Sharon is an artist/maker who joined Craft NI at the start of 2020 to provide some short term project management support. She mostly works on the practicalities of delivering our maker development programmes, and is responsible for the weekly Plan C newsletter. Alongside her own creative practice, Sharon recently trained as a coach, and works one on one supporting creatives. She also hosts a pop-up exhibition for August Craft Month in the old byre at her home near Ballymena.

Adele was a long time member of the Craft Design Collective and joined the Craft NI team in 2018.

Adele’s background is in fine art. She studied Painting at Winchester School of Art where she dismayed her tutors by insisting on painting wildlife subjects. Since  graduating she has turned her artistic skills to many things besides her ongoing wildlife art practice, including pub refurbishment, furniture upcycling and painting bricks and barrels at Euro Disney.  Adele relocated to Northern Ireland in 1999 and continues to exhibit in group and solo shows. She continues to work in both fine and applied arts. Her work is part of many private collections and she has been a recipient of a number of awards and bursaries.

Adele has been involved in the craft sector in NI for many years as a maker, usually of things that don’t quite fit into any of the traditional craft disciplines. These days she makes wildlife themed paper art.