Creative Rituals

3.10 Finding Your Cure to Creative Burnout with Suzy Glaskie

Tue, 15 Apr 2025 05:30:00 GMT

For the final episode of season 3, today I’m sharing a conversation with Suzy Glaskie, health coach and founder of Peppermint Wellness. Suzy helps burn-out perfectionists reclaim their health, energy and emotional resilience - something I was in desperate need of in August 2024. Suzy coached me for the second half of last year, and in this conversation we discuss how I reached burnout in my own practice as an illustrator, and the work we did together to find a way out of that, towards a more balanced, happy and infinitely more creative life.

If you’ve reached a point of creative burnout I hope some of the things we discussed in today’s episode were helpful for you. Thank you and I hope you’ve enjoyed listening to this season of Creative Rituals! 🩷

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The Change Cycle

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3.9 Running Your Business from Abroad with Sew Bella

Tue, 08 Apr 2025 05:30:00 GMT

This week’s interview is with Bella Bowker. Bella is an artist and founder of her successful business Sew Bella, creating beautiful and unique personalised items using embroidery techniques. Bella first learnt to embroider whilst on crutches following an accident at university, and over the last five years her business has flourished, going on to work with some huge names including Jo Malone and Selfridges. Bella recently moved to Copenhagen, and we caught up to discuss what it’s like running her business from abroad, what she embroidered for her own wedding, and some of the crazy projects we’ve both worked on over the years.

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3.8 Community and The Arts with Illustrator Emmy Oranges

Tue, 01 Apr 2025 05:30:00 GMT

This week we talk to artist and illustrator Emmy Porter, otherwise known as Emmy Oranges. As well as her work as an illustrator, Emmy also recently set up her business Art Ease, which seeks to provide workshops and artistic opportunities to her local area. Emmy is a shining light in her town of Southport, spreading colour and joy through her drawings and sunny disposition everywhere she goes. In this conversation we cover the role community plays in Emmy’s work, her brilliant shared studio space, how she took the leap from nursing to freelance life and the vulnerabilities that caused her to leave art school twice.

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ZOE Science & Nutrition

Feel Better Live More with Dr Rangan Chatterjee

Hot Milk by Deborah Levy

Make Change That Lasts by Dr Rangan Chatterjee

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3.7 The Art of Being Unapologetically You with Sophie Castle

Tue, 25 Mar 2025 06:30:00 GMT

This week we sit down with the artist and painter Sophie Castle. Sophie lives and works as an artist in Falmouth, which she also balances with an interior design job in London. She told me about how she juggles her time between the two, her studio habits, living as an artist by the sea, how to get past feeling vulnerable sharing your work online and why it’s always better to be weirdest and most true self.

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3.6 Reclaiming Your Voice Via Substack with Rachael Dean

Tue, 18 Mar 2025 06:30:00 GMT

My guest this week is friend of Creative Rituals, children’s illustrator Rachael Dean, who illustrates the books for none other than Dame Jacqueline Wilson. I’d been inspired to reach out to Rachael again after resonating with a lot of the subjects she’d been sharing online recently. In this episode we discuss the things that can sometimes be a little tricky about working as an illustrator, how we both tackle difficult deadlines, making space for other areas of creativity in our lives, and reclaiming our voices via Substack.

Find Rachael here and her Substack, The Art of Being Real here

Find Georgie here and her Substack, Creative Rituals here

Twelve Moons: A Year Under a Shared Sky by Caro Giles

Sleepovers by Jacqueline Wilson

The Seaside Sleepover by Jacqueline Wilson

Whistle Down Farm series by Nicola Baker

One Home by Hiba Noor Khan

Think Again by Jacqueline Wilson

The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken

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3.5 Writing Fiction with Bestselling Author Veronica Henry

Tue, 11 Mar 2025 06:30:00 GMT

My guest this week is the bestselling author Veronica Henry. I’ve been a reader of Veronica’s books for many years, and couldn’t believe it when I discovered she lives just round the corner from me, in Devon! We met for the first time last year at The Appledore Book Festival, where Veronica was giving a talk on one of her novels, The Secret Beach. I was lucky enough to visit Veronica in the beautiful pink living room of her lovely home overlooking the sea for this conversation, and she told me all about her process as a writer and how it is that she’s come to write a whopping 24 books. We discuss her approach to plotting, sources of inspiration, her love of interiors and clothes and how living by the sea informs her work.

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Veronica’s new novel One Night at the Chateau is out now, order your copy here

Appledore Book Festival

The Secret Beach by Veronica Henry

The Seven Basic Plots by Christopher Booker

Lisa Jewell

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3.4 Creating an Interior Design Book with Emma Beryl Kemper

Tue, 04 Mar 2025 09:09:44 GMT

My guest this week is the Brooklyn based interior designer and author Emma Beryl Kemper. Emma’s style is the perfect marriage between comfort and luxury, and her first book, House Rules: 100 Ways to Feel at Home was just published this January. The book, a handy pocket sized guide for anyone looking for ways to elevate their home, was actually illustrated by me! I had the pleasure of creating the artwork for the cover and 100 rules that fill the book’s inside pages. After a year of talking through our editor via email, in this episode Emma and I actually meet for the first time to talk about the book, as well as her work as a designer and what makes her happy at home.

