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.

Gemma (BA. GCF) - Head of Framing

With 10 years experience in our framing workshop, Gemma, our first Fine Art Trade Guild Certified Framer, heads up our picture framing team. Although she specialises in Conservation Framing she can frame almost anything.
In her spare time she follows her illustration training producing colourful, characterful based illustrations. Her artwork proudly covers our Fielders delivery van and some of our in store merchandising.

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.

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.

Shannon (BSc)- Part-Time Sales advisor

An enthusiastic painter, costume and wig maker, Shannon is our latest recruit. She is rapidly learning our trade and supporting the team and bringing her own creative slant to the shop floor.
She is currently studying Criminology and Psychology at University whilst designing and crafting costumes for various photo shoots for costume conventions, as well as for her modelling opportunities with her agency.

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.

Vassiliki (BEng) - Buyer & Senior Sales advisor

Knowledgeable on all our art and craft ranges and the techniques for using them, Vass, a talented maker and crafter, also keeps our online followers up to date via Instagram and Facebook. Qualified as a Design Engineer, she brings a high degree of precision and attention to detail to each project. Vass enjoys knitting both on the loom and needles, embroidery and felting.  She loves to experiment with different media and develop new skills.

Mickaëlle (BA) - Part time sales advisor & Web Designer

Mickaëlle brings another creative angle to our team by being a Videographer, Editor, Photographer, Journalist and Blogger! Mickaëlle has over 8 years industry experience after gaining a Bachelors degree in Journalism from Valenciennes, France. Between working at the shop part-time and Freelance work, Mickaëlle loves to create comic style illustrations for her lifestyle blog and is currently working on a film documenting her love of travel.

Rosie (BA) - Part-time sales advisor

Rosie has just finished her degree in Technical Arts and Special Effects for Theatre and Screen. Rosie produces outstanding lifelike models ranging from miniatures to lifesize figurative sculptures. Rosie's wide knowledge of our products and their practical abilities massively help our customers with their creative projects as well as aid the production of our window and merchandising displays.

Samya (BA) - Part-time sales advisor

Sam has recently gained her BA from Wimbledon College of Art in Technical Arts and Special Effects for Theatre and Screen. In her years with Fielders she has strongly supported our weekend team, advising many customers with her wealth of knowledge both practical and conceptual. Sam is hoping to create multi-sensory artistic installations and to produce ephemeral events in the future.