Michelle recently visited the Devonport Community Workshop (DCW) for help to create a timber frame for a stained glass artwork that she had made. Michelle made the artwork using German hand-blown glass and the colours are stunning. With a lot of help from Peter Monti they made a very strong and beautiful frame from cedar.

No stranger to DCW at the Claystore, Michelle has been working with the volunteers on projects, off and on for about 25 years and says “I have found the Claystore of tremendous value as a creative space. To me human beings need to make things, it’s very therapeutic to be creative in a manual way, but we are losing all these skills, they are being (unintentionally) lost and devalued.”

The volunteer team at DCW are committed to making sure crafts and skills are passed on through helping customers to learn as they tackle the many projects we see come through the door.
If you want to learn more about the Devonport Community Workshop head to our website at www.dcw.org.nz or pop in for a chat at 27 Lake Road, Devonport.

Michelle is a stained glass artist and grew up in and around Devonport. At the age of 17 she moved to the UK to study art and through her studies and work, has managed and constructed many large scale, site-specific stained glass works. To learn more about Michelle’s background and experience, visit her website at www.michelleandrou.com