Laura Godfrey-Isaacs
Artist, Midwife, Writer & Creative Producer
Laura has an interdisciplinary practice as an artist, midwife, writer and creative producer. Her concerns centre on the lived experience and politics of representation of the female body, particularly around women’s health, birth and mothering.
Laura produces a number of projects - Maternal Journal: the award-winning creative journaling movement. Shifrah UK: celebrates and informs on Jewish cultural birth practices, and provides information, education and training. Birth Cafe: opens up space for conversations about birth.
Laura's podcast - The Maternal Journal Podcast: conversations with writers & graphic artists about their work, parenting, creativity & mental health.
Laura's blog - Birth, Art & Culture - interdisciplinary perspectives hosted on all4maternity
Laura produces a number of projects - Maternal Journal: the award-winning creative journaling movement. Shifrah UK: celebrates and informs on Jewish cultural birth practices, and provides information, education and training. Birth Cafe: opens up space for conversations about birth.
Laura's podcast - The Maternal Journal Podcast: conversations with writers & graphic artists about their work, parenting, creativity & mental health.
Laura's blog - Birth, Art & Culture - interdisciplinary perspectives hosted on all4maternity
Laura's essay 'Fish and Apple Strudel' features in the publication Roots and Rebellion, as a winner of the JKP Writing Prize, 2023 , available to order here
The Maternal Journal Book, co-written with Samantha McGowan, was published in October 2021 - a creative guide to journaling through pregnancy, birth and beyond, featuring >80 guides created by artists, midwives, doulas and therapists. Available to order
You can read Laura's essay, 'How to be a Mother Artist' in this excellent anthology - An Artist and a Mother, published in March, 2023 by Demeter Press, that speaks to the diverse ways artists balance creative life with the demands of mothering.