Georgie Estill BA is a graphic artist & printmaker based in Robin Hood’s Bay on the North Yorkshire Coastline. She is an on call firefighter & active member of the British Printing Society.
Graduating from Winchester School of Art in 2018 with a first class honours in Graphic Arts specialising in Graphic Design, her current practice includes freelance graphic design and letterpress printmaking from a small scale garden studio. Producing limited editions of print that links the beauty and culture of historical printing with the progression of contemporary design—Georgie offers up an alternative to our modern day print with a bit of history, soul, craft, and care.
An advocate for slow living, her letterpress process stretches way beyond the act of printing on her 1930s tabletop platen press. Typesetting metal type with traditional methods and equipment, Georgie hand picks words of weight and grounds them onto beautiful paper with inky conviction. She prints for positivity, harnessing the immense power of words to heal and uplift—her print acts as a beacon for love and light in an increasingly confusing world.
In terms of graphic design Georgie’s work is heavily grounded in typography. Inspiration is often rooted in the realisation of cultural concerns, contemporary insights or significant places and emotions. The visual aspects of her practice stem from an optimistic outlook or an engagement with a narrative—both subtle and vibrant colours feature confidently with sensitive typographic detail and strong tactile finishes that reinforce an unapologetically bold body of work.
Education
Winchester School of Art (University of Southampton) 2015 – 2018
Northern School of Art (Formerly CCAD) 2014 – 2015
Northern School of Art (Formerly CCAD) 2014 – 2015
Experience
Volunteering at Amberley (June – August 2018)
After Graduating, Georgie volunteered at a working museum in the print workshop under traditional typesetters and printers from the industry before the digital switch. She worked with specialist printing presses and equipment, demonstrating and teaching the letterpress process of typesetting and printing.
After Graduating, Georgie volunteered at a working museum in the print workshop under traditional typesetters and printers from the industry before the digital switch. She worked with specialist printing presses and equipment, demonstrating and teaching the letterpress process of typesetting and printing.
Graphic Design & Print production (August 2018 – present)
Georgie’s freelance practice spans printmaking, bookbinding, branding & identity, editorial & layout design, digital print production and finishing.
Georgie’s freelance practice spans printmaking, bookbinding, branding & identity, editorial & layout design, digital print production and finishing.
Letterpress Printing (January 2019 – present)
Georgie typesets and produces short runs of small scale prints from her garden studio that emit optimism and happiness—head over to the shop. Also open to commissions and/or collaborations—just hit the contact page.
Georgie typesets and produces short runs of small scale prints from her garden studio that emit optimism and happiness—head over to the shop. Also open to commissions and/or collaborations—just hit the contact page.
Features
Parliamentary Archives 2018
Pressing Matters Magazine 2019
People of Print 2019
Pressing Matters 2020
Crafts Council Directory 2021
Fables Magazine 2022
Pressing Matters Magazine 2019
People of Print 2019
Pressing Matters 2020
Crafts Council Directory 2021
Fables Magazine 2022
Exhibitions
Pannet Gallery 2013
Northern School of Art 2015
Winchester School of Art 2018
Hoxton Arches 2018
Crescent Arts Scarborough 2019
Spanish City Whitley Bay 2022
Bridlington Spa 2022
Northern School of Art 2015
Winchester School of Art 2018
Hoxton Arches 2018
Crescent Arts Scarborough 2019
Spanish City Whitley Bay 2022
Bridlington Spa 2022
Stockists
Berties of Bay
Whitby Bookshop
Endless Love Creative Sheffield
Whitby Bookshop
Endless Love Creative Sheffield
