Rebecca Jewell: Bird of Paradise, 2004

About the artist:

Rebecca Jewell (b. 1963)
Rebecca Jewell b. 1963 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.

Jewell 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.