America artist Jennifer Davies graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design as an illustration major. Drawing was her focus, until she discovered papermaking in the 1980s at the Creative Arts Workshop in New Haven. From that point on paper moved from her support to her art and she experimented with paper pulp, pouring and splashing the thick liquid to create paintings, low reliefs, and three-dimensional pieces.  

Jennifer Davies have always been attracted to all forms of fiber, especially paper. Creating with paper feels like dancing with a partner, the material itself leading Jennifer Davies through a series of new steps. Images from nature – cracked rock walls, delicate spider webs, and the phases of the moon – are all forms and patterns Jennifer Davies use as sources. Along with these references Jennifer Davies want mine work to have a strong physical presence that expands into multiple associations.

Years later she learned about Japanese fibers and papermaking and adopted these traditions due to their focus on materiality and natural pigments. Davies fiber art draws inspiration from her earlier drawings and includes handmade paper, collage, and woven pieces that are colorful, playful, and allude to images from nature.