Podcast: Artist Interview with Rebecca Jewell

Rebecca Jewell

Welcome back and thank you for listening to this episode of the Fen Ditton Gallery podcast, with me, Hannah. This episode features Rebecca Jewell, an printmaker and collage artist who has discovered a unique printing process - directly onto bird feathers!

First shown at the gallery in 2019 as part of our Bird exhibition, Rebecca has also shown in Silver & Green, and most recently Plantlife with Meadowlife.

Rebecca studied archaeology and anthropology at the University of Cambridge and completed a doctorate in Natural History Illustration at the Royal College of Art in 2004. Her intricate drawings of artefacts and bird specimens, and her unique feather collages, are inspired both by material culture collections in museums and a cross-cultural examination of the human exploitation and veneration of birds.

Rebecca is a Fellow of the Zoological Society of London(FZSL), Fellow of the Linnean Society (FLS) and Member of the Art Workers’ Guild (AWG)Jewell divides her time between Fen Ditton and London where she is currently Artist in Residence at the British Museum as part of the ‘In Storage’ project.