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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 in 2005, producing distinctive architectural glass, art glass wall panels and interior accessories. Michelle offers a portfolio creative practice, predominantly working to commission on bespoke projects for offices and residential properties, but also curating exhibitions, running workshops, undertaking public commissions, and showing at retail shows. Major new projects: October 2010 - March 2011: Fish Tank commission, New Children's Unit, Salisbury Hospital; July 2010 - September 2010: Curator of The British Glass Biennale, the UK's major exhibition of contemporary glass; May 2010 - July 2010: 5m x 1.5m series of wall panels for HR Wallingford, Oxfordshire; January 2010 - May 2010: Sculptural commission for solicitor's Beachcroft LLP, Manchester.
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.
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