This week, we meet Cat — based in the Northern Rivers, Australia, she is a gifted photographer, devoted mother and all-round good human — who spent five years navigating the challenges of IVF to welcome her two beautiful children into the world.

Not long ago, we watched one of the most beautiful clothing stores in our local town close its doors. We’d first discovered it from the other side of the world, back when we were still living in Australia — drawn in by the positive power of social media.

It was late August and 9 o’clock at night when I first closed the curtains on a serene Atlantic sunset. Looking back, this was the beginning of the end…

Heatwave haze and sea salt waves. Lingering lunches and the afterglow of doing nothing. There is something about this endless summer feeling that has us feeling defiant and unruly.

Outwardly, I am nothing special, nor do I wish to be.

No distinctive features adorn my life…

The Lost Art of’ is a collection of journals exploring analogue habits that are currently at the whim of the modern world. Sun & Shine Studio delves into how people expressed themselves before tech made things instant, infinite and just a little bit frictionless. Nostalgia incoming.

In the wilds of her native Cornwall, you will find Clara Jonas dreaming up art, shifting with the seasons and taking life at a gentler pace.

“I want to feel like I am on a train. I want my life to coast along like the clickety-clack of a carriage on wooden tracks.” I want my life to have rhythm and flow. I want the moon to draw me to sleep and the sun to lift me up in the morning.

Here is how it works. These prompts are an opportunity to make the abstract tangible. They encourage you to identify and process your life in order to let ideas unfold and grow. This is a chance to observe yourself, sometimes the most obvious sits quietly, right under our noses.

Unpack our first ever campaign shoot for our opening chapter 'An Ode to the Sun'.

Siri chats to us about tuning into her own rhythm and how she prioritises slow habits as a freelancer.

Founder Rach Taylor talks to us about quiet moments, calming life's chaos and the conception of Sun & Shine Studio.