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House Rules: 100 Ways to Feel at Home by Emma Kemper

David Bowie on the creative process

Le Labo Laurier 62 Classic Candle

The Nix by Nathan Hill

Library in Mexico City by appointment only - Tlacuilo Biblioteca

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3.3 The Artist vs The Illustrator, with Natalie Newsome

Tue, 25 Feb 2025 06:30:00 GMT

This week we sit down with London based artist and illustrator Natalie Newsome. Natalie’s work seeks to capture the potency of memories. Through her use of colour and mark-making, she hopes to transport the viewer to a particular moment in time - somewhere familiar or nostalgic. She works across mediums, often using watercolour, pastel and acrylic to create expressive pieces filled with movement. Nat talked to us from her beautiful, airy workspace in East London, and we discussed all things wedding stationery, the struggles and joys of working as a freelancer, the distinction between artist and illustrator and how she’s continuing her grandma’s legacy.

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Denise Henry

James Turrell

Yorkshire Sculpture Park

Deer Shelter Skyspace by James Turrell

Symposium

Tom Lake by Ann Patchett

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3.2 Navigating Artistic Life with Elle Jackson

Tue, 18 Feb 2025 06:30:00 GMT

Todays’ episode is more catch up than interview - we’re talking to previous podcast guest Elle Jackson. After a turbulent summer, Elle and I navigate the ups and downs of artistic life, tarot card readings, art making as therapy + intuitive healing, plus lots on Elle’s duo show Alchemy at Yorkton Workshops.

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Zack Bush

Charleston Trust

Wilding by Isabella Tree

This Book is a Plant by the Welcome Collection

Peter Buggenhout

Coombeshead Farm

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3.1 The Engagement Episode with Jeweller with Sophie Whitelaw

Tue, 11 Feb 2025 09:31:46 GMT

Welcome back to season 3 of Creative Rituals! My first guest to kick off season 3 is the bespoke engagement ring designer Sophie Whitelaw. After training as a gemologist in Antwerp, Sophie is now the founder of her successful business Whitelaw Gold, creating beautifully unique, personal pieces that celebrate the style and personality of the people who wear them. Having just got engaged myself it was the perfect time for this chat, and we dive into all things proposal related, mood boards, the magic and creativity involved in Sophie’s job, and her favourite daily ritual as a creative working in London.

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2.10 Chasing your Dreams with Georgie Stewart

Tue, 23 Apr 2024 06:15:09 GMT

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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2.9 Inside the World of Children’s Books with Helen Stephens

Tue, 16 Apr 2024 06:15:04 GMT

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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2.8 Curating at the V&A and Living with Hockney in LA with Mark Haworth-Booth

Tue, 09 Apr 2024 06:30:24 GMT

Mark Haworth-Booth joins me on Creative Rituals this week. Mark is a poet, writer, photographer and was the Senior Curator of Photographs at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, where he played a major role in building up the museum’s collection of photography. We met by chance at a creative writing workshop Mark ran at the Appledore Book Festival here in Devon, and he kindly agreed to join me for a conversation about his writing routine, what is was like working and living with David Hockney in Los Angeles, and his 30 years as a curator at the V&A.

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2.7 Creating Your Own World with Tatiana Alida

Tue, 02 Apr 2024 06:45:33 GMT

This week I talk to artist and illustrator Tatiana Alida. Known for her signature carefree, colourful style of illustration adorned with uplifting quotes, Tatiana has collaborated with some huge names including Victoria Beckham, Warehouse, Hermes, and Rose Inc, the beauty brand of Rosie Huntington Whitely. She told me about her love of interiors, moving her studio to the countryside, the rituals she has in place around her work and who she’d love to collaborate with next…

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2.6 Juggling Job Titles with Artist and Curator Laura Porter

Tue, 26 Mar 2024 04:00:08 GMT

This week I’m joined by artist and curator Laura Porter. Laura works primarily as a sculptor, using discarded clothing as her material of choice to make structural pieces that focus on sustainability. In 2020, Laura set up the artist led space Studio KIND. here in North Devon, which is where we met. We caught up to talk about how she juggles all the elements of her practice and the various hats she wears, her studio habits and the challenges of setting up a business in the midst of a pandemic.

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2.5 What is an Artist Residency? Painting in Greece with Kevin McSherry

Tue, 19 Mar 2024 07:30:41 GMT

My guest this week is the Irish artist and painter Kevin McSherry. Kevin and I met for the first time on the Greek island of Skopelos a couple of years ago during an artist residency. We caught up for an in depth chat about artist residencies, illustration vs fine art, how teaching art informs Kevin’s own work, and we even ended up agreeing to start a 30 day sketchbook challenge together.

