Blog
Explore our blog for a selection of useful guides, articles of interest and our member’s profiles.
Hotel Elephants Guide to Exploring the Best Art Galleries in London
Are you an art enthusiast looking to explore the best art galleries in London? Look no further! In this ultimate guide, we'll take you on a tour of some of the top galleries in the city and highlight their unique features.
Isabel Otten
Isabel Otten is an illustrator and maker who lives in London. She graduated with a BA in Illustration from the University of Brighton in 2017 and has been pursuing a career in the arts industry ever since.
Spotlight: Hotel Elephant St Johns
St John’s Walworth is situated in a former primary school and offers workspaces for artists, makers, and small creative businesses. This new addition to London's creative workspace landscape provides secure, high-quality spaces for five years.
5 ways you can make your creative business more sustainable
If you're a creative small business owner, you may be wondering how you can make your business more sustainable while still being innovative and creative. The good news is that there are plenty of sustainable practices that can be incorporated into creative businesses. Let's take a look at some of them:
Elephant and Castle Area Guide
Located in the heart of London, Elephant and Castle is an area with a rich history and a vibrant culture. Despite its humble beginnings as a bustling transportation hub, Elephant and Castle has evolved into a hub of creativity, innovation, and multiculturalism that attracts a diverse range of professionals from all over the world. With its vibrant nightlife, eclectic food scene, and abundance of cultural attractions, Elephant and Castle is a fantastic place to work and live. In terms of transportation, Elephant and Castle is extremely well-connected. The area is served by both the Northern and Bakerloo lines on the London Underground, making it easy to get to other parts of the city quickly and easily.
Marcus Hessenberg
Marcus is a photographer and documentary maker working in London. A creative, colourful and experienced visual creative working in both still photography and video production, Marcus has over eight years of experience working on projects for branded content and creative editorial imagery. He can provide fashion photography production, portrait photography and video editing.
Lavan Jeyarupalingam
Lavan is a London-based artist whose work focuses on figurative and portrait drawing. If you’d like to keep up to date with Lavan’s work follow him @lavan.artist.
Morag Caister
Morag Caister b. 1994 is a London-based figurative-portrait artist working mostly in oils and pastels on paper and calico or raw canvas.
Spare Street Spotlight
This blog post is dedicated to our Hotel Elephant HQ at Spare street, we want to spotlight Spare Street so you can learn more about our space.
Zoey Xuewen
To appreciate and enhance the value of Chinese traditional crafts & fine jewellery, we aim to bring its authentication and delicacy into the process of making with creativity. Zoey Filigree develops a variety of workshops to spread the specialised skills to the local community and narrow the distance between royal craftsmanship culture and contemporary jewellery practice.