Artists

After graduating with a BA (Hons) in Decorative Arts at Nottingham Trent University, Michelle studied for a further two years at The International Glass Centre in the West Midlands.

In September 2005, Michelle established her own studio, producing distinctive sculptural and functional glass work, jewellery and wall panels. She was subsequently selected by the Crafts Council to exhibit  at Origin 2006 in the Springboard feature area for the strongest new talent in the sector.  In 2006 she completed her first commission to design and make the 2006 Black Country "See it in colour" awards and has since undertaken a number of commissions for domestic and corporate clients.

Originally inspired by the glacial environments she experienced in New Zealand, Michelle began using broken pieces of glass to translate the similarities seen between the ice and glass. This experimentation gradually developed into the unique range of work available today. The distinctive pieces either make use of the glass itself as inclusions to create very textural pieces, or incorporate metal based inclusions with the broken pieces, fired at a high temperature and then the edges highly polished to create the illusion of a single sheet of glass. The beauty of the method of production Michelle uses, sometimes assembling directly into the kiln and always having to find the particular place to fit each fragment of glass, means that although shapes and styles of work can be repeated, no two finished pieces are ever the same.