Clay collage with Julie Adlard
Julie is a Dorset based professional artist and exhibits in galleries in the South West of England. She has demonstrated widely including at Art In Action and Henley Festival.
Having studied Combined Craft Design at South Bank University and Advanced Ceramics and Painting at Kingston College Julie wanted to use both of these elements in her work.
Julie explores surface texture and pattern, working with mixed media in a unique way using air drying clay, fabrics and embossing templates to create tactile collage paintings. The compositions are over painted with many layers of acrylics and glazes
Her inspiration comes from her love of landscapes and harbours as well as places from her travels. Her work is bright and bold and has a naivety that makes you want to smile. Julie creates work that gives an emotional response to a place and the harbour scenes especially create a feeling of nostalgia and homecoming.
Julie will bring examples of her work showing the process from beginning to end and will be happy to chat to visitors about the construction and application of the technique.
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