In The Importance of Being Earnest, Oscar Wilde writes, “I hate people who are not serious about meals. It is so shallow of them.” In another time, Leah Johnston would circle Wilde’s orbit, draped in lace Victorian dress with Irezumi tattoos blossoming up her back. “My small farm is surrounded by various gum trees; I like to bring our local fauna into the grazing tables to really showcase the land element.” At Musk Farm, Leah glides around a table with leaves and owers that blossom on the ends of an opulent feasting table. A decadent assortment of soft cheeses dripping with honey, caramelized crackers and buttery pâté ow from the centre. She's launching her new catering business, Daylesford Grazing. As people pass by the room, littered with Renaissance paintings and French curtains, they quickly snap a photo.

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Practice Makes Peace

The Sanskrit noun yoga is derived from the term yuj, meaning to attach, join, harness or yoke. The spiritual resonance of the word yoga can be traced to Epic Sanskrit with the aim of uniting the human spirit with the Divine. For Adrian, yoga has helped strike his inner tranquility while simultaneously uniting a community of locals through curated posture and rhythmic breath work.

For Adrian, yoga was first and foremost about healing. “My family, genetically, has the tendency to suffer from hypertension and high blood pressure. So when I was about to hit my thirties I was really looking for something to manage it without medication.yoga seemed to be the key,” explains Adrian, with the enthusiasm of a new found discovery.

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The Magic of Clay & Fire

The word ceramics can be traced to the Greek keramos, meaning “potter’s clay.” In the foreground is the potter, humankind, who has left us with objects as vestiges of culture. Sometimes, as in the Nok peoples of Africa, ceramic objects are all that is left of a civilization—as though their spirit comes to life through our observance.

For Angie Izard the practice is a little more modest, she simply describes herself as a maker of things.