Creative Rituals – Details, episodes & analysis

Flipping the script for the final ep of season 2! My lovely friend and mentor Sadie Pickering from Soul Beauty Rituals kindly suggested interviewing me about my practice this week. We cover a lot in today’s episode, from my illustration journey and studio rituals to the seasons, cyclical living, visibility, the link between clothing and artistic expression and my upcoming solo show HERMIT. 

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Links

• Soul Beauty Rituals
• Everyday I Look at the World from My Window by Georgie Stewart
• Rachael Dean
• Julia and Axel: Thirty Years of Favourite Stories - exhibition at The Lowry
• Chocolat by Joanne Harris
• Period Power by Maisie Hill
• HERMIT - upcoming solo exhibition by Georgie Stewart
• The Gallery at Green & Stone
• With Passion & Purpose
• Desert Island Discs
• Dish
• Off Air with Jane and Fi
• Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
• Foster by Claire Keegan

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Today’s interview is with children’s author and illustrator Helen Stephens. Helen is best known for her incredibly popular series of picture books How to Hide a Lion, which has also been adapted for the stage. As well as writing and illustrating countless other children’s books, Helen is a cofounder of The Goodship Illustration, an online art school that helps illustrators navigate their creative career. In today’s conversation, Helen shares a lot of helpful insights into the world of children’s books, as we discuss literary vs illustration agents, the financial practicalities of working as a children’s illustrator, and the rituals she has in place when creating a new picture book, which includes a magic dressing gown…

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Find Georgie here

Links:

• Cambridge School of Art Children’s Book Illustration Summer School
• How to Hide a Lion by Helen Stephens
• Gerry Turley
• The Good Ship Illustration 
• Smelly Peggy by Helen Stephens
• Fleabag by Helen Stephens
• Quentin Blake: Fifty Years of Illustration, Somerset House 2004
• The Science Museum
• When Martha’s Away by Bruce Ingman
• Caran D’Ache Luminance Pencils 
• The Royle Family - BBC sitcom
• Alan Bennett
• Tania Willis
• Katie Chappell
• Association of Illutratrors
• Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart
• The Glasgow School of Art
• Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

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For the final episode of Season 1, I’m joined by Rachael Dean - illustrator for none other than Dame Jacqueline Wilson’s books. Rachael tells me about this incredibly exciting chapter in her illustrative career, the rituals and routines she has in place around her practice, and her day-to-day life as a creative working in the children’s book industry. 

Find Rachael’s work here

Find Georgie here

Links

• Association of Illustrators
• Pickled Ink 
• Coolors.com 
• Weekly Planner by Papier
• Mark Conlan 
• Julia Sarda
• Adelina Lirius 
• Oliver Jeffers 
• The Queen and The Cave by Julia Sarda
• Some Kind of Happiness by Claire Legrand 
• Wild Wood by Colin Meloy

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This week I sit down with Sophie Wild - conscious birth and pregnancy coach, yoga teacher and holder of restorative women’s circles. She talks me through her morning and evening rituals, the power of natural cycle tracking, and how approaching our busy lives with the curious, playful energy of a child can help to boost our creativity. 

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Find Georgie here

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Musician and graphic designer Charlie Straw joins me this week to discuss the multidisciplinary nature of his career as a creative. He tells me about his creative process for songwriting, the realities of working in the music industry and his love of compelling, narrative driven art. We also talk about his recent dream job rebranding a chocolate company, Glastonbury, clothing as a visual tool, and what Bowie would think of the current artistic landscape. 

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And his design work here

Find Georgie here

Links

• Bowie predicts the impact of the internet to a bemused Jeremy Paxman
• Faith, Hope and Carnage by Nick Cave and Seán O’Hagan
• Water Log by Roger Deakin
• Cleopatra and Frankenstein by Coco Mellors

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Artist Manon Steyaert invites me into her Bermondsey studio to tell me about her recent solo show at the most talked about space on the London art scene, Blue Shop Gallery. We discuss studio life, What Artists Wear, procrastination and how technology both benefits the artist and blocks them from creative work. 

Find Manon’s work here

And her cooking here

Find Georgie here

Links 

• Blueshop Cottage
• What Artists Wear by Charlie Porter 

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Author Leonie Swann joins me this week to talk me through her creative process and daily habits as a writer. I illustrated the cover for her most recent book, The Sunset Years of Agnes Sharp, and although we follow each other’s work online this is our first time chatting together. We had a roaming conversation about her unusual technique for developing the plot of crime novels, the importance of book cover art, the ins and outs of the industry and how to actually go about getting your first book published. 

Buy Leonie’s latest book The Sunset Years of Agnes Sharp here

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Find Georgie here

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Karen Staniland-Platt joins me this week to discuss all things creativity and visibility. Karen is a photographer, writer and the founder of her business, With Passion and Purpose. She talks to me about the importance of shining a light on the work of other women in the creative field, the dangers of editing and the filtered world we live in, the enduring power of the artist against AI robots and how she stays inspired within her work. 

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Find Georgie here

Links

Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert

The Red of My Blood by Clover Stroud

This is Not a Pity Memoir by Abi Morgan

DJ Flourish 

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I’m joined by a very special guest this week - Sadie Pickering, founder of Soul Beauty Rituals: a practice that centres around the cyclical energies. We delve into the power of manifestation and visualising your dreams into existence, the difference between ritual and routine, and how productivity can be a double edged sword when it comes to creativity. 

Find Soul Beauty Rituals here

And Sadie’s music here

Find Georgie here

Links 

Back to the Garden Childcare

‘Eat that Frog! 21 Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time’ by Brian Tracy

Breatheolution 

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This week I’m joined by artist and painter Elle Jackson. Elle talks me through the rituals she has in place her artistic process that include music and ambient sounds, dance and somatic movement. We discuss the pros and cons of having a part time job as an artist, and leaving the studio to work outside on Hampstead Heath. 

Find Elle’s work here

Find Georgie here

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