Alain Allard / Mariona Cabassa

Alain Allard: I was born in 1956 and raised in French Switzerland and England. I studied philosophy and psychology at Oxford University, but gave it up to travel and work as a shepherd in Scotland and a carpenter’s apprentice in Holland. I spent twelve years working as a builder and carpenter in France, New Zealand and England, and I am currently a teacher of 5Rhythms Global and the co-director of the Moves into Consciousness educational organisation. Mariona Cabassa: I was born in Barcelona in 1977), and studied graphic design at the Massana School, but a couple of years later I realised what I needed were more brushes and pencils and fewer computer screens. So I went to Strasbourg to learn about illustration and engraving, and for many years now I have been illustrating children’s books.