Born in Nottingham, Helen Rondell is a graduate of Staffordshire University and set up her first studio in her home county, producing unique raku fired forms using dry copper glazes. In the late 1990's she relocated her business, establishing a small workshop in South London. It was during this period her work took on a new direction that was directly inspired by her travels around North America, and her desire to develop new skills using raku.

Like many creatives, Helen fell in love with the region often associated with the work of American artist Georgia O'Keeffe and the potters of the ancient pueblos of New Mexico and Arizona. Her early experimentation with the black-on-black style pottery made famous by artists in San Ildefonso led to a greater understanding of form and the subtleties of texture that are so prevalent in her work today.

Helen spent the early part of the new millennium honing her skills using resist slips, and currently produces organic designs that are often described as having the texture of pebbles or smooth, unpolished marble.

In 2005, Helen and her husband, (photojournalist Scott Wishart), left London and currently live in Kent with their son and twin daughters.