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Canal Art

by Julie

About Me…

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I live in the Black Country where we have more canals than in Venice. Near to my home is the Dudley No 2 canal which has the prettiest stretch of canal in the region. I first became interested in narrowboat decoration when I moved to this area and developed a passion for the canals. One day I saw a “Roses and Castles” painting course advertised and thought I’d have a go. Which led to several more courses and many hours of practice with the “Waterways Craft Guild” and the creation of my company “Canal Art by Julie”.

I now decorate boats and items of canal ware with roses, castles, scrolls, stars and signwriting as well as teach canal art as a college subject and I also go into schools and have students in groups or individuals in my workshop. Please contact me for details of my teaching courses. I’m happy to give talks on canal history and canal art to groups.

See the following pages for a list of products and prices!

You can find me at the following canal festivals over the year 2009:

Festival Date

Ellesmere Port Easter 10^th – 13^th of April

Worcester Art Market 24^th – 26^th of April

Little Venice May Day – 2^nd and 3rd May

Hawne Basin, Halesowen 16^th and 17^th May

Crick Boat Show Spring Bank Holiday – 23^rd – 25^th May

Etruria festival 30^th – 31^st of May

Banbury Fun Day 14^th June

Middlewich 20^th and 21^st June

Upton on Severn 27^th of June

Brownhills canal festival 28^th of June

Marsden Festival 4^th July

Eisteddfod 2009 (LLangollen) 7^th – 11^th of July

Bridgnorth Steam Rally 18^th – 19^th of July

Linslade 25th and 26^th July

IWA National Festival & Boat Show August Bank Holiday – 29th – 31st August

Redhill Marina, Ratcliff-on-Soar
Nottinghamshire

(I’ll have my stand there and I’ll also be teaching roses and castles in the craft marquees)

Eccleshall Show 5^th of September

Black Country Boating Festival where I live 12^th and 13^th September

Tipton Festival 19^th and 20^th September

Banbury Canal Festival 4^th October

Bonded Warehouse Open Week-end, Stourbridge 17^th and 18^th October

Worcester Arts Market 30^th October – 1^st November

Farncombe Hall Christmas fair 22^nd November

Worcester Victorian Christmas Fayre 26^th – 29^th November

Stourbridge, West Midlands switching on of the

Christmas lights 5^th December

Favorite Links

Canal Junction

canaljunction.co.uk/guild

Barnowl Narrowboats

E-mail address

mailto:Julie@Canal-art-by-julie.co.uk

Web address

http://www.canal-art-by-julie.co.uk

Phone

My phone number is 07792944298.

Current Projects

Giving talks on canal history and canal art to groups.

Decorating boats and items of canal ware.

Teaching narrowboat decoration and Jewellery for local colleges.

I also teach groups and individuals in my workshop and I can organise a course specifically to suit your needs. Please contact me for details.

Biographical Information

Cradley Heath, West Midlands – near the Southern end of the Netherton Tunnel on the Dudley No. 2 Canal.

Personal Interests

Cats – I have two cats, Oliver and Sammy and I keep tropical fish and goldfish. I also enjoy “beading”, making my own jewellery. Watch out for the launch of “Julie Craft”!

Narrow boats - I have a 57’ traditional style narrow boat moored in a marina close by and I am a member of the British Waterways Working Boat project and you can often see me steering old working boats between festivals.

…as you can see it’s a sailaway under construction.

Here’s my cats in the garden, Oliver and Sammy!

Please come and visit my workshop for a full tour – telephone 01384 569198.

Thanks for visiting my website and taking interest in me!

Last revised: 01.11.07

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