Natalie Dwyer Creative Studio

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Graphic Designer • Illustrator • Miniaturist • Modelmaker • Artist • Crafter • Creative Social Media Manager •

🗝️ Creating enchanting illustrations, ethereal landscapes and charming miniatures.

🧵Stunning, ethical accessories from sustainable sources.

✨You can now discover my handmade earrings, button badges, crochet bunting, flower hair clips, knitted cowl scarves and ...
12/09/2025

✨You can now discover my handmade earrings, button badges, crochet bunting, flower hair clips, knitted cowl scarves and more on my shelf at the wonderful gift shop & art gallery .cork.collective in Ballinspittle Village, alongside my encaustic wax landscape paintings and ready-to-frame original encaustic art greeting cards 🥰

If you’ve been following me for a while, you might remember that I joined West Cork Collective as a gallery member when it opened in March. I’m so excited to offer more handcrafted gifts for sale in the shop along with my encaustic art and to be part of the retail section.

🧶🧵I love to knit, crochet and sew, especially while watching a tv series in the evenings. So you can expect to see more crochet bunting, flower hair clips & brooch pins, as well as some more seasonal items that I’m working on.

Where possible, I try to use what I have available at home, or materials I have sourced secondhand or been given as scraps/remnants. My button badges are usually crafted from old magazines, calendars, flyers and brochures that were destined for the recycling bin. I love to repurpose broken pieces from my kids’ toys into unique, fun earrings. The LEGO earrings are crafted from preloved bricks only- I don’t buy new LEGO to make these, so they are made in small quantities, depending on what I have available.

Check out the gorgeous bowls and mugs by sitting above and below my shelf 😍 I adore the blues and greens in Abby’s work.

I’m so excited to show you a slow project I’ve been working on in the evenings on and off for the past year or so! A few...
30/08/2025

I’m so excited to show you a slow project I’ve been working on in the evenings on and off for the past year or so! A few years ago I joined a Mixed Textiles class at the local College of Further Education & Training. Two of the modules were crochet and knitting. We were tasked with making many small rectangular samples of all the different stitches. I bought a pack of Scheepjes Stone Washed / River Washed from which included many colours of gorgeous yarn in small balls so that I could use a different colour for each stitch.

I didn’t want to keep all the finished pieces stuck in a folder, unused. After the class assessment, my plan was to sew them together to make a patchwork cushion. I finally managed to finish the cushion! There were quite a few areas that I had to crochet or knit small pieces to fill the gaps, but I used up all the colourful scraps that I had to hand. I also used up the last of the balls to crochet the back of the cushion to the right size.

It’s completely wonky and no, I didn’t block it 😅 but that doesn’t bother me. I’m really happy that I made something beautiful and functional with my own hands. I’m back to making crochet bunting now, and patchwork of a different kind 😉

And I made the other three cushions you see in the photos, in the sewing & upholstery classes in the wonderful , all from scraps or repurposed fabrics. The bolster cushion used to be an old skirt with a broken zip which I bought from a charity shop.

Let me know what you think.

I was exploring around Skibbereen, Leap and Union Hall over the last couple of days while my eldest was at a Summer camp...
24/07/2025

I was exploring around Skibbereen, Leap and Union Hall over the last couple of days while my eldest was at a Summer camp. In search of a great coffee, I remembered my friend .rea_ mentioned she got a coffee from a shop called in Glandore, a few minutes up the road.

It turns out that Waters+Wild is a beautiful parfumerie shop filled with gorgeous knitwear, homewares, handmade notebooks and much more. I hadn’t been to Glandore in many years, so it was delightful to visit and explore this treasure trove.

And the coffee is excellent! There are delicious cakes available too. It’s the perfect spot to stop for coffee and enjoy browsing all the lovely things, taking in the aromas of Joan’s exquisite natural perfumes and the wonderful textures in her curated selection.

Over the last few days I have been ruminating about how incredibly privileged we are to live in West Cork, to be able to step away from the heaviness of the world right now, to explore the beauty around us, to savour a delicious cup of coffee 🥺 It doesn’t seem fair that not all humans get to live life this way.

I will continue to create art, to make connections, to show the beauty in what I see, and to work with small local businesses to help them thrive in these difficult times, but know that my mind is on Gaza and the people of Palestine 💔



I’m delighted to be part of West Cork Collective. You can find two of my encaustic paintings in the current exhibition o...
21/07/2025

I’m delighted to be part of West Cork Collective. You can find two of my encaustic paintings in the current exhibition of members’ work, showing until 8th August

I am excited to show you these two new encaustic art landscape paintings which I submitted for the Summer Members’ Exhi...
14/07/2025

I am excited to show you these two new encaustic art landscape paintings which I submitted for the Summer Members’ Exhibition. This show opens Thursday 17th July at 7pm and I’m looking forward to catching up with the other artists and seeing all the wonderful new pieces of art.

𝘼𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧 𝘾𝙤𝙖𝙨𝙩
Encaustic (beeswax) on paper
22.4 x 27.5cm framed

𝘽𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙝 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙑𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙮
22.4 x 27.5cm framed
Encaustic (beeswax) on paper

Yesterday I dropped two new framed encaustic paintings into the wonderful West Cork Collective in Ballinspittle Village ...
09/07/2025

Yesterday I dropped two new framed encaustic paintings into the wonderful West Cork Collective in Ballinspittle Village for the members exhibition. It’s opening this Friday 11th July from 6-9pm. There will be refreshments, so do come down to view all the lovely new work. Thanks to Ann who is our Gallery Manager at West Cork Collective for the photo.

The exhibition at .cork.collective forms part of and there are many exciting events to take part in, art on display in shop windows, workshops, demos and much more! In West Cork Collective John from is running a Lino Printing workshop Saturday 12th 6pm, and Elaine is doing a free live painting demo Sunday 13th 3pm!

𝙒𝙞𝙡𝙙 𝘼𝙩𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙘 𝙒𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙨
8” x 10” framed
Encaustic (beeswax) on sealed paper

𝙎𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙮 𝙎𝙠𝙮
5” x 7” framed
Encaustic (beeswax) on sealed paper

I’m eagerly awaiting frames to put these new paintings into! My order is in good hands with my local supplier Strand Fra...
06/07/2025

I’m eagerly awaiting frames to put these new paintings into! My order is in good hands with my local supplier Strand Framing here in Clonakilty. I’m so excited to put my miniature encaustic paintings into tiny box frames. Each one is hand painted onto a tiny wooden panel that’s less than 2 inches wide. They’re painted with melted wax using only a travel-sized iron! No brushes 😅

The waves painting in the second photo is a new encaustic painting on sealed paper. I’m submitting it for the upcoming members exhibition in .cork.collective that opens this Friday 11th July 6-9pm.

Looking forward to showing you my new work in frames soon 😀

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