by Michelle Wilkinson | Oct 2, 2021 | Handshake6, Michelle Wilkinson
She threw herself at heartbreak, like a moth drawn to flame. Patching up her broken wings, just to try it once again. And the world all thought her foolish, for she seemed to never learn. But how do you save somebody, who’s convinced that they should burn?...
by Michelle Wilkinson | May 10, 2021 | Handshake6, Michelle Wilkinson
If this pandemic has taught us anything it is the necessity to focus down. Looking at things in a global context is too overwhelming. I began this Handshake journey wanting to change the world, to increase awareness of the importance of insects for the...
by Michelle Wilkinson | Mar 21, 2021 | Handshake6, Michelle Wilkinson
I became a little obsessed with monarch caterpillars this summer. In the absence of making, during a very busy and stressful time at work and with my family, my only outlet was focusing on these little creatures. I couldn’t make, there was no space in my head to do...
by Michelle Wilkinson | Sep 3, 2020 | Handshake6, Michelle Wilkinson
Love what you have Before life teaches you To love what you Lost – unknown …trying to put my thoughts and research into perspective… Invertebrates are a much maligned but overwhelmingly crucial component of the living environment. Without...
by Michelle Wilkinson | Jul 13, 2020 | Handshake6, Michelle Wilkinson, Sample
To escape from my head, I began to engage my hands. I started using what was stashed in my workshop – wire, paper, thread. These didn’t give me what I wanted, they were too considered and not organic enough for me. I then discovered an unopened...
by Michelle Wilkinson | Jun 9, 2020 | Handshake6, Michelle Wilkinson
Up until now my work has often been quite literal – forms are easily identified, stories are quickly understood. The experimental nature of Handshake has presented me with an opportunity to push myself into a different kind of outcome. I want to find a way to...
by Michelle Wilkinson | Apr 14, 2020 | Handshake6, Michelle Wilkinson
Adventures in lockdown This new world is different. Just like Lewis Carroll’s Alice in 1872, we are now submerged in a backwards place. Busy roads are quiet, concert halls and office buildings are silent, and galleries are closed. Time is not quite running backwards,...
by Michelle Wilkinson | Mar 7, 2020 | Handshake6, Michelle Wilkinson
For Iris. You asked for a manifesto, and here one is. It’s a bit of a mashup, and a wee bit sketchy. A Frankenstein manifesto. Built of elements sourced and paraphrased from all over the place, put together in a way that attempts to make sense of my practice and...
by Michelle Wilkinson | Mar 2, 2020 | Handshake6, Michelle Wilkinson
LET’S BEGIN AT THE BEGINNING… by Michelle Wilkinson | Mar 2, 2020 | Handshake6, Michelle Wilkinson In the last few days I have felt an almost overwhelming desire to stand in the ocean. Not to swim, or float or splash, just to stand. Waist deep, not moving, focused on...
