biography

Eleanor Bartleman was brought up on Scotland’s Ayrshire coast. She studied ceramics at the Glasgow School of Art, completing a postgraduate year of study in 1979, and set up her first workshop soon after.

Initially working in earthenware, she pursued her interests in mythology and, in particular, the Beast Epic of Reynard the Fox, taking various strands of mythology and developing her own style of figurative ceramics.

She quickly established a career as a ceramic artist making and selling to a wide range of quality outlets in the UK.

More recently, Eleanor has been lecturing part time in ceramics. Three years ago she gave up teaching to return full time to making, this time concentrating on porcelain.

Eleanor moved to North Devon in 1990 where she is now permanently based.

She is an elected member of the Devon Guild of Craftsmen and has also been a member of Appledore Crafts Company for ten years.