Artists > Michelle Tock York

Michelle Tock York’s sculptures usually consist of clay and found object assemblages based on the collections of cast off treasures and her sketchbook narratives.
My parent’s passion for nature, story telling, and art played a large role in the artist/person I have become. I am a quiet lover of stories, fairy tales, a utopian realm, and the product of my parents. My mother was ever the talker, poet and gardener and my father a sculptor and dreamer. I find beauty in the world that isn’t quite perfect, in the asymmetry of people, places and things. You can see this in the exaggeration of disproportion in my figures and complementary colors in the backgrounds of the paintings. I speak through my hands with the molding of the clay, and I have a profound fondness for the texture of a fingerprint. I thrill at the hunt for salvaged relics, and the sense of unity as I bring together these disparate elements for your contemplation.
I prefer to connect with others through my art, granting each piece a voice to tell its own story. Many of my pieces whisper a modern take on the classic “Grimm’s Fairy tale”. There is a moral hidden somewhere in the story of each sculpture, and who knows – it could be as simple as taking the time to discover your own splendor.
Artist Gallery
Letty's Pond
Are You Following Me
Momentary Pause
Momentary Pause - detail
Momentary Pause - detail
Finding Solace
Finding Solace - detail
Amiles Gathering
Amiles Gathering - detail 2
Time in the Rabbit Hole
Cheboygan
Goldie
Redstone's Intuition
Redstone's Intuition - detail
M's Giving Tree
M's Giving Tree detail 1
M's Giving Tree detail 2
"The Bad Rabbits" Myles, Bellefonte, Bean, Davis, and Otto - SOLD
Myles - detail - part of "The Bad Rabbits" - SOLD
Bellefonte - detail - part of "The Bad Rabbits" - SOLD
Bean - detail - part of "The Bad Rabbits" - SOLD
Davis - detail - part of "The Bad Rabbits" - SOLD
Otto - detail - part of "The Bad Rabbits" - SOLD
Endora
Endora - rear view
Coral - SOLD
Coral - detail - SOLD
Persephone's Offering - SOLD
Persephone's Offering detail - SOLD
Fat Nat the Insatiable Brat - SOLD
Fat Nat the Insatiable Brat detail - SOLD
Concealed Envy detail - SOLD
Concealed Envy - SOLD
Of The Clouds - SOLD
Copper - SOLD
The Mouse and Me - SOLD
The Mouse and Me - SOLD
Daughter of the Blue Moon, Steward of the Forest SOLD
Handy's Obsession with the Moon - SOLD
Cinn Bun - SOLD
Magdalena SOLD
Magdalena detail SOLD
Armbsy's Light SOLD
Armsby's Light detail SOLD
Earth Mother SOLD
Edith Ann Repurposed SOLD
Glenda the Good - SOLD
Vern's Wife front view SOLD
Baldwin SOLD
Vern's Wife detail SOLD
Winged Intimations SOLD
Winged Intimations detail SOLD
Winged Intimation background detail SOLD
Emile SOLD
Emile detail SOLD
Little Sugar SOLD
Josephine front detail SOLD
Josephinen SOLD