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Michele Hankins - Jewellery / Glass / Mixed Media

Contact Michele Hankins

Phone: 01763 273668
07879 627976
email: micheledawn@hotmail.co.uk

Web pages: www.micheledawn.co.uk

Artist's statement:
Working primarily with silver wire and glass, Michele creates a wide range of jewellery and sculptural items. Inspiration is drawn from the female form and the 'feminine sensibility'. Enhancing and promoting the body is her primary concern, exploiting notions of fragility and sensuality.

Michele designs and makes bridal headdresses, tiaras and other jewellery items, which can be viewed at her home studio or on her website; a bespoke service is also offered. She exhibit regularly at wedding fairs around London and the Home Counties; news of forthcoming events can be seen on her website.

Commissions:
Private commissions for bridal tiaras and jewellery.

Exhibitions:
Wedding Exhibition, Hanbury Manor, Ware, Herts on 21st January 2007;
Hanbury Manor, Ware, Herts: October 2005, Feb 2006, Oct 2006;
Herts Wedding Show, Stevenage Hert: September 2005;
Hertford Castle: April 2005;
Platford 5, Bury St Edmunds Art Gallery, Suffolk: March-April 2005;
Designers Crafts 2005, The Mall Gallery, London: January 2005;
Beales Hotel, Hatfield: October 2004;
HVAF Open Studios, Herts: September 2004;
New Designers, Business Design Centre, London: July 2004;
HVAF Open Studios, Herts: September 2003;
'Copper wire sculpture', Lockheed Martin, Hertford: July 2001 to present.

Qualifications:
BA (Hons) 1st Class, Applied Art - University of Hertfordshire 2001-04;
C&G Fashion and Clothing Craft - Hertford Regional College 1992;
AIOL - Buckinghamshire College of Art and Technology 1978.