fenella davies

Bold geometric designs and abstract compositions are the central basis of my quiltmaking. I like to utilise to the full the medium in which I work - rough linen fabrics, raw & torn edges, visible stitches - and combine this with an overlay of dyes and paints. I work in series - sometimes three or four at a time - usually one series leads to another.

I made my first piece of embroidery aged 12 - moved on to designing and marketing toys - then on to embroidering small landscape pictures and wallhangings - by this time the need to work BIG took over, and the rest, as they say, is history.....................

Self taught textile artist, and ...................

City & Guilds Diploma in Embroidery (distinction) UK
City & Guilds Diploma in Patchwork & Quilting UK

Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts
Member of QuiltArt

Professional Artist Member of SAQA - Studio Art Quilt Associates

Member of Quilters Guild of Great Britain

Member of Bath Textile Artists 1986-96

Selected juried & invitational exhibitions:

2007-10 Quiltart 22 - travelling, Denmark, Europe, Korea.

2005-8 Quiltart QA20 - travelling, museums & galleries in UK, Holland, Japan

Canada, Heidelberg

2007 Solo Exhibiton, La Sucriere, Lyon, France.

2005 Solo exhibition, Guildhall, Bath, UK

2005 Textile 05 Kaunas Art Biennial, Lithuania

2004 Off the Wall, Delta Studios. Scotland

2004 2nd European Triennial Textile & Fibre Art, Riga, Latvia.

2003 Contemporary Art Quilts 2003. UK

2002 Reflections. Minerva Arts Centre. Wales.

2002 Six Continents of Quilts. Museum of Arts & Design, New York USA

2002 Transforming Tradition. Quilters Guild of Great Britain.

2002 Quilt Expo VII. Barcelona. Spain.

2001 Quiltart Moving On - travelling, museums & galleries, UK,

Germany,Holland.

2001 Hands All Around XVII. Houston. USA

2001 art of the STITCH 2001. Pall Mall Galleries. London. UK

2001 Young British Designers. World Quilt Show. USA.

2001 European Quilt Art Quilt 2001. The Light. Bruxelles. Belgium

2001 Contemporary Quilts. Devon Guild of Craftsmen. UK

2000 Out of Africa. UK

2000 6th Carrefour Exhibition. France.

2000 Contemporary Art Quilts. Oxford. UK

1999 Under the Covers. Quilters Guild of the British Isles. London. UK

1999 Creations & Savoir Faire. Paris. France

1998 A Stitch in Time. Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead. UK.

Collections:

Museum of Arts & Design. New York. USA

Braintree District Museum. UK.

Quilters Guild of Great Britain.

Private collections worldwide.

Publications:

               Work featured in many publications, including:
                Profile: International Quilting Times. Autumn 1999

Moving On - Quilt Art 2001
Profile: American Quilters Society, Autumn 2002

Quilt Art 20. 2005
Profile: Inspiration Plus. Bailey Curtis. 2006

Quilt Art 22 - Under Construction - 2007

Awards:
1997 Quilts UK. First and Second Prizes

1997 Great British Quilt Festival - judges awards &

commendations

              1997           Scottish Quilt championships - First Prize.
             1998            National Patchwork Championships. Second prize.
             2000            Quilts UK. 2nd Prize & special award.
             2001            Quilts UK. Second Prize.

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