The Creative Blood Podcast – Détails, épisodes et analyse

"I think to be successful, you need to be able to tolerate all of the mixed emotions that come with backing yourself and putting yourself out there” – QJ. 

In this episode, Quentin shares the very real emotions behind launching her own brand, House of Quentin Jones. From self-doubt and reinvention to ambition and instinct, it’s a refreshingly candid conversation about evolving beyond the career that found you – and having the nerve to build the one you actually want. 

Quentin is a unique character and force who’s straddled life both in-front of the lens as a model and then to behind, directing high profile campaigns for fashion, culture and luxury giants including Chanel, Adidas, Dior and Louis Vuitton – so, the move into founding her own brand wasn’t an escape from a lacking career – it’s an expansion of an already established one!

Quentin reflects on, the power of luck and instinct guiding her trajectory, moving fluidly between disciplines, early success in filmmaking and photography, recognising the superpower of production and the questioning that led to a pivitol shift. 

This is an unfiltered conversation about risk, identity and the uncomfortable but powerful act of backing yourself. 

Buckle up! It’s raw. It’s real. And it’s right on time!

Quentin Jones is a multidisciplinary artist and filmmaker whose work blends collage, surrealism, and expressive hand-made processes. After years creating imagery for global fashion houses and directing acclaimed film projects, she founded House of Quentin Jones — a design-driven world where art slips into everyday life. She studied Philosophy at Cambridge before completing an MA in Communication Design at Central Saint Martins. Canadian-born, London-raised, and now Brooklyn-based, Quentin brings a multifaceted, eclectic sensibility to everything she creates.

Follow Quentin @quentin_jones /  @house_of_quentin_jones

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EPISODE CREDITS

Hosted by Laura Conway

Content Editor Nicola Collins

Produced by Scenery Studios

Show music by Ben Tarrant-Brown

"Passion is energy. You’ll know it when you have it. Passion is inseparable from pain. If you want and believe in something deeply, you won’t let go, even when the road gets bumpy."

What happens when you treat passion not just as a feeling, but as a strategy?

This week, we sat down with Sandra Reichl and Karin Novozamsky, the Vienna-based co-founders of A Passion Thing — a biannual magazine celebrating creative trailblazers who have turned what they love, into their business.

Launched in 2019, A Passion Thing is more than a magazine — it’s a manifesto for redefining success on your own terms. Sandra and Karin are part of a new creative vanguard championing purpose-driven careers, radical imagination, and the power of leaning into what truly moves you. Consider this episode your blueprint!

TOGETHER WE'RE COVERING

• Definitions of success and passion
• Where drive and motivation come from
• A team vs a one-man/woman show
• The F word (failure) and how to deal with it
• Lessons fear and doubt can teach us
• Family business and generational change
• Why being flexible is the new power move
• Value systems
• Outside the box thinking
• The importance of keeping your cool

Follow @apassionthing_magazine

A few references that came up in conversation: 

• The Feldenkrais Method
• Ottilengi’s spiced pea stew recipe
• Fear, Pain and Other Friendsby Avi Grinberg

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EPISODE CREDITS

Hosted by Laura Conway
Produced by Scenery Studios
Show music by Ben Tarrant-Brown

Welcome to the Creative Blood Experience. One culture-defining creative guest… One passionate host… And a deck of 50 question cards designed to yield incredible creative tips, real life experiences and untold stories from the artists working across the creative industries today!

New York-based Casey Brooks began her visual career shooting stills of friends in her dance community, and as her photographic technique developed so did her keen eye for movement and motion. 

She’s gone on to collaborate with some of the greatest talent in the dance world. To give a flavour: Beyoncé’s choreographer Dana Foglia, MacArthur Genius Grant recipient Michelle Dorrance, Emma Portner, Soraya Lundy, and principal dancers from The Royal Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, Shen Wei, and Cedar Lake Ballet.

