Background
She is the daughter of critic, author and artist Quentin Bell and Anne Olivier Bell.
She is the daughter of critic, author and artist Quentin Bell and Anne Olivier Bell.
She studied at Middlesex Polytechnic, Saint Martin"s School of Art and finally at the Royal College of Art in London, where she graduated in 1984 with an Master of Arts in textile design.
Her work shows some influence from her family background of the Bloomsbury Group but she has developed her own very individual style which is more meticulous and less painterly. Bell also decorates cakes to commission, having published a book Cressida Bell’s Cake Design in 2013.