Jo Budd
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| birth_name = Josephine Budd
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| birth_place = Norwich
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| nationality = British
| field = Quilting
| training = Newcastle University
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Jo Budd (fl. 1980 -) is an English artist specialising in creating art from textiles. Trained as a Fine Artist her work could be described as Quilt Art, but frequently contains both collage and/or printing.
Biography
Josephine Budd was born in 1961 in Norwich. She completed her Fine Art education in Newcastle University and began a career in teaching as well as practising her art. She is known for her art work using quilts, collage and printing.[http://www.quilt.co.uk/quilting-articles.asp?idNo=27 Jo Budd at Festival of Quilts, 2006] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101130115714/http://www.quilt.co.uk/quilting-articles.asp?idNo=27 |date=30 November 2010 }}, Celia Eddy, September 2006
Budd has tackled a number of commissions for notable companies{{cite web|url=http://www.samlingfoundation.co.uk/guest_artists/JoBudd.html|title=Jo Budd|publisher=Samling Foundation|accessdate=1 June 2010|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828195031/http://www.samlingfoundation.co.uk/guest_artists/JoBudd.html|archivedate=28 August 2008}} and her work is in a number of collections including the Victoria and Albert Museum,[http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/videos/j/video-wintermale-and-summerfemale-by-jo-budd/ Winter/Male and Summer/Female], Jo Budd, Victoria and Albert Museum. Retrieved June 2010 Budd's use of landscape in her work led Edexcel to recommend her as an artist for British Art and Design GCSE students to study in 2010.[https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:eyGs21JwHHwJ:www.sevenoaksschoolartspace.com/y11-resources/GCSEexampaper_ArtDesign_June2010.pdf+%22jo+budd%22+gcse&hl=en&gl=uk&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESjqKvoi-X-Y8lqhVh4-vS21srkSK4OyQuzqfhHihGdw2TOGQJq0e6MRwVOfHqvzMZBTxhLLGDgarEs6Z4Li6ODOMRArSvnPJBS50f9eP1bSEXlHGthr2bdxTSHOYfVM4tZ5pP1f&sig=AHIEtbRsUigPIczLT1VI-CbAh0dqIqW45g Art & Design Exam paper], Edexcel, 2010. Retrieved June 2010
Budd lives near the Norfolk and Suffolk border with her partner, Brian Excell. She has one son.
Work
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Category:British textile artists
Category:Alumni of Newcastle University