In this episode, Casey explains how she navigates between creative and commercially viable projects, the importance of an awe-inspiring outdoor location and what’s next on her artistic agenda. She reveals the preparation, communication and creative pragmatism that goes into getting a job done on schedule and within budget – from ensuring shots are set up precisely to playing your part in a team.


EPISODE INSIGHTS

• How early experiences can make an impression and shape a career
• Why having collaborators who are just as invested as you is crucial
• How to get the best out of a performer
• Subverting the ‘suffering artist’ stereotype

Find out more about Casey @caseybrooks_

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Hosted by Laura Conway
Produced by Ben Tarrant-Brown
Music by Ben Tarrant-Brown

Welcome to the Creative Blood Experience. One culture-defining creative guest… One passionate host… And a deck of 50 question cards designed to yield incredible creative tips, real life experiences and untold stories from the artists working across the creative industries today!

Globally renowned for creating iconic hairstyles on famous names and faces across music, film, fashion and art – from supermodels to Hollywood A-listers – session hair stylist Raphael Salley has amassed an awe-inspiring roll-call of devoted clients and collaborators during his expansive career.

We’re talking Claudia Schiffer, Kate Moss, Helena Bonham Carter, Charlotte Tilbury, Givenchy, The Vampire's Wife, Versace, Agent Provocateur, Isabel Marant, Juergen Teller, Harley Weir, Nick Knight and Edward Enninful…as well as fashion publications – Dazed, AnOther Magazine and Vogue.

From serendipitously bumping into fashion hair legend Eugene Souleiman in make-up mecca Screen Face in West London, to getting approached by global creative talent agency Streeters, to this Dazed and Confused shoot that would lead to hair consultancies for Hollywood directors Jane Campion and Matthew Vaughn, Raph tells us about the moments that shaped his career and lets us in on his secrets for getting the best out of a subject in the styling seat.

During the episode, Raph also opens up to us about how he rebuilt his confidence and his career after overcoming a life-changing trauma and the lessons he learned along the way. 

“Once the trust is gained with the artist, once that person is feeling comfortable in your chair, you can pretty much do anything! They'll say, yeah, go for it”.

Wondering what that book of healing poetry Raph mentioned a certain actor read to him was? Wonder no further. 

EPISODE INSIGHTS

• Developing long-lasting relationships with A-list clients
• The importance of seeing an opportunity and taking it
• Rebuilding a career in the wake of physical trauma
• Stories from an illustrious career

Find out more about Raph @raphaelsalley

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EPISODE CREDITS

Hosted by Laura Conway
Produced by Ben Tarrant-Brown
Music by Ben Tarrant-Brown

Welcome to the Creative Blood Experience. One culture-defining creative guest… One passionate host… And a deck of 50 question cards designed to yield incredible creative tips, real life experiences and untold stories from the artists working across the creative industries today!

Over twenty years Becky Smith has become a renowned figure within the intertwining worlds of fashion and beauty.
 
Her edgy, powerful and feminine vision and keen eye for new talent has led to her becoming one of London’s most sought-after creative directors, working with leading fashion magazines and major brands including Stella McCartney, Nike, Prada and Balenciaga among many many others.

“Figure out who you are and what you want to achieve. Once you've found that, everything else will click into place."

In 2009, she founded Twin Magazine, a biannual hardback set up to showcase disobedient, rebellious and visionary creative voices through art and cultural features, and creative agency Twin Studio. Constantly breaking new ground, she’s recently turned her attention to visual art, with her new Surrey-based Gallery 13.

During this episode, Becky remembers how she got her foot in the door at i-D Magazine, the experience of working with top-tier talent (check out one of her favourite shoots, Michelle Yeoh x La Mer) and reveals how she tells the difference between a good photographer and a great one. 

Prepare for a no-nonsense masterclass in decision-making within a high-pressure environment, getting noticed in a crowded industry and why being able to execute your vision, from moodboard to reality, is essential.

