that explored social connection, sustainability, and the beauty behind discovering a process.
Am I a Writer Now?
Nestled in a little cottage by the sea, Elizabeth Bond spends her days writing or thinking about writing. In this piece she reflects on the lessons learned in a creative writing course and discusses the various approaches to writing.
The Essential Power of Creating
Digital Illustrator and Textile Artist, Annie O’Rourke uses her art as a form of meditation and a tool to simply figure out day to day life, by finding beauty in the mundane.
Look up for Ghosts: Old Haberdasheries
Podcaster and handweaver, Jo Andrews writes a special feature for FAIRE about ‘Old Haberdasheries’. Jo is the host of Haptic & Hue’s Tales of Textiles which has just embarked on its third series, called the Chatter of Cloth.
The Simple Joy of Mosaic Chickens
Elsje Derammelaere is a mosaic artist based in the Flemish part of Belgium. She is a member of the International Association of Contemporary Mosaicists. Her work has been featured in multiple international group exhibitions and she placed fourth in the Pictor Imaginarius mosaic competition in 2019.
Miniature Wonderlands: The Art of Anca Duse
While Anca Dușe began her career as a travel photographer, a serendipitous turn of events led her to the creation of fantastical miniature landscapes. Her art sees common household objects magnified into larger-than-life, magical scenes.
Fluid Expression and the Work of Julie Esteban
Julie Esteban makes art that defies conventional notions of stillness in painting, opting for energetic bursts of colour that captures the movement of many particles frozen in time.
Painted Photographs and Spiritually Illustrated Moments
Lauren Piper is an animator and photographer based in Los Angeles. While painting was her first love, her current practice also incorporates photography and animation to create lively, ecstatic compositions.
Bianca Tschaikner and the Nomadic Inspiration for Creation
Bianca Tschaikner is an Austrian illustrator, printmaker, and storyteller with a nomadic spirit. Most of her books and artworks are inspired by her journeys to countries such as India, Pakistan, Indonesia, Iran, Malta, Italy, Jordan, and Spain. Traveling from matriarchal tribes in the jungle of India and on Sumatra to remote villages in the Mediterranean to the bazaars of Persia to the streets of Pakistani megacities, she likes to immerse herself for extended periods of time in the search of stories, images and atmospheres, with a special interest in microhistory, mythology and stories of everyday life.
When Perfume is Magical
In this interview, artist, activist, and philosopher Daniel Plettenberg discusses his life-long romance with perfumery. This is an intimate look into the creative process of perfume making as well as the philosophy of identity, through the expression of scent.
Pictures for Purpose
We support this important photography print sale dedicated to raising funds for the organisation EMERGENCY with 100% of profits going to EMERGENCY centres in Afghanistan.
Donations will fund specialist training of local nurses & doctors who will go on to treat thousands of patients in need across the country.
Food and Stories, and the Memories They Create
In this feature, Amy Minichiello shares her familial love of baking. This is a tender read that begs the question, how do we feed our ancestral memory? She is attempting to answer this query through her new project Recipes in the Mail. Read along to find out more.
A Space To Create
In this article, we have compiled a list of artist residencies, fellowships, and creative retreats from all over the world. From France, to Tasmania, to Stuttgart, these residencies make us dream of hoping back on a plane!
FAIRE Giveaway
In celebration of the release of Issue Two of the print magazine, out July 8th, we are thrilled to announce that we have one very special handmade woven textile bowl by Emma Cassi to give away to one lucky reader! Read along to see an excerpt of Emma’s feature from Issue Two!
The Life of a Words’seamstress
In this feature, self-identified late bloomer, Corinne Ernault, breathes truth into the complicated journey we all face when confronting our creativity head-on. Corinne records with subtlety and beauty, the unflinching bravery that befalls the need to create.
The Versatility of the Creative Process
In this behind the scenes article, filmmaker Emily Macrander delves into her experience of filming and producing a video journal of ceramicist, Sandra Van Riet. With the same delicacy as her film, Emily skillfully delineates the fundamental relationship between the philosophical and material in creative expression.
The Journey of a Self-Taught Artist
In this feature, journalist Wesley Emmott spoke with self-taught artist Arizona Smith, whose art is intertwined with her relationship to tarot and spirituality, creating a dreamlike style. Arizona co-founded The Lurner Prize and The New Earth Art School with her partner Sam Mead.
Inside a Jeweller’s Craft
In this feature, Sabine Werner offers advice and insight from her experience as a jeweller. Discover her compelling craftsmanship—from cold, crisp silver to soft, colourful resin.
Food, Styling, & Photography
We are thrilled to share that our dear friend Gillian Bell is hosting a “Food, Styling, & Photography” workshop with Christina Lowry, at the beautiful venue Atelier34.