Michelle Reader

Michelle Reader has been making unique figurative recycled sculptures since 1998, using business and household waste, as well as litter and fly-tipped objects, charity shop and car boot sale finds. Her sculptures are often representations of the natural world - for example a heron made from used bike parts and other scrap metal, a bumblebee with a gas mask for a face, or a giant wave of wave plastics retrieved from rivers and beaches.

Michelle makes bespoke recycled and sustainable sculptures for businesses and events created from waste materials relevant to the client, which encourage people to consider how things they would normally throw away have the potential for creative re-use. Alongside making her own work she also runs eco art workshops in schools and at festivals and other events.