EPISODE INSIGHTS

• How to get noticed in a saturated industry
• Why you should trust and follow your gut instincts
• Applying a ‘less is more’ approach to choosing projects
• Why nurturing creativity has its own rewards
• Advice for photographers trying to break into the industry

Follow @Twin.studio

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EPISODE CREDITS
Hosted by Laura Conway
Produced and mixed by Scenery Studios
Show music by Ben Tarrant-Brown

Welcome to the Creative Blood Experience. One culture-defining creative guest… One passionate host… And a deck of 50 question cards designed to yield incredible creative tips, real life experiences and untold stories from the artists working across the creative industries today!

A self-confessed studio nerd, Georgia Barnes began her career drumming for Kwes, Kae Tempest and Micachu before signing with Domino records and releasing her self-titled debut album in 2015 to critical acclaim. She earned a Mercury nomination for her second album, Seeking Thrills, and has since gone on to collaborate with everyone from Years and Years’ frontman Olly Alexander and Gorillaz to Shania Twain and Vampire Weekend.

We joined the deeply down-to-earth, multi-talented musician for an intimate chat in her home studio. During the episode, Georgia shares the female music influences who’ve shaped her career from Kate Bush to Missy Elliott, waxes lyrical about the joys of analogue, explains how a 9-5 approach can be surprisingly conducive to creativity, and spills the T on how Shania Twain takes her tea, and that’s not even the half of it!

“I started out with an idea that I wanted to be this one thing. Over the years, I’ve had to let that go, and I’ve got so much I can offer in different areas”

This episode is an audio goldmine of creative insights, personal reflections and industry anecdotes from the mind of an artist who eats, sleeps and breathes music. Has Georgia euphoria rubbed off on us? Absolutely.

Check out Georgia's latest single, Too much, too little.

Follow Georgia @GeorgiaUK

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EPISODE INSIGHTS

• Why overnight success is an industry myth
• Why women need to start occupying the engineering space
• How taking your time can pay off
• Why knowledge is an affirmative power that creates resilience
• The importance of being open to different creative paths
• Why routine can be good for creativity

EPISODE CREDITS

• Hosted by Laura Conway
• Produced by Scenery Studios
• Show music by Ben Tarrant-Brown

Welcome to the Creative Blood Experience. One culture-defining creative guest… One passionate host… And a deck of 50 question cards designed to yield incredible creative tips, real life experiences and untold stories from the artists working across the creative industries today!

Last year Max Osinski had barely touched a soccer ball in his life. Now, thanks to his turn in Ted Lasso as spiritual diva and football legend Zava, he’s a fully playable character on FIFA.

Born in an Austrian refugee camp, raised in Chicago and now living in London Max’s approach to auditions, preparing for a role being on set and working with legends such as Tom Hanks has seen him in Marvel’s Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D., The Walking Dead: World Beyond as well as the movies “In Time” and “Love and Other Drugs”.

This Summer, he came into our Shoreditch Studio, and pulled ten cards from The Creative Blood Experience deck and in the process, revealed the art of navigating the uncertainty of the acting profession whilst maintaining not just resilience, but a sense of wonder and awe along the way.
 
Here’s Max on insta and his partner in art + life, wife Dichen Lachman.
This profile in Vanity Fair gives more insight into the Ted Lasso experience.
Improve your own accent game in the The International Dialects of English Archive
And join Max (sort of) on the sofa and try Idris Elba’s Hijack.

This episode was created in partnership with the brilliant humans here Creative Blood and Scenery Studios.

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Music by Ben Tarrant-Brown
Producer Lina Prestwood
Mixed by Rob Martland

Welcome to the Creative Blood Experience. One culture-defining creative guest… One passionate host… And a deck of 50 question cards designed to yield incredible creative tips, real life experiences and untold stories from the artists working across the creative industries today!

Travelling the world with just three briefcases, a backpack and his enormous canvases, Samuel de Saboia is considered by many to be a contemporary art prodigy. We caught up with the Brazilian creative nomad in the middle of an art residency in Italy where he was surrounded by birds and statues of deities from around the world. 

