After training as an Architect, Michele realised that she was more interested in hands-on making, proceeding to study Fine Art at Leeds College of Art and the University of Northumbria. Michele ran a Gallery and Picture Framers in North Yorkshire for 10 years, before settling as a full-time Artist in 2013. Michele studied for a Diploma in Glass and Ceramics at the National Glass Centre and has since been working from her studio, initially in North Yorkshire and now in the North West Highlands where she has built an off-grid eco-house and studio.