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ESSENTIAL INFO
If you purchase a ticket for this course, all the information on this page will be emailed to you with your ticket.
👥 Suitable for: Ages 16 and up
📍 Venue: Bellingen High School (mobility aid accessible)
📈 Level: BEGINNER to INTERMEDIATE skill level
⏰ Schedule: Mon–Wed, 9am – 4pm (3 Full-Days)
🏷️ Extra costs: This course has a cost of $170 for materials (+ tools if you don’t already have your own)
⚠️ Extra info: The completed sheep head is life-sized
Required skills & experience
Students will need to have felted one or two beginners projects before
Best to purchase a basic kit and practice using the wool and needles
before attending the workshop
Please feel free to call or email Di and talk to her about this dianne@wildwoolly.au
Supplies that you need to bring to class
The Sheep Wool Kit must be purchased from Wild Woolly before arriving at Camp Creative. Direct link to the kit can be found here.
The kit costs $170 and includes:
1kg core wool
300g of sheep coloured wool for dreadlocks
20 gauge wire for horns
Back Board
If you have these items please bring them, if not, they can all be purchased from the Wild Woolly website
Wool Mat medium size
3 needle multi tool
5 needle clover tool (optional but handy)
4 -6 x 38 gauge star needles
Learning outcomes
Building structure with core wool
Shaping Faces with realistic proportions
Choosing the right wools & felting needles
Blending colours and working with roving
Deadlocking wool for sheep’s face and neck
Finishing, mounting and displaying techniques
COURSE PLAN
DAY ONE
Core building & structure
DAY TWO
Shaping the nose, ears & eye sockets
Covering with fibres, blending colours
DAY THREE
Creating dreadlocks & finishing touches
Starting bonus project if you have time
COURSE TUTOR
Dianne Conroy
Born in Sydney, Dianne Conroy has been immersed in the world of art and craft for as long as she can remember. Coming from a lineage of makers—her father a artist, her mother a seamstress, and her grandmother a wedding dressmaker—creativity was all around her.
In 2025, Dianne was honoured as Australia’s Fibre Artist of the Year, a recognition of her dedication to both her art and her support of the Australian wool industry.
Dianne began her journey as a professional artist at the Byron Bay markets in 1986. She then lived abroad for many years, first in London, where she continued selling her textile creations at local markets, and then in Tokyo from 1990. In Japan, she founded a successful business working with vintage kimono fabrics, teaching her signature techniques in wall art, quilting, and handbag design using vintage kimonos, yukatas, and obis. Her classes were waitlisted for years, a testament to her skill and innovation.
While in Tokyo, Dianne also studied needle felting under some of Japan’s most esteemed fibre artists, developing a deep passion for felted art—a medium she continued to explore after relocating to Singapore. There, her work began to evolve into the sculptural and richly textured forms she is known for today.
Now based in Brisbane, Dianne runs Wild Woolly, where she creates bespoke fibre art pieces and commissions. Also with an online business selling all things needle felting. Her work draws inspiration from her love of animals, the intricate elegance of Japanese art, the lush tropical landscapes of Singapore, and the vibrant beauty of her Queensland garden.
“The best course and Di was brilliant as an instructor.”
“Excellent skills learnt. Planning was very good. Booklet to help us make it superb. Excellent task allocation every morning and arvo to get the Lion head done. Fantastic teacher. I would love to do more classes with her and hope to at Camp Creative if possible with Dianne Conroy from Wild Woolly.”
“Perfect. Exactly what I wanted plus bonus projects which was brilliant.”
