Cressida Bell
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| Born | 1959 (age 66–67) |
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| Website | https://www.cressidabell.co.uk/ |
Cressida Bell (born 1959) is an English artist and designer, specializing in textiles, interior design, cake decoration and illustration.[1]
She is the daughter of critic, author and artist Quentin Bell and Anne Olivier Bell. She is the granddaughter of Vanessa Bell and great niece of Virginia Woolf.[1][2]
She studied at Middlesex Polytechnic, Saint Martin's School of Art and finally at the Royal College of Art in London, where she graduated in 1984 with an MA in textile design.[1]
Bell is a designer of textiles, lampshades, greetings cards and stationery, known for colourful patterns which hark back to early 20th century British design.[3]
Bell also decorates cakes to commission, having published a book Cressida Bell’s Cake Design in 2013.[4]
Publications
- Cressida Bell - The Decorative Painter (1996)
- Cressida Bell - Cressida Bell’s Cake Design: Fifty Fabulous Cakes (2013) [4]
See also
References
- ^ a b c Clifton-Mogg, Caroline: "Lifestyle - Cressida Bell" Archived 2014-01-03 at the Wayback Machine, House & Garden, July 2010, pp. 62-70.
- ^ "Artists Open Houses: Designer Cressida Bell on her work, Charleston and famous family". The Argus. 4 May 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2025.
- ^ https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1667564/red-balls-design-bell-cressida/ "This is one of 13 designs (E.104 to 113-2021) by Cressida Bell acquired as examples of appealing, unique and popular British textile design."
- ^ a b "Cressida Bell’s cake designs are a feast for the eyes – and the stomach", The Metro, 5 June 2013. Retrieved 2014-01-03.
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