Discover more about the creatives featured inside Issue One

TRISH ANDERSEN

Textile artist. U.S.A.

Trish Andersen is an interdisciplinary artist born and raised in Dalton, Georgia, “The Carpet Capital of the World.” Her initial attraction to the process of tufting was a means of reconnecting to and exploring her roots. Years after attending the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) and moving on to live and work in Brooklyn, New York, Trish began using tufting as a means of examining the notion that a thing or way of being can run in our blood; that perhaps by observing the characteristics of personal origin and establishing commonality and community around those that reverberate in the present, one may be able to begin unearthing the elusive authentic self.

Photography by Chia Chong

For more information, follow Trish on Instagram and take a look at her website.

CHRISTINE ALCALAY

Fashion designer. U.S.A.

Christine Alcalay is a New York City-based fashion designer and business owner. Her love affair with fashion began as a child in Vietnam, where she “ate, slept, and lived” amongst heaps of clothing as her mother worked as a seamstress. Now, through her own eponymous brand, she makes clothes for “the woman who has a story to tell,” seeing fashion as something transformative through which we might become whoever we want, or more radically, be who we already are.

Photography by Tiff Pemberton and Benjamin Racsa

For more information, follow Christine on Instagram and take a look at her website.

JONCHA - AGAVE ROAD HATS

Bespoke hatmaker, writer, composer. France.

A multi-faceted creative, JonCha is a French composer, playwright, actor, writer, and most recently, hatmaker. After living and working in Stockholm and Paris, in June 2020, he (along with his partner Anna and son Sonny Lou) relocated to the wild Camargue region of France, home to the world’s original “Gardien” cowboys. Here, inspired by the rugged “Wild West” landscape, he creates his one-of-a-kind Western-style hats, sending each one into the world with a life and a story.

Photography by Anna Malmberg

For more information, follow JonCha on Instagram and take a look at his website.

FIONA CRIBBEN

Artist. Ireland.

Fiona Cribben was an Irish artist with metastatic breast cancer who created art, for the living and for the dead. For the last few years of her life, Fiona wrote a journal as a form of meditation and therapy to help her cope with her diagnosis and pain. When Fiona died in November 2019, her close friend Leonie Henson gathered Fiona’s words together with her artistic works, her poetry and her positive outlook on life. Leonie designed, created and published them as a beautiful book, LOVE LIFE—a guide to cherishing every moment in life, to honor her friend and share her story. Fiona was an explorer, a weaver of life. Her journey started outward to far-off places, through a journey of creative expression, and finally to the most important and challenging journey, inward to the soul. In Issue 1 of FAIRE, we are honoured to share excerpts from LOVE LIFE, in Fiona’s own words as a celebration of her life and work.

Photography by Charles Moriarty, Barry McCall, Doreen Kilfeather, Trevor Hart, Ava Henson, and Mark Logan

For more information, follow Fiona on Instagram and take a look at the LOVE LIFE website.

DONNA MAY LYNCH - STUDIO ASHAY

Sustainable fashion. U.K.

Donna May Lynch is a Somerset-based fashion designer and studio owner. After leaving an illustrious career producing three-dimensional textile designs for major international fashion houses such as Christian Lacroix and Alexander McQueen, she opened a fashion atelier of her own: Studio Ashay. Situated in Frome, Somerset, Studio Ashay is simultaneously both a high-end fashion atelier and a working design studio, where Donna and an assortment of young up-and-coming designers and artists create in front of your very eyes. Every corner of Donna’s unique space is filled with beautiful and fascinating objects that nurture the creative spirit of anyone who passes through its doors—some of which she shares with FAIRE.

For more information, follow Studio Ashay on Instagram and take a look at the website.

ZAIRA ZAROTTI

Photographer, ceramicist, artist. Italy.

Born to two artists, native Venetian Zaira Zarotti is a fine art photographer, visual storyteller, writer and ceramicist living and working in the Venetian countryside. Inspired by a strong connection to her cultural heritage and her family’s own personal artistic history, through her Instagram “The Freaky Table,” she creates exquisite photographic tableaux. Zaira shares her life and studio with her partner Francesco, co-creator of The Freaky Raku pottery collection.

Photography by Zaira Zarotti

For more information, follow Zaira on Instagram and take a look at her website.

LOTTA KLEMMING

Oyster diver. Sweden.

Lotta Klemming is a Swedish oyster diver based in the small fishing village of Grebbestad. After many years of working in the fashion industry, Lotta was drawn back to Grebbestad by her lifelong love of nature and an inexplicable pull towards the ocean. Motivated by a desire to change the attitude towards the Japanese oyster she dives for, she collaborated with a number of Swedish chefs in an effort to reintroduce the oyster to Swedish cuisine and explore its culinary possibilities. She recently made a book about this process with celebrated Swedish photographer Olivia Thordén Rubie, titled “Vilplockade ostron,” which has subsequently received a number of awards, including the Måltidsakademin prizes for Best Specialty Produce book and Best Photography in All Genres, and the Gourmand Cookbook Award for this year’s Best Fish and Seafood book.

