Elaine exhibits at various specialist Ceramic Fairs including Celebrating Ceramics, Potfest, Sheffield Ceramic Festival, Kiln Ceramic Fair, Ceramic Wales and Only-Clay in Sheffield, as well as with her local collective the Anglian Potters.
Her work is exhibited with the Being Woman Collective, which has held exhibitions at Mandells Gallery in Norwich, at the Cornhall, Diss, at Craftco and at designermakers21. Elaine regularily exhibits at Raveningham Sculpture Trail , St Margaret’s Art Gallery, Gallery56 in Norwich and at the Undercroft Gallery in Norwich.
Elaine is a mixed-media artist whose main practice is Ceramics. she studied Ceramics and Photography to degree level at Farnham. since retiring from teaching creative arts she is a full time Artist. Her Figurative Sculptures, represent strength and vulnerability. She explores how proximity to spaces and environments affect her subject’s posture, personality and presence. These considerations and her engagement with Women’s mythos, politics and status, shape the direction of her work
Elaine’s practice is rooted in her fascination with people, with her strong desire to celebrate the Power and status of Women and their experiences; to take up space. Her work explores Memories & Mythos, Identity & Spaces; celebrating Individuality and stories. Each piece is created with joy and a sense of exploration and discovery, is individual and made using hand-building teachniques working in a slow mindful way. She creates Figurative Sculptures, Goddess totems, large Narrative Sgraffito and Decorative, sculptural vessels, working from sketches and annotated memories and experiences of her subjects.
“ I sketch, I forage, collecting images, recording feelings, emotions, experiences and stories. Memories are transient and ephemeral; my work is an attempt to capture that memory of what I see and experience, representing it in a more permanent form. The central theme within my work is ‘Voices: shared narrative’, within each piece I am trying to capture the story”.
“ I use a variety of processes to create one-off unique pieces, I use mono-printing, and layering, to add colour and texture, experimenting with incorporating wild clay, found and foraged materials into the clay and glazes I am using. My use of glazes, oxides and colourants is expressive and indivual to each piece. I work in a variety of high-fire clays, there is something exciting about discovering what each body can do, it’s unique personality. I enjoy the serendipity of this way of working and the alchemy of the firing process. For my largest pieces I use reclaimed timbers and chimney pots to create the plinths, adding words to the that record the voices of my subjects.
HOW TO BUY MY WORK & BOOK WORKSHOPS
it is important to me that what you buy is perfect for you. On my WELCOME page and Instagram grid I list places you can find me across the year.
I mainly sell at markets and ceramic events, I enjoy meeting customers, talking pottery and providing a personal touch.
You CAN buy through my website; please contact me by email to discuss purchase and delivery methods.
i also have a studio at designermakers21 in Diss, Norfolk. this is where i hold small group workshops.
I run small group and community workshops so others can enjoy the positive value of working in clay.
My studio is at designermakers21 in Diss Norfolk. we are open to the public Thursdays-Saturdays 10am-5pm every week. it is where I host my workshops
EXHIBITIONS
2026 EXHIBITOR NORFOLK CONTEMPORARY CRAFT SOCIETY. St Margaret’s Gallery, Norwich
2026 EXHIBITOR ‘EXPLORATIONS: in Clay and Paint’. Exhibition with Lisa Atsumi.Gallery 56, Norwich
2026 EXHIBITOR: PASSING PRIDE The Assembly House, Theatre street, Norwich
2026 EXHIBITOR: ‘SHOWCASE5’. CraftCo, Southwold
2026 EXHIBITOR ‘BEING WOMAN 2026’ collaborative exhibition Mandells Gallery, Norwich
2026 EXHIBITOR CURATOR ‘GATHER: WORKS IN DIALOGUE’: exhibition of 10 contemporary artists. St Margaret’s Gallery, Norwich
