The starting point for my work is always walking and sketching. I'm inspired by the forms, patterns and textures in the world around me and the rhythms of nature. The recording and passing of time through erosion and human interaction is something that is at the heart of my work. Tidal rhythms, geological time, growth cycles, seasonal changes and our understanding of these changes are all elements that I try to capture in my pieces. My work takes time. It is all hand built, shaped, manipulated and carved over several days. This 'time in making' and my enjoyment of the process are central to the nature of my work.
After initially training in Architecture, Michele realized she was much more interested in hands-on making and studied Fine Art at Leeds College of Art and the University of Northumbria. She set up and ran a gallery and picture framing business in North Yorkshire for 10 years before taking the leap into full-time creative work in 2013. Michele studied for a Diploma in Glass and Ceramics at the National Glass Centre and have since been working from her studio, initially in North Yorkshire and since 2017 in the North West Highlands where she has built an off-grid eco-house and studio.
Exhibition 'Winter Light' 2021
Slump Vessel (Small, Aqua) 34
Hand carved grey stoneware, aqua glaze internal
8 x 13 x 8 cm SOLD
Ribbed Pod (Open, Aqua) 37
Hand carved grey stoneware, aqua glaze interal
8 x 15 dia cm SOLD
Slump Vessel (Small, Citrine) 35
Hand carved grey stoneware, citrine glaze internal
9 x 12 x 9 cm SOLD
Drift Fragment - Citrine 45
Hand carved grey stoneware, citrine glaze internal
11 x 21 x 15 cm SOLD
Seaweed Bottles. Medium, citirne (48) SOLD
Large, Off-white (46) 10 x 17 dia cm £190
Medium, Off-white (47) 10 x 14 dia cm SOLD
Michele Bianco. Slump Vessel (Small, Jade Green) 36
Hand carved grey stoneware, jade green glaze
8 x 10 x 7 cm SOLD
Exhibition 'Tidal Connections' 2019
'Ribbed' form Carved grey stoneware, blue glaze 60 x 120 x 120 cm SOLD
50 x 100 x 100 cm SOLD
Contour Pod (sea green) Carved grey stoneware, sea green glaze 80 x 130 x 130 cm SOLD 60 x 100 x 100 cm SOLD 50 x 70 x 70 cm SOLD
Contour Pod (sky & aqua blue) Carved grey stoneware, blue glaze 70 x 120 x 120 cm SOLD (aqua)
Drift vessel (sky blue)
Carved grey stoneware, sky blue glaze
11 x 38 x 17 cm SOLD
Carved 'Disc' Shift vessels
19.5 x 22 x 5 cm SOLD
Drift vessel (sea green)
Carved grey stoneware, sea green glaze
11 x 33 x 16 cm SOLD
'Nest' form Carved grey stoneware, sea green glaze 100 x 200 x 200 cm SOLD
Flight vessel (ovelap carving)
Carved grey stoneware, sea green glaze
15 x 24 x 33 cm SOLD