Michelle Reader
@michelle3duk.bsky.social
Artist making sculptures, puppets and installations from the things that others discard. Inspired by nature, passionate about biodiversity. Member of Wild.NG, connecting wildlife street by street.
http://www.michelle-reader.co.uk
Nottingham, UK
http://www.michelle-reader.co.uk
Nottingham, UK
As part of the county-wide Open Studios Notts taking place across Nottinghamshire throughout May, four of us at the Harley Foundation Studios will be opening our doors from 10am til 4pm on Saturday 3rd May. Come and visit!
#openstudios #osnotts #harleystudiogroup
#openstudios #osnotts #harleystudiogroup
April 14, 2025 at 9:21 AM
As part of the county-wide Open Studios Notts taking place across Nottinghamshire throughout May, four of us at the Harley Foundation Studios will be opening our doors from 10am til 4pm on Saturday 3rd May. Come and visit!
#openstudios #osnotts #harleystudiogroup
#openstudios #osnotts #harleystudiogroup
Happy World Puppetry Day! The perfect day for Spoonbill to have his first outing, to Mansfield Museum with me and Miriam Keye. He’s exhausted after meeting two groups of under-fives and their adults, who cleared all the litter from the river and fed him lots of fish!
March 21, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Happy World Puppetry Day! The perfect day for Spoonbill to have his first outing, to Mansfield Museum with me and Miriam Keye. He’s exhausted after meeting two groups of under-fives and their adults, who cleared all the litter from the river and fed him lots of fish!
This week I’ve been having fun preparing for tomorrow’s River Adventure for under-fives at Mansfield Museum. The spoonbill puppet, whose key ingredients are a litter picker and salad spoons, is coming to life, watch out paper fish!! 🥄🐟
#spoonbill #puppet #recycled #earlyyears
#spoonbill #puppet #recycled #earlyyears
March 20, 2025 at 7:32 AM
This week I’ve been having fun preparing for tomorrow’s River Adventure for under-fives at Mansfield Museum. The spoonbill puppet, whose key ingredients are a litter picker and salad spoons, is coming to life, watch out paper fish!! 🥄🐟
#spoonbill #puppet #recycled #earlyyears
#spoonbill #puppet #recycled #earlyyears
I’m in the Portland Collection at The Harley Foundation for a Studio Discovery Day. I have a few of my sculptures and some of the preparatory work I did for my horse sculptures in the courtyard. And using a painting by Gaspar Dughet of a pair of oxen, to demonstrate how I begin a sculpture.
February 22, 2025 at 12:04 PM
I’m in the Portland Collection at The Harley Foundation for a Studio Discovery Day. I have a few of my sculptures and some of the preparatory work I did for my horse sculptures in the courtyard. And using a painting by Gaspar Dughet of a pair of oxen, to demonstrate how I begin a sculpture.
My favourite wildlife camera capture of recent years at #stannsallotments Nottingham, a beautiful green woodpecker
#addBirder #bird #woodpecker #wildlife #allotment
#addBirder #bird #woodpecker #wildlife #allotment
November 25, 2024 at 10:12 AM
My favourite wildlife camera capture of recent years at #stannsallotments Nottingham, a beautiful green woodpecker
#addBirder #bird #woodpecker #wildlife #allotment
#addBirder #bird #woodpecker #wildlife #allotment
Earlier in 2024 as part of an exhibition showcasing the residents of the #harleyfoundationstudios, I created some small sculptures of the wild creatures we share our workplace with, made from scraps and offcuts from all the studios. This one is a common pipistrelle bat.
#batsculpture #wildlifeart
#batsculpture #wildlifeart
November 24, 2024 at 6:43 PM
Earlier in 2024 as part of an exhibition showcasing the residents of the #harleyfoundationstudios, I created some small sculptures of the wild creatures we share our workplace with, made from scraps and offcuts from all the studios. This one is a common pipistrelle bat.
#batsculpture #wildlifeart
#batsculpture #wildlifeart
Using my down time not only for literary escapism but for more serious reading too. This book was recommended by more than one of my Wild.NG friends 💚
“All the time, these seeds and spores - the potential for wildflowers, of wildlife - are drifting by us on the air, waiting for their chance.”
“All the time, these seeds and spores - the potential for wildflowers, of wildlife - are drifting by us on the air, waiting for their chance.”
November 20, 2024 at 6:41 PM
Using my down time not only for literary escapism but for more serious reading too. This book was recommended by more than one of my Wild.NG friends 💚
“All the time, these seeds and spores - the potential for wildflowers, of wildlife - are drifting by us on the air, waiting for their chance.”
“All the time, these seeds and spores - the potential for wildflowers, of wildlife - are drifting by us on the air, waiting for their chance.”
Since being stuck at home with an ankle injury I’ve had the luxury of time to read, and have absolutely loved these three gems, two of them gifted by thoughtful friends 💙📚
November 19, 2024 at 9:42 AM
Since being stuck at home with an ankle injury I’ve had the luxury of time to read, and have absolutely loved these three gems, two of them gifted by thoughtful friends 💙📚
Thought I’d be leaving the house today for the first time since breaking my ankle to go somewhere other than the hospital. Think again! Back to the books and the joy of admin. And exploring Bluesky 😂🦋
November 19, 2024 at 9:12 AM
Thought I’d be leaving the house today for the first time since breaking my ankle to go somewhere other than the hospital. Think again! Back to the books and the joy of admin. And exploring Bluesky 😂🦋