DRIFT Journal

Words by Hannah Tapping A practice shaping homes and businesses with sustainability and circular economy practices stitched into every layer. Boaz Studio’s founder, Stephen Tozer, took a sideways step into interior design aged 40. Leaving a career in marketing to retrain, he opened Boaz in 2018, inspired by his award-winning final project at Falmouth University. Graduating alongside Stephen, Alice Nightingale joined soon after, recognising a similar instinct in each other’s designs. “A...

Words by Hannah Tapping A welcoming gallery, whose commitment to presenting high-quality art is evident now, more than ever. The Customs House Gallery, on the working harbourside at Porthleven is run by Louise and John Winterton, part of a small and committed team of three along with Debbie, who carefully curate this unique gallery space. It has occupied its position on the water’s edge for over 30 years, long enough to have witnessed the fashions of the art world come and go and secure...

Words by Hannah Tapping Awaiting the instant where time and subject come together in the perfect frame. Photographer Lizzie Churchill’s images capture a fleeting tableau that is often unplanned. “Sometimes there are moments where the light and the composition of the frame simply just work,” she says, describing a kind of visual instinct that reads a scene the way others might read weather, sensing what is about to happen before it does. It is a sensitivity she traces back to her grandmother,...