When her children started school Michelle took a degree in Education and taught art at Penzance Steiner School. She plays Cornish music regularly and is a member of several bands including the Golowan Band. Throughout her life Michele has enjoyed working in clay, and first exhibited her work in 1996 at Newlyn Art Gallery and Penlee House, joining Creftow, Helston in 2000. Michele concentrates on the decoration of her creations, bringing her love of the Classics to her pots, working in blue together with natural colours or gold and brown.

Michele Cowmeadow’s eye-catching ceramics are inspired by Roman vases and mosaics, magically interpreted in her unique style. Her output is limited and hard to find. Michele concentrates on the decoration of her creations, bringing her love of the Classics to her pots, working in blue together with natural colours or gold and brown.