2026 EXHIBITOR: ‘Trace Mapping: A Queer Genealogy’. The Shoe Factory. St Mary’s Works. Norwich
2026 EXHIBITOR QUEERFEST Exhibition: ‘UNDER THE SKIN’ - Anteros Arts Foundation, Norwich
2025 EXHIBITOR & CURATOR VIEWPOINTS; 10 Contemporary Artists. ST MARGARETS GALLERY, Norwich,
2025 co-EXHIBITOR ‘TIMELESS TEXTURES’ with Lisa Atsumi. Gallery 56, Norwich
2025 EXHIBITOR ‘BEING WOMAN’ collaborative exhibition, CraftCo Southwold, Suffolk
2025 EXHIBITOR & co-curator QUEERFEST Art Exhibition ‘POSE’ the Undercroft Gallery Norwich
2025 EXHIBITOR NORWICH ART MART EXHIBITION: the Undercroft
2025 EXHIBITOR Anglian Potters Spring Exhibition: The Undercroft, Norwich.
2025 EXHIBITOR & GUEST DEMONSTRATOR at the Scottish Potters Association Spring Gathering
2025 EXHIBITOR ‘BEING WOMAN 2025’ collaborative exhibition Diss corn Hall Galleries
2025 EXHIBITORFERINI GALLERY, Pakefield, Anglian Potters exhibition
2024 EXHIBITOR NORWICH ART MART EXHIBITION: the Undercroft
2024 EXHIBITOR Anglian Potter Christmas exhibition Cambridge
2024 EXHIBITOR Bayfield Hall SCULPTURE TRAIL
2024 EXHIBITOR RAVENINGHAM SCULPTURE TRAIL
2024 EXHIBITOR. ANGLIAN POTTERS selling exhibition at RHS HYDE HALL Craft in Focus exhibition
2024 EXHIBITOR. Anglian Potters spring selling exhibition at the Undercroft Gallery Norwich
2024 EXHIBITOR VOICES EXHIBITION Solo artist exhibition; Norwich Art Shop gallery
2024 EXHIBITOR QUEERFEST Art Exhibition ‘Interrupt’
2023 EXHIBITOR ANGLIAN POTTERS Spring selling exhibition at the Undercroft Gallery Norwich
2023 EXHIBITOR FERINI GALLERY, Pakefield, Anglian Potters Spring Open Exhibition.
2023 EXHIBITOR Anglian Potter Christmas exhibition Cambridge
2023-2025 exhibitor at Norwich Art Shop Collective Gallery
2025-2026 exhibitor in the galleries at designermakers21
SPECIALIST CERAMIC MARKETS
2026 POTFEST IN THE PENS: Melton Mowbray
2026 NORWICH CERAMICS MARKET. The Forum 15th November
2026 ONLY-CLAY KELHAM ISLAND SHEFFIELD
2026 CELEBRATING CERAMICS, Craft in Focus event held at Waterperry Gardens
2026 KILN CERAMICS FAIR. Derbyshire. 4th & 5th JULY
2026 CERAMIC WALES. 13TH & 15TH JUNE
2025 POTFEST IN THE PENS: Melton Mowbray
2025 Norwich Ceramics Fair. The Forum, Norwich. 7th December 9am-4pm
2025 CELEBRATING CERAMICS, Craft in Focus event held at Waterperry Gardens
2025 EXHIBITOR: NORWICH CERAMICS MARKET. The Forum 7th June
2025 SHEFFIELD CERAMICS FESTIVAL 5th-6TH April, KELHAM ISLAND MUSEUM
2025 ANGLIAN POTTERS spring Selling Exhibition Norwich nORWICH
2024 POTFEST IN THE PENS: Melton Mowbray
2024 ANGLIAN POTTERS Christmas Selling Exhibition Cambridge
2024 ONLY-CLAY KELHAM ISLAND SHEFFIELD
2024 CELEBRATING CERAMICS, Craft in Focus event held at Waterperry Gardens
2024 POTFEST South East at Glynde Place
2024 ANGLIAN POTTERS spring Selling Exhibition Norwich
2023 ANGLIAN POTTERS spring & christmas selling exhibitions
2023 RAVENINGHAM SCULPTURE TRAIL
WORKSHOPS
2026 QUEERFEST ‘HEARTS AND BOWLS - hosting a community Clay SGRAFFITO workshop
2026 HERITAGE WORKKSHOPS /NATIONAL HERITAGE DAY
2026 HAVE A GO DAYS at designermakers21
2026 U3A sgraffito workshops
2025 queerfest workshops: ceramics sgraffito
2025 BEING WOMAN: workshop Cyanotype Goddesses, celebrating the feminine
2025 BEING WOMAN: workshop Ceramic Personal Goddess. hosted at designerMakers21
2025 The Art of Sgraffito - a clay workshop for a Norwich Art Community
2025 QUEERFEST ‘ATTITUDE or POSE’ Clay Bust/Figure workshop. The Undercroft Norwich
2025 QUEERFEST sketchbook workshop co-host. the Undercroft. Norwich 10-12
2025 QUEERFEST ‘PORTRAIT ARTIST OF THE QUEER’ -c0- Host - The Undercroft Norwich
2025 BEING WOMAN: workshop Unleash Your Creativity. Collaborative Sgraffito workshop
2025 HERITAGE WORKKSHOPS /NATIONAL HERITAGE DAY
2025 HAVE A GO DAYS at designermakers21
2025-2026 Folkeast, Norfolk workshops and exhibitions
2024 WORKSHOP ‘Meet the Art’ - Clay workshop for East Anglian Art teachers hosted by The Sainsbury Centre, Art Gallery 20242-4
2023-2026 QUEERFEST Workshops
ART MARKETS
2023-2026 LOCAL MAKERS MARKET, The Shoe Factory Social Club, Norwich
2023-2026 NIGHTFAIR EVENTS
2023-2026 QUEERFEST Art Markets Norwich
2025-2026 Folkeast AT Sotterley Hall, Norfolk workshops and exhibitions with designermakrers21
2024 'JARROLDS Christmas Artist Market
2024 ROUGHAM ESTATE BLACKTHORPE BARN Christmas Market