About Julia
Julia Timmins was born in Wolverhampton and now lives in rural Shropshire, she trained as a fine jeweller and is a fellow of the Gemmological Association. Julia worked for many years as a jewellery designer and production director in Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter.
Julia uses the skills and attention to detail, developed by working with jewellery, in her prints.
"It has been a natural progression for me to use my jewellery making and designing skills to create prints. I love to work from natural forms, plants, flowers and birds and I am continually inspired by my garden and the surrounding Shropshire countryside. I respond to the rich patterns in nature and translate these into prints."
"When I am printmaking I prefer to draw my designs fairly loosely onto the block, this allows me to take inspiration from the design and respond to it, I can then use my traditional tools to render the details - this is the part that I enjoy the most."
Julia is an elected member the Society of Wood Engravers and a member of Wolverhampton Society of Artists. She supports both societies being Secretary for the Society of Wood Engravers and Exhibition Secretary for Wolverhampton Society of Artists. She is a member of Mid Shropshire Artists Open Studios, regularly holding open studio events. Please see the events page for more information.
"Open studios are ideal for people to learn about my creative process and to find out more about traditional hand printing methods, I really enjoy meeting people and chatting about printmaking"
Exhibitions
Wood Engravers Network 5th Triennial Exhibition 17/06/24 - 30/11/26
Society of Wood Engravers 87th Annual Exhibition - 04/02/25 - 25/10/25
Watts Gallery Artist Village - Watts Contemporary Gallery - in Print: Natures Realm 28/11/24 - 02/02/25
Ironbridge Fine Arts Print Prize Exhibition - 07/09/24 - 16/11/24
International Mini Print Cantabria - 01/09/24 - 01/12/24
Solo Exhibition - Earth, Sky and Sea: A Printmakers World - Ludlow Assembly Rooms 17/05/24 - 06/07/24
Wolverhampton Society of Artists Annual Exhibition, Rose Paterson Gallery at Weston park - 26/05/24 - 29/05/24
RBSA Gallery Print Prize Exhibition 29/02/24 - 07/04/24
Society of Wood Engravers 86th Annual Exhibition 06/02/24 - 26/10/24
Wolverhampton Society of Artists Annual Exhibition, Rose Paterson Gallery at Weston park - 29/09/23 - 31/10/23
Ironbridge Fine Arts Print Prize Exhibition - 12/09/23 - 18/11/23
Bevere Gallery, Worcester - Featured printmaker - 02/05/23 - 31/05/23
Heilongjiang Museum of Printmaking, Harbin, China - The World in the Palm of your Hand 01/03/23 - 30/09/23
Society of Wood Engravers 85th Annual Exhibition 07/02/23 - 18/11/23
Society of Wood Engravers 84th Annual Exhibition 01/02/22 - 05/11/22
RBSA Gallery Print Prize Exhibition 18/01/22 - 16/02/22
Society of Wood Engravers 83rd Annual Exhibition - 06/02/2021 - 13/11/2021
Society of Wood Engravers Centenary (82nd Annual) Exhibition - 27/10/2020 - 07/11/2020
Coast and Country: an Engraver’s View - 28/01/2019 - 28/02/2019
Society of Wood Engravers 82nd Annual Exhibition - 10/10/2018-20/07/2019
Society of Wood Engravers 81st Annual Exhibition - 10/10/2018-20/07/2019
Society of Wood Engravers 80th Annual Exhibition - 18/10/2017-21/07/2018
Wolverhampton Society of Artists Annual Exhibition - Wolverhampton Art Gallery - 23/09/2017-19/11/2017
Society of Wood Engravers 79th Annual Exhibition - from 11/10/2016
Wolverhampton Society of Artists Annual Exhibition - Wolverhampton Art Gallery -08/10/2016-13/11/2016
Junction Festival of Arts Exhibition - July 2016
Wolverhampton Society of Artists Annual Exhibition - Wolverhampton Art Gallery - 24/10/2015-27/02/2016
Wolverhampton Society of Artists Exhibition - Nuneaton Art Gallery - 26/09/2015-15/11/2015
Wolverhampton Society of Artists Exhibition - Framers Gallery Wolverhampton - 27/09/2014-25/10/2014
Wolverhampton Society of Artists Annual Exhibition - Wolverhampton Art Gallery - Autumn 2013