Photography by Olivia Thordén Rubie

For more information, follow Lotte on Instagram and purchase a copy of “Vilplockade ostron’” here.

LUCY HUNTER aka The Flower Hunter

Flower hunter, photographer. Wales, U.K.

Lucy Hunter is a floral photographer and garden artist based in North Wales. Through her work, she explores the many different ways to meld the wild and the chaotic with the cultivated and the tamed to create a romantic and emotional response to the moment. She is inspired by the British landscapes and the aesthetic sensibilities of 20th century England and strives to represent these inspirations in every arrangement.

Photography by Lucy Hunter

For more information, follow Lucy on Instagram and take a look at her website.

KATHARINA HEROLD

Gallerist, interior designer, curator. Germany.

Katharina Herold grew up surrounded by art, with a gallerist and collector for a father, so you could say that art is literally in her blood. After many years of building practical experience in the art world—working in art restoration and in the world's leading auction houses as well as running her own gallery space—Katharina recently founded Heroldian Art Concepts, a consultancy firm that specializes in unique art concepts for interior spaces. Her Hamburg home is like a mini gallery, with charming curiosities, ceramics, and collectibles aplenty, and through her Instagram, she provides a masterclass in how to mix high and low style effortlessly. Given that Katharina’s day job is to source the perfect artwork for space, you can be sure to see an ever-changing rotation of inspiring pieces in her own home.

Photography by Lise Winter

For more information, follow Katharina on Instagram or take a look at her website.

LYDIA RUMP

Mixed media artist. France.

Lydia Rump is a French artist and designer from Nimes who creates with paper, textile and porcelain. She is fascinated by raw materials, drawing inspiration from the “decomposed,” cut-off materials she uses in other projects and repurposing them for new ones. Throughout her career, she has produced work for a number of collaborations with other artists and creatives and is the co-creator and artistic director of the COPIRATES brand.

Photography by Marta Puglia

For more information, follow Lydia on Instagram or take a look at her website.

KIM KLASSEN

Photographer, creative mentor. Canada.

Canadian photographer Kim Klassen lives in an isolated little town in south-central Canada, in the province of Manitoba.

Kim is a much loved and respected photographer and creative mentor who has garnered a very loyal following over the years due to the genuinely kind and supportive learning space that she creates.

Photography by Kim Klassen

For more information, follow Kim on Instagram and take a look at her website.

GILLIAN BELL

Baker, podcaster. Australia.

Gillian Bell is a Brisbane-based artisanal baker who travels the world baking extraordinary cakes which serve as a conduit for memories, each one a love story, reminding us to live in the moment. When she is not whisking up her magic, she is the creator of the beloved podcast Dispatch to a Friend, in which she shares tales of travel, cooking, gardening, friendship, reading, family, love, heartache and adventure with co-host Annabelle Hickson.

Photography by Annabelle Hickson

For more information, follow Gillian on Instagram and take a look at her website.

Anna Malmberg

Photographer for JonCha, Agave Road Hats

Anna Malmberg is a unique and versatile Swedish photographer currently living in the South of France.  She has had several exhibitions in Sweden, Italy and Taiwan.

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Olivia Thordén Rubie

Photographer and collaborator with Lotta Klemming

Olivia Thordén Rubie recently left a successful career as a photographer in Sydney, Australia, in order to return to her native Swedish west coast. Back home, she rediscovered a strong connection to nature, wild edible plants, creative dining experiences and workshops, and began to combine her photographic skills with exploring these passions.

Olivia now lives outside Göteborg in the woods with her Australian husband and two small children. The couple spends their free time renovating an old wooden house and re-wilding their connected forest, while lovingly nurturing a section to grow a lot of their own food and recreating a medieval herb garden.

Her recent collaboration with oyster diver Lotta Klemming has been made into a book, titled “Vilplockade ostron.” It has received a number of awards, including the Måltidsakademin prizes for Best Specialty Cookbook and Best Photography in All Genres, and the Gourmand Cookbook award for this year’s best Best Fish and Seafood book.

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Annabelle Hickson

Photographer for Gillian Bell

Annabelle Hickson is an Australian writer who takes photos, often of flowers. She lives on a pecan farm with her husband, three children and various animals on the NSW-Queensland border. Together with her friend and frequent collaborator Gillian Bell, she hosts the much-loved creative podcast, Dispatch to a Friend. In 2019, Annabelle published her first book on flower arranging, entitled A Tree in the House.

