Elise Ruffell

Following a previous career as an IT consultant in the late 1990s, she discovered a passion for clay, graduating from Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design in 2007 with a First Class BA (Hons) in Ceramic Design. Alongside her studio practice, Elise is an art & design teacher who has worked with students of all levels from primary school to university.

Her work focuses on the use of colour to represent emotion and personal self-expression within the constraints of geometric forms. She has developed methods of incorporating coloured Parian clay utilising techniques such as grating, pressing and inlaying. In each case, the final appearance is not revealed until the piece is removed from the mould. Elise enjoys divesting this control and allowing the materials to move and merge without the pressure of predefined expectations.

Email: elise@eliseruffell.co.uk