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Awash with meaning
Through her artisan soap-making business Sphaera, Wellington’s Ali Johnson finds joy in taking a personal approach to an old tradition. Long before Ali Johnson enrolled in art school, she’d experienced all kinds of different mediums. Making things was an integral part of her upbringing in rural Australia, and having already explored ceramics, woodwork and metalwork, felting and papermaking, she went on to study goldsmithing,...
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Come together, right now
Look how effortless hosting can be. This relaxed table setting and menu make it easy to have everyone over — no airs and graces necessary. In association with Città. SET & MATCH Game of tones Interiors are having a tonal moment, which is a look that’s perfectly suited to a laid-back table setting — and couldn’t be easier to achieve. First, get the bones...
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Deep preen
Not just pretty faces, these products nourish and soothe below the surface – and treat the planet right, too. BACKDROP Heavyweight linen, $32/m2, thefabricstoreonline.com. FROM LEFT Intensive hair oil by Sachajuan, $76, everyday-needs.com. Coconut sunscreen lotion by Feel Good Inc, $29, paperplanestore.com. Manuka Leaf exfoliating polish by Maryse, $62; Treatment balm by Maryse, $32; buffalo horn comb, $30, blackbirdgoods.co.nz. Toothbrush by Hay, $16, everyday-needs.com....
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Give us a wave
The ebb and flow of this young family’s life forever leads back to the sea. The ocean has long been a constant in Thandi and Bachelor Tipene’s lives. It drew them together at just 18 and 22, when they met on a New Plymouth beach while checking the surf, and now, in their new home, it’s become their young family’s permanent backdrop. The pair...