Michelle Lowe-Holder
Designers statement -
"The "Urban Forager" project has been a daily obsession for almost 3 years - Foraging east London for metal NOZ cannisters - London Design Festival will host an installation piece made from with my extensive collection of thousands. This will be presenterd with a film documentary by Katy Davies around the issues - interviewing teenagers to metal rcyclers to jewellers and police. On exhibit will also be visual commentary by 5 photographers including Polly Penrose , Nicolas Favoran and Marianne Wie with sustainable product solutions by 5 designers."
Michelle Lowe-Holder is an artist & maker using the body as a canvas to create unique and artisanal pieces . Utilising both modern and heritage techniques with mixed materials and a sustainable approach - each collection evolves from each other , led by a concept refined and developed thru the craft.
MLH work has been featured in press internationally including Vogue Italia, Vogue UK, Vogue India . Vogue Japan , Financial Times, Dazed and i-D magazine.
The V&A is currently exhibiting several pieces in the "Fashioned by Nature' exhibition and is featured in the museum book - The V&A shop is also currently selling a MLH specially commissioned jewellry collection inspired by sustainability and nature.
“the Urban Forager" investigates the increase of NOS capsules across London. Michelle Lowe-Holder presents an installation questioning waste, consumption and materiality.
“the Urban Forager" investigates the increase of “NOS” being consumed and discarded in streets across London. Having been collecting them for almost 3 years - Michelle Lowe-Holder presents a mixed media exhibition questioning waste, consumption and materiality. A sculpture installation by MLH , film documentary by Katy Davies and collaborating photographers (Amit & Naroop , Marianne Wie , Kerry J Dean , Nicolas Favaron and Polly Penrose) with designers Amy Thompson , Simpson Ma and Atticus Durnell present their own visual and design statements on this growing phenomenon across London and the UK .
