NEW PERSONAL WORK / ELLA BENDRUPS - featured on my project @reasonforbeingstories Reason #6 / Ella Bendrups / Ceramicist / 'The Maker's Touch...' Ella Bendrups @ellabendrups is an emerging ceramic artist. I met Ella in 2017 during her brief career as a stylist's assistant, and her genuine, warm-hearted persona immediately struck me. Her ceramic creations, which we featured as props for our photoshoots, captivated me and were contrary to anything I'd seen. Unlike traditional 'glossy glazed' pottery, her works were rustic, sculptural, and unglazed, celebrating the clay's natural textures. Her creations seemingly encouraged human interaction: to be handled, felt, and touched. With a background in Styling, Communication Design and Interior Design, Ella began social ceramics classes in late 2015 before progressing to a self-led explorative practice. By embracing the expressive nature of Handbuilding, pinching, coiling and carving clay, Ella likes to highlight the evidence of the maker's touch. These images of Ella were captured in her small home studio measuring 1.6m x 4m in Melbourne's inner North, where she hand-builds all her works. After reconnecting in 2021, COVID19 restrictions delayed this story until our stars re-aligned in March 2022... Read Ella's 'Reason For Being' at: www.reasonforbeing.com.au / @reasonforbeingstories