About
Teaching Experience
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Community Centres and groups
• Open Door Day Care Centre, Bray
• Sunbeam Services
• St John of Gods Services
• Ballywaltrim Youth Service
• Bray Resource centre
• The I.C.A. (Irish Countrywomen's Association) Greystones, Ashford, Bray
• Rural womens Group, Kells, County Kerry
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Feltmakers Ireland
Libraries:
• Get Crafting programmes DLR Culture Department in the Lexicon Library, Dun Laoghaire
• Bealtaine Festival DLR Culture department in the Lexicon Library, Dun Laoghaire
• Shankill Library
• Dalkey Libray
• Greystones Library
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Wicklow Library
Schools and Dept of Education:
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Dominican College, Wicklow
Gaelscoil na Fuinnseoige, Churchtown, Co. Dublin
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The Glebe, National School, Wicklow
• St Kilians Secondary School, Bray
• St Laurence College, Cabinteely
• Loreto Bray
• St Cronans BNS, Bray
• Newcourt School, Bray
• Bray School Project
• St Philomena’s Ravenswell, Bray
• St Brigid's Greystones
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Sandford Park, Ranelagh
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St Catherine's Scool, Newcastle
• TAP (Teacher Artist Partnership) Tutors in Primary and Secondary schools
• BLAST Arts in Education residencies, run by Dept of Education
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I Am Creative Residency with National Arts in Education
Design Centres:
• The Design House - Temple Bar
• The Muddle arts and craft centre
Companies:
• AIB
• BOI
• In-person and online classes
• One to one private tuition
Sharon Wells
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Hello, let me introduce myself. I am felmaker for the past 20 years and I work with wool, silk and other natural fibres to produce unique and individual felted pictures and other wool based products. I add detail with needlefelting, hand embroidery and machine embroidery. Naturally from working with wool fibre, I learnt to wash, card, dye, and spin, and weave on peg looms. I also knit a little and crochet badly.
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I have participated in a number of group exhibitions and had my work featured on RTE’s Nationwide. I am a member of Feltmakers Ireland and Wicklow Craft Foundation. And delighted to be included on Wicklow's first Craft Trail www.madeinwicklow.com
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I love to teach and I am a TAP (Teacher Artist Partnership) trained artist in residence. So I get to bring feltmaking to primary schools which is such a delight. I also teach secondary schools, homeschool groups and adults.
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Although I mostly concentrate on feltmaking I like to teach wool processing and dyeing. I also teach hand and machine embroidery, coiled basket making, decoupage, eco printing, and artefact illustration. I source, wash and dye wool direct from Irish farms for my own work. And I use wool from my parents attic and random yarn and fibre gifted to me.
I am the coordinator of the Muddle tutor group who teach a wide range of arts and crafts. I believe creativity and community are fundamental for wellbeing.
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I have an MA in Archaeology which concentrates on Archaeological Ilustrations from the 18th century in Ireland. I have worked as an Archaeological Illustrator and in online training as a project manager.
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Growing up in Kerry I fell in love with the landscape which led to studying archaeology and then to making felted landscape art. I love to paint and draw and spend time with my family and my crafty friends. I have one dog and three cats and love animals of all types. If I could I would have my own flock of sheep, a buffalo and a rhinoceros, and several horses. But as I hate leaving animals outside this won't be happening.
Currently my work is stocked in
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The Boatyard Gallery Greystones
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The Design Loft, Powerscourt House, Enniskerry
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And you can visit my studio to view my work, purchase or commission a special piece.
Bray, Co. Wicklow, Ireland
Tel: 087 2020560