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Lucy Hunter

Lucy Hunter is a visual storyteller, floral photographer and garden designer based in North Wales. She is inspired by the many different kinds of natural beauty offered up by the British landscape. After spending eight years working in a bank, she quit her job in an effort to get back in touch with her creativity. She went back to college to learn the basics of garden design, slowly taking up jobs, learning as she went and becoming an extremely successful garden designer in the process, demonstrating that it’s never too late to pursue a creative career. Now, she creates beautiful floral and garden art capturing a sense of theatre for events, editorials and private clients all around the world.

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Chia Chong

Photographer for Trish Andersen

Chia Chong is a Georgia, U.S.-based photographer drawn to both stillness and drama, whether photographing a celebrity or capturing life's fleeting moments on the streets. Chia's diverse body of photographic work—which includes portraiture, food, lifestyle, interior and travel—has appeared in several leading digital and print publications, including Vogue, bon appétit, Architectural Digest, Veranda, National Geographic Traveler, and The New York Times. Books she worked on include “A House in the South,” “Perfect Porches,” “The Whole Hog Cookbook,” “Sweet and Vicious,” “Wiley’s Championship BBQ,” and “Cacao.” Her most recent project, called The Botanical Collection, explores the ephemeral beauty of the natural world.

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Tiff Pemberton

Photographer for Christine Alcalay

Tiff Pemberton is a fashion and portrait photographer based in New York City. He grew up in Nebraska and owes much to his Midwest farm upbringing. Tiff is constantly working on his fine art imagery and directing brand videos and short films.

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Leonie Henson

Contributor for Fiona Cribben

Dublin-based designer Leonie Henson has been producing creative projects for arts and culture, technology, nonprofit, education, and corporate clients for 20-plus years. She loves being able to take a conceptual design and bring it to fruition. Henson currently works as a design director, creating and building multi-faceted brand experiences.

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Charles Moriarty

Photographer for Fiona Cribben

Charles Moriarty is from Dublin, but moved to London at the age of 18. In 2003, he started working as a stills photographer in the music industry and on the London social scene.

He has worked with  Amy Winehouse, Hercules and Love affair, the TATE, BFC, USB, VICE, DIESEL, KTZ, Aitor Throup, Damon Albarn, 1814 magazine, Flaunt magazine, High Snobiety, Lee Roach, Benjamin O'Mahoney, Phoenix magazine, Natt&Dag, METRO, and many more. 

In 2014, he worked for Lucas Film, as stills dept manager on Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens.

In 2017 he self-published his first book “Before Frank,” revealing for the first time many of his unpublished photographs of Amy Winehouse. In 2018, the book was republished by Octopus Publishing under the new title “Back to Amy.” His new book, “X,” is a limited edition photography book capturing the last decade of his work photographing men and can be purchased via his website.

His work is part of the permanent collection at the National Portrait Gallery.  

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Marta Puglia

Photographer for Lydia Rump

Born and raised in Italy, Marta used to live in Milan working in publishing and surrounded by books, until she found her voice in photography and moved to Provence, France. (She’s still surrounded by books, though.) Always obsessed with details and composition, she loves telling the stories of inspiring and creative people and capturing the light that comes from the true talent and the beauty of commitment.

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Benjamin Racsa

Photographer for Christine Alcalay

Benjamin is a self-taught photographer and a self-proclaimed gelato connoisseur from New York City. He established White Space Collective, a multifaceted creative outlet, as a platform to share pieces, projects and collaborations. He believes life is all about its stories, and he uses his deep fascination and passion for photography as a vessel to tell them.

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Ava Henson

Photography and painting of Fiona Cribben

Ava Henson is a 15-year-old student from Dublin, Ireland. Her creative skills lie in drawing, painting, calligraphy and paper sculpture. Ava styles, art directs and photographs her subjects before painting their portraits, using coloured pencils, watercolours or acrylics. She has competed in Texaco Children’s Art competition five times and has won an award each time she has submitted an entry. She was a finalist in the 2019 National Gallery of Ireland Young Portrait competition with “Fiona: Renaissance Woman.”

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James Borley

Photography of Donna May, Studio Ashay

Arcade is a marketing agency based in Frome, Somerset. We specialise in the design, architecture and retail sectors.

Arcade was founded by James Borley. Having worked in marketing and communications for over 10 years, most recently in the architecture and design sector as Marketing Manager for a leading London architectural practice, James set up Arcade in February 2020. Working on the principle of light-touch, flexible marketing support, Arcade specialises in copywriting, digital marketing, social media management and communications services for small businesses in the design, architecture & retail sectors.

James is also the founder of Resident – a concept and lifestyle store based in Frome, Somerset.

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