Samuel’s multimedia paintings and sculptures are huge, swirling, colourful odes to Afro-Presentism. His first major solo show in New York, aged just 20 was called Beautiful Wounds and was about the deaths of five of his friends over a period of just six months. 

He has since exhibited in Zurich, Paris, Los Angeles, New York, Marrakesh, Mexico City, and all over Brazil and has close ties with the world of fashion and design; he’s painted the cover for the September issue of Vogue, Brazil, been the cover star of Harper’s Bazaar Art issue  and Comme des Garçons named him their Artist of the year in 2022. 

Where on earth is Samuel this month? Check out his insta.  

During our conversation Samuel mentioned curator Alayo Akinkugbe whose work as ABlackHistoryofArt can be explored here and Osei Bonsu, the Curator of International Art at Tate Modern, London. 

Want to delve further into Samuel’s art? Try this i-D article.
This episode was created in partnership with the brilliant humans here Creative Blood and Scenery Studios. 

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Music by Ben Tarrant-Brown
Producer Lina Prestwood
Mixed by ORO Audio

Welcome to the Creative Blood Experience. One culture-defining creative guest… One passionate host… And a deck of 50 question cards designed to yield incredible creative tips, real life experiences and untold stories from the artists working across the creative industries today!

Arielle dropped out of school aged 15 to sail across the Atlantic in a vintage boat - an unpopular decision with the grownups in her life and also the dawn of an incredible creative career as a multimedia artist and filmmaker that has seen her exhibit alongside the likes of Nan Goldin, Wolfgang Tillmans and collaborate with rock royalty. 

We caught up with the polymath in a rare still moment at her home in Venice, California where she was nursing a broken shoulder (rather than surfing, kayaking, taking photos, painting or making music videos) to pull ten cards from The Creative Blood Experience deck.

In the episode Arielle references Julian Schnabel’s outdoor studio  which you can see in this film by Nowness, one of her favourite photographers Bill Henson who she connected with on his socials and the Language Transfer App she’s using to learn Italian at speed.

And take a leaf out of Arielle’s playbook and connect with her on Insta.

After you’ve listened (or even whilst!) take a closer look at her Archipelago series, the first ever show at LA’s renowned fashion and art space, Just One Eye.

This episode was created in partnership with the brilliant humans here Creative Blood and Scenery Studios. 

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Music by Ben Tarrant-Brown
Producer Lina Prestwood
Mixed by Rob Martland

Welcome to the Creative Blood Experience. One culture-defining creative guest… One passionate host… And a deck of 50 question cards designed to yield incredible creative tips, real life experiences and untold stories from the artists working across the creative industries today!

Over twenty years Jesse Simon built a MASSIVE career managing the careers of some of the biggest models in fashion including David Friend, Ethan James and Gabriette Bechtel via the leading magazines and fashion houses, including YSL, Dior, Dazed, i-D and Vogue.

Considered one of the most innovative talent agents Jesse built a reputation at Ford Models LA for seeing that the future was in killer brand strategy and by redefining the terms of what ‘talent’ truly means. Then, two years ago, he jacked it all in to officially transform Other People’s Children, the art collective he’d been co-running since 2017 as a side project into a living, breathing management company, representing a roster of musicians, writers, directors, and artist who are excited to help bring creative solutions to the table, in front of the camera as well as behind the scenes. 

Recorded in his office, with the OPC team working around him, mere hours before our plane back to London was due to take off, Jesse pulled these cards from The Creative Blood Experience question deck.

Follow OPC and Jesse on instagram

Jesse’s on a mission to make grappling an Olympic sport and has launched The Grappling Network which is now available to watch wherever you are - P.s. no, we didn’t know what grappling was either and so glad we weren’t afraid to ask! 

This episode was created in partnership with the brilliant humans here Creative Blood and Scenery Studios. 

Say hello @creativebloodworld

Music by Ben Tarrant-Brown
Producer Lina Prestwood
Mixed by Rob Martland