After studying for her BA (Hons) in Decorative Arts, Michelle undertook a further two years at The International Glass Centre in the West Midlands. On completion Michelle Keeling Glass was established, producing distinctive architectural glass, art glass wall panels and interior accessories. Predominantly working to commission on bespoke projects, Michelle also shows work through galleries and has offered workshops to young adults within college, at present running weekly enrichment courses for 11-15 year olds at Manchester Creative and Media Academy for boys. 

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 creating textural pieces, or incorporate metal based inclusions fired at a high temperature and the edges highly polished to create the illusion of a single sheet of glass. The beauty of the method of making used, sometimes assembling directly into kiln, means that although shapes and styles of work can be repeated, no two finished pieces are ever the same.

Michelle is currently undertaking a large scale commission for the reception area of a Solicitors firm in Manchester, due to complete at the end of April. She is also been invited, after assisting the curator for the past two exhibitions, to curate the British Glass Biennale.