Overview The Artisans The Team
Cristina Carneiro de Mendonça, Founder
Cristina is an entrepreneur, a crusader for Brazilian art and culture; she has organised events for various Latin American governments always with a strong social element and curator of private art collections. Under the "Cristina Eastwood" label, she supplied bespoke hats to Harvey Nichols and Fortnum & Mason in London, Nieman Marcus & Saks, Fifth Avenue, New York, Lane Crawford in Hong Kong and Isetan in Tokyo, as well as boutiques across the world.
Giovanna Eastwood, Design Consultant
BA Honours London School of Fashion
Fashion consultant for Ephemeral Brazil
Heloise Lorentzen, Face of Ephemeral Brazil
International polo player representing both UK and Brazil Face of Ephemeral Brazil
Val Julian Brien, Consultant
Ceramicist and artist Consultant artist to Ephemeral Brazil
Nicholas Mockett
Corporate financier, figurehead and fundraiser for Ephemeral Brazil
Hamish Philips
Managing Director of Green Tomato (www.greentomato.org) Advisor to Ephemeral Brazil on environmental issues
Luke Wilde
Founder and director TwentyFifty (www.twentyfifty.co.uk) Was senior management advisor to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Advisor to Ephemeral Brazil on strategy
Andrea Gregory
Owner of Varjac (www.varjac.com.br). 10% of all UK sales are donated to Ephemeral Brazil's projects and handbag workshops in comunidade Morro do Cantagalo.
Patrons
The Marquess of Bath
Sir Peter Heap K.C.M.G, former British Ambassador to Brazil
Elizabeth Lima, Brazilian journalist
Creative Team
Ciara Nolan (www.pootphotographyandstyling.com)
Clive Errington Eastwood (translation) crazygirlconsult@googlemail.com
Paul Froud (www.zenfolio.com/peopleandpolo)
Lufe Gomes (www.lufegomes.com)
Hughie Phillips (video) (www.mindseyemedia.tv)
Teddy McDonald (logo design) (www.wonderfullywhiffy.com)
All members of our team very kindly give their time and expertise freely.