Cressida Bell (born 1959) is an English artist and designer, specializing in

textiles Textile is an Hyponymy and hypernymy, umbrella term that includes various Fiber, fiber-based materials, including fibers, yarns, Staple (textiles)#Filament fiber, filaments, Thread (yarn), threads, and different types of #Fabric, fabric. ...

, interior design, cake decoration and illustration.Clifton-Mogg, Caroline
"Lifestyle - Cressida Bell"
, '' House & Garden'', July 2010, pp. 62-70. She is the daughter of critic, author and artist

Quentin Bell Quentin Claudian Stephen Bell (19 August 1910 – 16 December 1996) was an English art historian and author. Early life Bell was born in London, the second and younger son of the art critic and writer Clive Bell and the painter and interior ...

and Anne Olivier Bell. She is the granddaughter of

Vanessa Bell Vanessa Bell (née Stephen; 30 May 1879 – 7 April 1961) was an English painter and interior designer, a member of the Bloomsbury Group and the sister of Virginia Woolf (née Stephen). Early life and education Vanessa Stephen was the eld ...

and great niece of

Virginia Woolf Adeline Virginia Woolf (; ; 25 January 1882 28 March 1941) was an English writer and one of the most influential 20th-century modernist authors. She helped to pioneer the use of stream of consciousness narration as a literary device. Vir ...

. She studied at

Middlesex Polytechnic Middlesex University London (legally Middlesex University and abbreviated to MDX) is a public research university based in Hendon, northwest London, England. The university also has campuses in Dubai and Mauritius. The name of the university is ...

Saint Martin's School of Art Saint Martin's School of Art was an art school, art college in London, England. It offered foundation and degree level courses. It was established in 1854, initially under the aegis of the church of St Martin-in-the-Fields. Saint Martin's beca ...

and finally at the

Royal College of Art The Royal College of Art (RCA) is a public university, public research university in London, United Kingdom, with campuses in South Kensington, Battersea and White City, London, White City. It is the only entirely postgraduate art and design uni ...

in London, where she graduated in 1984 with an MA in textile design. In July 1986 thieves broke into her studio and stole £3,000 of hand-made limited edition scarves. She appeared on Crimewatch in September 1986 to appeal for information on the crime Bell also decorates cakes to commission, having published a book ''Cressida Bell’s Cake Design'' in 2013."Cressida Bell’s cake designs are a feast for the eyes – and the stomach"
'' The Metro'', 5 June 2013. Retrieved 2014-01-03.

Publications

* Cressida Bell - ''The Decorative Painter'' (1996) * Cressida Bell - ''Cressida Bell’s Cake Design: Fifty Fabulous Cakes'' (2013)

References

External links

Cressida Bell studio website

1959 births Living people Alumni of the Royal College of Art Alumni of Saint Martin's School of Art English designers Stephen–Bell family British textile designers {{UK-artist-stub

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