Life is Short … Eat the Cake, Kiss the Boy, Make the Art.
Island-born Michelle Frost’s journey has been one of contrasts; small town girl leaves home to study art and architecture in the city, opens a gallery, and finds herself in the spotlight of the emerging art world–only to pivot to accounting, and corporate and government life.
It was the process of untangling grief that lead her, lovingly, back to her art and the work of her hands. Just as glass can shatter on the studio floor and be recast, Michelle returned to her small inlet-town on the West Coast of Canada to reflect, reinvent, watch the waves, and breathe in forest and beach and campfire.
Michelle’s studio, Coastal Flow Glass Co. is where she (with a little support from her two fur babies) creates beautiful, enduring art forms and weaves her imagery into modern décor designs as a way to share her beloved West Coast with others.
Absolutely had the best time painting ceramic light up Christmas trees with my 17 year old daughter. Definatly going to try out some other things she hosts !!
Michelle Frost
“Net Zero” Way of Life
Life is Short … Eat the Cake, Kiss the Boy, Make the Art.
Glass is very technical. You need to dig in an really understand its properties, its boundaries in order to drive the results you want. The more you understand these, the greater freedom it allows you in the creative process. And yet, the kiln gods always have their own agenda. It’s a cheeky medium, always taunting and poking playfully but when it lands it sticks and it is freaking awesome. Which suits my personality.
The theme of my paintings are typically about movement, about making waves. I love how paint flows and how despite attempts to direct and move it, once it settles it continues to migrate whether I want it to or not. I find humour in that as someone who spent years trying to slow down life and control things.
Painting remind me of my lack of control, that I can suggest and guide but in the end it will be what it will be. I try to anticipate where it’ll go and it always leaves me surprised. Glass is similar. Sharp, hard and structured to begin but once in the kiln and heat is applied, it does what it does, despite my best efforts to predict it.
Michelle’s studio, Coastal Flow Glass Co. in Port Alberni, is where she (with a little support from her two fur babies) creates beautiful, enduring art forms and weaves her imagery into modern décor designs as a way to share her beloved West Coast with others.
Creative Location
Port Alberni BC
