May Wild Studio is the creative practice of Rebecca May and Michael Wild. Designers, Makers & Educators based in Manchester. They design handmade artworks, their work also comprises of exhibitions, commissions, workshops and installations. Combining new design technologies with traditional craft making, their core values center around storytelling, collaboration and material innovation in the handcrafted.Their work strives to engage people through its tactile qualities and narrative theme.Themes of light and dark, creating beauty and humour from the obscure and everyday run through their work, you could say these themes are connected to and inspired by the city they live in, Manchester. The window for this project is entitled ‘Coo – A Tribute to the City Pigeon’. Coo- an artwork with its story originating from Manchester and its city pigeons. The challenge to create and object of beauty from a creature considered ugly and pest. “Coo is a celebration of our cities, sometimes run odnw, sometimes glorious, a pest but also a creative of value. They are a story of finding beauty and humour in the everyday, in the forgotten, in our common city pigeon and its good-luck golden droppings.”
To find out more or order your very own Coo or PuPu visit maywildstudio.com
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