about

Natalie Deegan is the creator of ARTlab tralee. In 1998 Natalie graduated with a B.A. in Fashion Design from NCAD, the National College of Art and Design. She then completed a Higher Diploma in Art and Design Teaching in LSAD, the Limerick School of Art and Design, LIT. Some of her design work was featured in the Irish Times newspaper and on RTE’s Nationwide. She worked for many years as a secondary school art, craft and design teacher and also has experience working with primary school pupils. She is a fully vetted teacher, registered with The Teaching Council.

Natalie designs and creates truly individual textile art pieces. She works mostly in appliqué, weaving and felt, media which lend themselves to creating texture, depth and an emotive sensory experience. Responding to her local area of Tralee and its surrounds, she is particularly drawn to the fascinating vitality and colours of the sea and the ever-changing textures of the land. The influence of the environment is almost always evident in her drawings, textile art, paintings and photography.