Jennifer Davies
Haywire (2022)
Media: monotype on handmade paper
Statement: I poured a large sheet of (mostly kozo) on which I made a monotype by inking up the parking lot tar loops. I want to convey the dynamic quality of the intersecting lines. Once dry, I altered the image by covering or adding translucent handmade paper to the surface.
Keeping Track (2) (2022)
Media: monotype on handmade paper
Statement: I have long been fascinated by the rich graphics of the tar loops created to repair asphalt. Inking up my favorite configurations, I gently pressed kozo sheets onto them. Back at the studio I assembled them, veiling some areas with translucent sheets before hand sewing them into this collage.
Outer Face (2022)
Media: ink, thread on linen wetlap
Statement: My desire in this piece was to mimic the overlapping design of some bark surfaces, and create some areas of visual intensity. Using a heavy flax paper, I machined sewed each module for a linear element and edged each with ink, before sewing it all together onto a backing sheet.
Jennifer Davies graduated from RISD and the Rome Honors program. Trained as a painter, she now works with handmade paper.
Group shows include the Fuller Craft Museum, Flynn gallery, and Fiber Art international. Solo shows were at City Gallery, and the Museum of Papermaking. She is a member of NAHP and Surface Design Association. In 2012 she was awarded a Connecticut Artist Fellowship Grant. Her work appears in several Fiber Arts books, such as "l'art du fils", by Marie Madelaine Masse, and “Wall Art“, a Schiffer publication. In recent years she has completed commissions for hotels, cruise ships, and residences.
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