EMILY THOMPSON

Emily Thompson is a needle felting artist, whose aim is to create unique artworks which connects people to the beauty of the world around them. Using locally sourced Irish wool, which is washed and dyed using natural materials, Emily meticulously layers the dyed wool to create images of the beautiful Irish landscape. She uses a needle felting tool, and the required technique, which consists of matting the woolen fibers together by repetitively pushing the fibers back and forth using the sharp barbed needle tool.
 

Following this she uses both her sewing machine, and simple needle and thread to add further texture and detail to her works. She considers her dyed wool her
‘palette’ and felting needles her ‘paintbrush’.