Victor Pasmore taught there during this period, during which Elston got to know Anthony Hill [1][2] and Terence Conran.
[3] In 1951 Elston, "a trained fashion designer",[4] worked with Terence Conran, making denim clothes for the Lancashire-based textiles company David Whitehead Ltd, as well as making wood and metal furniture with Conran and Gill Pickles.
[5][6] He shared lodgings in Sloane Court West with syntactic artist Anthony Hill, after Conran had moved out.
[13] Elston's artistic style - based on his work with mobiles, stabiles and furniture design - was abstract and modernist.
Elston is largely remembered for his mobiles, reflecting the influence of Alexander Calder,[14] however the main body of his work throughout his life involved designing and manufacturing textiles together with furniture design and decoration - initially in collaboration with his friend Terence Conran.