Michael Holland Creations

As well as working and improvising life (2020 style) during this time I'm also putting together monthly shows for NTS. Various guests and solo shows on different subjects and with different focuses from J.b. Glazer to Estonian folk music and many other angles in between and around they are available to listen on NTS radio just search for onotesla .

Saulkrasti Latvia ,Private Location, computer workroom, upstairs . 

A few more small projects from Sanna Kultuurimois , I made several beds when I arrived , basically just sanding and finishing , putting them together with Hendriks , photographed here is one I painted in a “Summer in Estonia” theme. Various small benches for outdoor use. a garden fork (for hay) and one small funny musical device for percussion , with bits of local wood and metal found around the wood yard in the local town . 

One bench I made from an old bench on the spot that this one now sits reusing the usable parts and making it much stronger , higher and hopefully long-lasting for years to come. This bench lives in the garden at the Culture manor in Sanna Estonia . 

More photo from Zupa No Cirvja at Bolderaja Bookshop in Riga Latvia October November 2020 the first photos are with titles of films that I intended to show as the exhibition was open in the first week . The title translates as “Soup from an axe” I spent most of the year 2020 unemployed and basically working for food in a few different places in Estonia . Sometimes it was ok other times I found it very challenging . its what happened ... also soup from an axe is a way of making soup from whatever ingredients you have around which is pretty much how I make artwork... recycling , repairing , cobbling together , figuring out a way to do it . Materials make themselves available usually. 

Some photos of fragments of an exhibition in Riga in November 2020 that also included links and films shown in conjunction with the paintings on the walls in the next post I will add some more photos of the films shown and also of other aspects of the exhibition 

Tape covers made by Lisa Risbec and Michael Holland with two sides of music one mix by Nick Farrimond *funkjazztical and the other side by Michael Holland *keswicklemon. £10 Donation proceeds to Burnley Womens Refuge at the time of Covid May 2020 (first lockdown time)

Small artwork selection from my residency with ISSP gallery Riga in December 2018 

A few more images to accompany the previous posts from "total rubbish" exhibition in islington mill in my last month at the mill. Includes images from the Dada 100 celebration at the end of the centenary year . Joseph haigh created a zine (pictured with a 🍋) here

Here are some images to accompany the music made by my friend vitalija glovackyte's "we are for a while" cd album. The collages were created in collaboration with Joseph Haigh and include source material from our image archives. Then the original images were scanned and sections of them were taken and digitally collaged to make the booklet cover image and that was then riso printed. Limited to 150 copies with around 40 of those with an extra cover using sections of the original collaborative collages.

Party Planning with Barbecue Coffee shop Chorlton. My designs for a one off event to celebrate opening up the new back room and also me and Vineta leaving to go on a big adventure !!!

A few more real life images from the happenings at the Merzbarn this February 2017. Real crochet happening using scraps of fabric tied together to make a long long ball of twine. Thanks to Rose and Vineta for doing that project it was truly a three way project. I even fashioned a crochet hook out of kindling.

More Total Rubbish images from Islington Mill Jan 2017.

The collage and selection process of precious paper supplies at Total Rubbish in January 2017 Islington Mill 

A few images from “Total Rubbish” at islington mill in january 2017 

The first thoughts to go on the wall during my residency at the Merzbarn in Cumbria this February 2017