David Eeles was trained at Willesden School of Arts & Crafts in London from 1947 until 1953, where he studied Drawing & Painting, Architecture, Anatomy, Bookbinding, Etching, Engraving, Lithograph, Lettering, Terra Cotta & Ceramics.

All of these studies have subsequently been useful in his career as a Potter, David met Patricia at Art School where Patricia was studying many types of Graphic Art, they were married in 1955. The Shepherd Well Pottery was started at this moment in time near Shepherds Well on Shepherds Walk, in the Artist quarter of Hampstead in London. The first Exhibition of work was held at Heals Department Store, in London in 1957.