Storytelling is at the core of Michaela McMillan’s exquisite mixed-media sculptures
Storytelling is at the core of Michaela McMillan’s exquisite mixed-media sculptures. The narrative flows through the highly coloured and layered bases, into the mixed media and found object creations, often preserved in glass domes.
Her collections are feminine, figurative, curious, and frequently feature animals and nature. Themes of her work combine imagined stories mixing facts with fiction, and a concern with materials, that physically last a long time, but are treated as disposable items in todays society.
Michaela graduated in 1992 from Manchester Polytechnic with a BA(Hons) in Embroidery, and received Arts Council England funding to redevelop her work in 2010. Her practise is spent working to exhibition and commission, and on community, gallery and education projects.