Blondina Elms Pastel
Artist, calligrapher, designer, typographer, teacher, type designer, and researcher from the Caribbean island of Barbados. Blondina has been in practice as an independent designer since 1999. From 2007 until 2010, she was a visiting tutor and lecturer in typography at the Fine Arts Department, Barbados Community College. Here, she taught at 2nd year Associate Degree and 1st year Bachelor of Fine Art (Graphic Design) levels. Blondina was also a visiting tutor and lecturer in typography at the École intuit.lab, Aix-en-Provence from 2012–2016.
She holds a Master of Arts in Typeface design from the University of Reading and attained the degree of Expert class Type design with distinction from the Plantin Institute of Typography. She was awarded a Master of Humanities & Social Sciences in Education (MEEF option Applied Arts) with distinction from the École supérieure du professorat et de l’éducation, Aix-Marseille Université and is currently an Education Sciences PhD student at the Aix-Marseille Université.
[Blondina Elms Pastel, November 2017]
Web: http://www.atelierelms.com/