Our Staff

Our staff are our business. We may be a small business but our staff are all experts in their respective creative fields! Almost all are graduates and all are practising artists, crafters and makers in a variety of disciplines. Approachable, friendly and always happy to help with great advice for customers' projects and product questions. It's a great place to work - a colourful, creative and warm environment which makes Fielders a truly unique shop.

Ian Fielder (BMet. GCF) - Director

Ian has been MD/CEO for Oh - far too long! He oversees all parts of the business, except book selling. Although he now spends less time on the shopfloor leaving the day to day activities to his amazing team, he is still freely available to our customers. When away from the admin duties at his desk, he gains great pleasure from working with our framing customers and in the workshop solving technical framing challenges. He is a Fine Art Trade Guild Commended Framer.

Steph (BA) - Shop Manager

Steph's vast knowledge of materials and processes stems from her background in design with ceramics, glass, textiles and painting. Now at Fielders for 14 years she is involved with all the creative, merchandising and display operations as well as overseeing the shop staffing and product buying. In her own time she works on her passion for sculpted textiles, colour and pattern, creating multi-dimensional colourful sculptures.

Sam (BA. GCF) - Framer

Sam has recently passed his Guild Certified  Framer exams with flying colours. He is an inspired frame designer and maker, often exploring new approaches to traditional framing. He originally trained as an Illustrator and still produces bold monochrome prints based on the natural world, anatomic studies and tattoo flash.

Lizzie (BA)- Part-Time Sales advisor

Lizzie is a recent graduate in Costume Design for Theatre and Screen at Wimbledon College of Art. When she's not busy writing her dissertation on Colour Theory, she likes using her skills to make her own clothes.

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Nick (BA) - Sales Advisor

Graduated with a BA in Theater Design from Wimbledon College of Art, Nick is a multi talented artist. He's got a very creative lifestyle, enjoying drawing, model making and oil painting. Nick also creates fascinating, complex masks and has recently visited the Venice carnival with his creations.

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Jean Fielder (Dip. Ed) - Director

After her early working life as a fulltime teacher Jean now looks after our book section, sourcing unusual and interesting titles in Art Techniques, Art History, Craft and Creative Activities. She also oversees many backroom and admin operations.

Ross (BA) - Framing advisor

Ross, our longest serving member of staff, is our expert on Art and history of Art Books and is a genius on our photocopier! Ross graduated from Wimbledon College of Art and still paints in a range of styles from classic oil portraits to kinetic abstracts.

Irina (BA) - Craft buyer & Senior sales advisor

Our inspired creative craft buyer and designer of window displays and merchandising, Irina has brought a fresh approach to our craft product range and produced some awe inspiring shop windows. A graduate from Wimbledon College of Art, she is a talented model maker with a meticulous eye for detail and colour.

  Fran (BA.GCF) - Framer

​Fran graduated in Fashion Design, specialising in womenswear at UCA Epsom. She also loves manual work such as sewing, jewellery and fine art. Following this creative way, our lovely Fran decided to focus her career on bespoke picture framing where she acquired experience in management and communication. She most enjoys visiting museums and visiting friends and family.​

 sam (bA Hons) - Sales advisor

Fond of self expression, Sam is currently enrolled on a distance learning degree for Drawing at the Open College of Arts. She is inspired by nature, mythology, history and literature, (It's no secret that her mischievous felines are her favourite drawing companions!). Although she dabbles in various mediums (ink, pastel, pencil, watercolour and acrylic), she has a big penchant for tattooing, which she practices part-time.