Blog — Shelley Davies

A few years ago, I completed a huge collage project, my ‘Four Elements’, which was one long, large paper collage comprised of Air, Water, Earth and Fire, and filled to the brim with ephemera, photographic images and paper-constructed, 3D elements. Cobble Hill Puzzles then turned this behemoth into four, interconnecting jigsaw puzzles, which fit together vertically. A visiting filmmaker, Alan Agopsowicz, (the husband of my lovely photographer for the project, Jo-Ann Richards) said, ‘Wow, if I don’t make a film showing your process, no one will have any idea just how intensively handmade your work is’.  If you’re at all...

Did you know I have three different lines of colourful textiles with Northcott Fabrics? All of my ‘Rainbow’ collages have been exquisitely reproduced on their beautiful, silky, 100% cotton, together with a range of solid-coloured fabrics to accompany each line. Because of the depth of detail in my work, the quality of the printing is essential, and Northcott has done a fantastic job translating my fun designs into really beautiful textiles. I was delighted to be the cover girl on their LookBook last year, too! Click on the images below to view each collection…   I’ve been delighted to see SO...

 In 2021 I was commissioned by Ravensburger Puzzles to create two distinct collages for the Eames Office, the folks who keep the spirit of 20th century design giants Ray & Charles Eames alive (the business being run by their grandchildren). The brief was to create two jigsaw puzzle designs illustrating the many ways to enjoy the wonderful ‘House of Cards’ deck of interlocking cards, the ‘toy’ created by the Eames in 1952 to spark ideas and creative play (two of my favourite things!), which is still manufactured by Ravensburger today. Each deck has 54 interlocking cards which depict, as Charles...

‘Found Alphabet’, my latest 1000 piece jigsaw puzzle for Cobble Hill Puzzles has just been released into the wild, but so far only in the US. This vibrant collage is a medley of my very handmade, typographic submissions to the glorious typography project that is @36daysoftype, the annual, global and super-fun, Instagram challenge (thank you Nina Sans & Rafa Goicoechea, founders of @36days). 26 letters & 10 numerals in 36 days in any style: GO! (FYI: In this puzzle, there are 35 symbols, to fit into their 5x7 puzzle grid)Available at www.cobblehillpuzzles.com in the US, and coming to Canada very sooooon….🧩And...