When was fenella elms born

Helen brought ideas and solutions to seemingly impossible problems through her digital enthusiasm and vision for what we could be. She now runs marathons.

Hannah Mears is our brilliant website designer with great ideas and an extraordinary eye for detail. Thanks to an introduction from Helen, Hannah is a hugely reassuring presence, always available to manage the website and keep digital things in order. With a passion for thoughtful design, Hannah has developed our new shop from web presence to printing and packaging. Without photos, the business would not have started; essential for applications, catalogues, publications and the website.

I am very grateful for the patience, imagination and good humour of photographers David Parmiter and Deborah Husk who show me how they see it. Charlie counted until he got to over a hundred suppliers who keep us afloat. From pottery to printers, crates to clamps, van repairs to shippers, metal workers to wood workers, framers to fabrics; some are in almost weekly contact as an essential extension.

Thank you. I recommend contacting the designer. Click here to cancel reply. Home Art Swirling Ceramic Art. Photos courtesy of FenellaElems. Gorgeous find!

In her previous career, Elms worked in mental and occupational health. Dreams, instinct and the subconscious continue to influence her practice. For their Omega Fund acquisition Swindon Museum and Art Gallery identified Fenella Elms and Grant Aston as two contemporary ceramists who would diversify and energise their collection of twentieth- and twenty-firstcentury studio ceramics. How does this shift feel? Is it more spiritually fulfilling? My art work would not be anything without my growth through past experiences, particularly in the NHS our national health service but I mourn the passing of mental health services in the NHS.

When I moved out of London to Wiltshire, the decline in services was immediately obvious — outside London most mental health services are run by charities: I know many experienced and talented professionals who have gradually left and not been replaced: it is a great tragedy to our country.

I worked outside London for 10 years before slowly withdrawing as the ceramics took off; I miss it and only feel sad about the loss of excellent teams and services that I was proud to be a part of. You value the minor scars, blemishes, spots, cracks etc that is part of the whole process of narrative.