Hi, I'm El and I'm a potter, printmaker and facilitator based in Manchester, UK! These processes attracted me with their ability to slow me down, allowing me to resist in a world that constantly demands my attention.

I am deeply influenced by my rural upbringing in the Yorkshire Dales and use creativity to express my curiosity of our changing landscapes. My pieces often depict the increasingly blurred boundary between rural, industrial and urban environments, drawing attention to where the crossover between these, seemingly contrasting planes, collapses into the ordinary.

Aside from my rural upbringing, my work is informed by my experiences as an SEN art teacher in Stockport. I'm Ironically drawn to quieter ways of working- depicting everyday objects in an uncomplicated, child-like style: Some shells, a pylon, washing line, a wind turbine, a clothes hanger, a broken chair. I place these objects on the same aesthetic level through my naïve illustrative style.

A central part of my personal practice is my work in the community arts; facilitating creative groups and projects with Manchester-based organisations, as well as craft workshops with my collective, Blether. I strongly believe in the healing power of creativity, so these sessions have personal wellbeing and creative expression at their heart. In these workshops I hold non-judgemental space for my artists to socialise, flow and play!