Baby boomer born in London. Lived in Kent and Essex in the 50's and 60's. Went to Southend Art School, Manchester College of Artfor my degree and Chelsea for post graduate in painting. Lived in France for a while and back to Essex and then London's East End in an ACME housing association pre-fab studio/dwelling for 8 years. Moved to Lambeth in the 80's. Working part time at various jobs . Exhibited widely in London and all over the world thanks to the International Mail Art Network. Adopted the name A.1. Waste Paper Co. Ltd. after finding a rubber stamp in a flea market. Produced many postcards, small press and ephemera , Initiated several mail art shows and projects over the next 25 years. Met Hazel Jones the mother of all invention. Son Archie arrives in 1992. Move to Cheshire where we still are. Eased off on the mail art and making collages, books and postcards still.
- JoinedNovember 2007
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Michael rescues, collates and curates an offbeat crew made of paper, card and vinyl, creating fantastic new vistas where humour is never far away. Wondrous work from one of the nation's best artists. And a jolly good chap too!
All hail the Kollage King, Wondrous Wordsmith, and Mail Artist Extraordinaire!
Michael is amazing: he remembers every single bit of paper stored in his huge collection. That's why it's so easy for him to produce any artwork.
My favorite artist bar none, this is a late birthday present for Michael. Someone buy this man a pro account, he's a collage genius.
Mr Leigh is quite simply the best!
The most brilliant Kollagist on the planet.