Even while Ellie was clicking Savista in exhuberant colour and composing her collages (see previous post titled “WinterSavista”), Christopher Edwards was amusing himself with creating yet “another view of Savista” as he called it. Christopher and Mona Edwards were at[…]
When Ling Choo Tan wrote to us from China to say that she wished to be at Savista for ten days to do block printing, and that she would prefer to drive straight[…]
One of the most memorable holiday trips. A 10-day trip that focused on printing patterns on fabric using traditional printing technique i.e. hand-block printing, and turning them into cushion covers. The prints were inspired by travels through Middle East, the[…]
Carol Miltimore is one of the many designers travelling through India whom we have had the pleasure to host. She works with natural fibres, natural dyes, and traditional craftspersons to create beautiful clothes that satisfy, both, the urge[…]
Eleven year old Francesca’s contribution to the Savista blog takes the form of a map of one of the hiking trails around Savista. The big day of the England-India cricket match (described by Francesca’s brother Cameron in the previous[…]
It was England and India playing cricket at Savista! Savista’s brand new cricket pitch – the latest addition to its many features – was inaugurated by a T-10 match played by two mixed India-England teams captained by two of Savista’s guests, Francesca (11)[…]
Stuart Robertson runs a yoga-physiotherapy teaching-studio-cum-therapy practice in Hampshire called 1-2-1 Yogatherapy where he integrates physiotherapy and yoga in his work with children and adults. His special passion is teaching yoga to and working with children with disabilities. Given the[…]
When we asked veteran British journalist Richard Horsman to send us a contribution to our blog, we had no doubt that we would be rewarded with a thoughtful and sensitive piece. What has pleasantly surprised us is the vividness of[…]
One of the things that adds vivacity to life at Savista is that a large proportion of our guests come from the creative professions – artists, theatre people, designers of all kinds, photographers of all kinds… It is equally a[…]
A trip to Savista is a meeting, first and foremost. As a westerner and a European, it is always a privilege to experience the world differently. I have been travelling since my early age, as my father was a French[…]