Established in 2012 at Manchester Craft and Design Centre, having graduated from Buckinghamshire University, Ella handcrafts contemporary pewter using skilled metalsmithing techniques, often pushing the boundaries of pewter and her craft.

Inspired by the urban landscape of old buildings butted up to new developments and the chimney landscape of the northern mill towns she grew up in. Ella uses this inspiration to drive texture contrast in her work, stripping back embellishment to celebrate pewter.

Ellas pewtersmithing was twice recognised in the 2016 Worshipful Company of Pewterers awards and she was delighted to also receive a 2018 national Creative and Cultural Skills Award for her workshop programme.