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2.4 Inside the Dark Room with George Rayner

Tue, 12 Mar 2024 07:30:09 GMT

Photographer and artist George Rayner invites me inside his cosy studio and dark room here in Devon. Known for his monochromatic portraits that are rich with brooding atmosphere, George lists mist and woodlands as his favourite subjects to capture. We talk about the magic and ritual behind the process of the dark room, the role nostalgia plays in his work, how growing up in the stunning backdrop of the North Devon landscape has influenced his practice and what’s inspiring him right now.

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Studio KIND.

The Bear

Hung out to dry - photographic series by George Rayner

John Gossage: The Pond

The Death of Grass by John Christopher

The Grampus Inn

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2.3 The Magic of Colour with Flower Farmer Just Dahlias

Tue, 05 Mar 2024 07:30:24 GMT

This week I sit down with flower farmer Philippa Stewart of Just Dahlias, who also happens to be my auntie! Just Dahlias is a flower farm based in rural Cheshire, growing over 170 different varieties of dahlia. Philippa’s enthusiasm for her craft is infectious, and she explains how she turned her personal dahlia obsession into a thriving business, selling fresh and naturally dried stems in delectable shades. We discuss the magic of colour, cyclical living, finding your creative niche and what it was like appearing on Gardeners’ World.

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Just Dahlias

National Dahlia Collection

Gardeners’ World

Strawberry Hill House

Éva Németh

Flowers From the Farm

Dahlia Breeding for the Farmer/Florist and the Home Gardener by Kristine Albrecht

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2.2 Writing and Illustrating Picture Books with Sydney Smith

Tue, 27 Feb 2024 07:30:45 GMT

This week I’m joined by Sydney Smith, Canadian author and illustrator of children’s books. Sydney has won many awards for his thoughtful and evocatively illustrated picture books that speak to the complex emotions of what it feels like to move through the world as a child. We sat down to talk about the complicated nature of childhood memories, finding inspiration in films and their colour palettes, plus a peak inside his sketchbook, pencil case and studio.

Buy Sydney’s most recent book, Do You Remember here

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2.1 Studio Life with Artist and Designer Sasha Compton

Tue, 20 Feb 2024 08:00:00 GMT

We’re back! Creative Rituals returns for a second season, and to kick this one off I’m joined by Sasha Compton. Sasha is a British Artist and Designer who explores the natural world through her beautiful handmade creations, all of which are crafted by Sasha in her London studio. Known for her bold, joyful use of colour and fondness for an uplifting quote, Sasha’s work seeks to romanticise the everyday. Her artworks often draw references from the classical world, such as motifs from Greek mythology and architectural details. We sat down to discuss studio life, moodboards, the financial realities of working as an artist in London, our mixed feelings on running workshops and what it was like living as a creative in Amsterdam.

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1.10 Realising Your Childhood Dream with Rachael Dean, Illustrator for Dame Jacqueline Wilson

Mon, 13 Nov 2023 21:38:14 GMT

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.

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1.9 Learning to Love Your Cycle with Sophie Wild

Mon, 06 Nov 2023 20:56:21 GMT

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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1.8 Where Music and Art Collide with Charlie Straw

Mon, 30 Oct 2023 21:19:31 GMT

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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1.7 Do Artists Need Instagram? Highs and Lows of the Online Art World with Manon Steyaert

Mon, 23 Oct 2023 19:27:55 GMT

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.

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1.6 How to Get Your First Book Published with Leonie Swann

Mon, 16 Oct 2023 20:51:29 GMT

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.

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1.5 Letting Your Creative Light Shine with Karen Staniland-Platt

Tue, 10 Oct 2023 07:09:24 GMT

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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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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1.4 The Power of Manifestation with Sadie Pickering

Mon, 02 Oct 2023 20:14:31 GMT

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.

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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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1.3 Full Time vs Part Time: Life as a Self Employed Artist with Elle Jackson

Mon, 25 Sep 2023 21:53:11 GMT

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.

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1.2 City vs Countryside: Should I Retreat to a Creative Life? with Xanthe Gladstone

Mon, 18 Sep 2023 21:38:19 GMT

This week’s guest is Xanthe Gladstone: chef, organic vegetable grower and Instagram sensation. She talks to me about swapping city life for the Welsh countryside, and the creative rituals she has in place around food and the home.

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1.1 The Joy of Painting Outside with Deborah Last

Mon, 11 Sep 2023 10:30:19 GMT

Welcome to the Creative Rituals podcast! For our first episode, I’m joined by artist and plein air painter Deborah Last. In 2022, Deborah undertook the ambitious project ‘Painting the Year’ - 365 paintings, one from each day of the year, all created outside. In this episode Deborah talks about the challenges and joys she found within this project, and how it has shaped her as an artist. We take a deep dive into studio life and the daily habits she has in place to strengthen her artistic practice.

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