Music for the Senses is a grassroots music inspired trail of guitars, acoustic and electric, each one lovingly reimagined by an artist. Presented by Wild in Art, the trail takes place in Manchester from 7th July until 31st August 2025, and culminates in an auction of the guitars which will raise funds for Greater Manchester Grassroots Music Fund.

Loïs Cordelia was one of the artists commissioned to reimagine a guitar, though instead of starting with an existing instrument, she sculpted her guitar from scratch, using mostly copper wire. Her inspiration for a design she called 'Mellifluous' (literally: 'flowing sweetly like honey') comes from the beloved worker bee symbol of Manchester, hence she built the body of the guitar in the form of a honeycomb structure, adding a supersize bee that she sculpted out of an ice cream scoop, a gravy boat and serrated grapefruit spoons.


Photograph by David OatesPhotograph by David Oates