ABOUT SHARON WELLS

Sharon is a fibre and textile artist working with wool and silk fibres to produce unique and individual felted pictures. She uses a combination of processes such as wet felting, needlefelting, beading, hand and machine embroidery and a variety of materials such as wool, alpaca, bamboo and silk fibres, hand dyed threads and wire. These pictures are often referred to as wool paintings.  Sharon uses texture and colour to portray her strong emotional connection to the landscapes of Ireland. Sharon's background is in Archaeology and online training.  She sells her products here and in selected stockists in Ireland and has particiapted in solo and goup. She runs a large craft group and recently set up The Muddle Shop and workshop social enterprise.