Michelle Reader Artist

@michellereaderart.bsky.social

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Artist making sculptures, puppets and installations from the things that others discard. Inspired by nature, passionate about biodiversity. Founder of Wayward Objects, a puppet theatre company. http://www.michelle-reader.co.uk Nottingham, UK

Orange graphic with OS Notts Logo, website address OSNotts.co.uk, and text reading Each Weekend in May.
Spoonbill puppet made from reclaimed materials - a litter picker, salad spoons, plastic milk, detergent and yoghurt bottles, bottle lids and garden hose.
A sign saying ‘Michelle Reader Sculptor - ask me about how I begin a new sculpture’. On a table with models, drawings and a photograph of the artist with two metal horse sculptures.
Video of a green woodpecker hopping on grass and stones at St Ann’s Allotments, Nottingham
Sculpture of a common pipistrelle bat made from recycled materials, by Michelle Reader. The materials used are offcuts and discarded materials from the studios of artists and craftspeople on the Welbeck Estate where Michelle is based. Mouth/nose is a 3-pin DMX connector from a light fitting, the fur is a scrap of knitted textile. The wings are tin cake moulds cut and brazed together. The wooden body is part of a stair rail and the feet are feet from sewing machines. The copper ears are offcuts from jewellery-making, and the wings also feature piano wire and the sleeve of an electrical cable.
Photo of a book - Islands of Abandonment, Life in the Post-Human landscape by Cal Flyn