Diane

& Anaïs

Travel information

We are currently

Activities we are interested in:

Hiking, nature wandering, reindeer herding, farming, wildlife watching, ethical hunting / fishing /gathering, canoeing/kayaking, snow sports, cultural and spiritual exchanges.

Description

Hello! We are Diane and Anaïs, a couple of French artists.

We share a deep love for nature and travelling. Diane is a photographer and adventurer, she works in thriving, remote natural places. Anaïs is a designer, visual artist and illustrator.

We want to travel more slowly, in a low-impact, minimalist way, to have deeper connections with the people and places we visit.

After 16 years as a graphic designer, spent mostly in the USA, Anaïs is now looking to develop her personal art practice and use her creative skills for more ethical purposes. Through this process she's also working on reconnecting with her deeper self and exploring different ways of living and being.

As for Diane, she is also seeking to make her work more useful and impactful, for example by documenting how Indigenous people fight to protect their lands.

We are especially curious about plants and ecosystems, and how people live in harmony with the forests and mountains they belong to. We want to develop creative projects and tell stories about these connections.

We are a calm, open-minded and respectful couple. We value direct and kind communication, both between ourselves and with others. We prefer quiet environments and small groups, but we can also be very enthusiastic and playful with the things we're passionate about.

We would like to prioritize outdoor work, or even better work in the wilderness (such as farms, animal-friendly livestock care, construction, or ethical tourism projects).

Interests

Carpentry

Pets

Farming

Writing

Yoga / Wellness

Sustainability

Self development

Plant care

Gardening

Animals

DIY & crafts

Cooking & food

Sailing / Boating

Politics / Social justice

LGBTQ

Photography

Hitchhiking

Drawing & painting

Books

Art & design

Water sports

Winter sports

Outdoor activities

Nature

Mountain

Hiking

Camping

Adventure sports

Languages

Languages spoken
English: Fluent
French: Fluent
Portuguese: Intermediate

More details about my language interests
Diane would like to start learning Spanish, in order to visit latin America soon.

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Skills and knowledge we'd like to share or learn

We're interested in:  

Eco Projects

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Some knowledge of:  

Languages

Animal Care

Helping around the house

Light gardening

Life at a Farmstay

Light maintenance

Creative DIY projects

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Able to teach about:  

Helping with Computers/ Internet

Art Projects

More details about your skills

We've gathered a variety of useful skills from our professional backgrounds and personal accomplishments and we are interested in learning new things through our Workaway experience. We both just learned the basics of vegetable and brain/smoke leather tanning in Austria.

Anaïs' skillset:
- 16 years of experience as a graphic designer (web design, experiential design, branding, print, and signage design)
- drawing, art making and crafts of all sorts (crochet, paper sculptures, straw marqueterie, ceramics)
- generally tech savvy
- some of experience working on film sets, and knowledge of the video production process as a whole
- horse riding and maintenance — she's rusty but did a lot of it growing up
- gardening and yard work
- DIY and building projects (basic carpentry, painting, etc)

Diane's skillset:
- 20 years of experience in landscape and adventure photography, with both analog and digital cameras (full frame, medium and large format);
- excellent orientation and backpacking skills
- lots of experience with outdoor activities such as hiking, canyoneering (intermediate), caving (basics), tree climbing (basics)
- computer science (she's a former network administrator)
- working with horses (beginner)

Age

47 & 39

Some more information

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  Smoker

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  Driver's licence

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  Special dietary requirements