Amanda Davis has always had remarkable talent. Once, her childhood drawings were shown to a University of Colorado Elementary Art Professor who refused to believe that a four-year old was capable of that level of anatomical accuracy and depiction of movement. Later, she began to construct small sculptures and jewelry from clay, rocks, wire and other objects. She developed a love for scrounging up interesting shapes from driveways, parking lots, dumps, anywhere that objects were dropped. Her natural manual dexterity with wire introduced her quickly to a love of metal. At the same time, her mother is an accomplished seamstress. She taught Amanda to sew and manipulate fabric to create functional pieces for the home and body. Amanda soon saw fabric as a medium with which to sculpt. She began creating small sculptures out of fabric at the age of twelve. During this time, her work began to lean towards abstraction with an emphasis on innovative form, design and construction. Each piece maintains a strong sense of focal point and emphasis. The boundaries and limits she allows in her work let the viewer to focus, rest and appreciate the form and construction.

Since Amanda grew up in the world of art, she has had opportunities to advance her skill-level well beyond what is typical for her age. Her father, Dave Davis, is a well-known Colorado artist and arts activist. During this life-time apprenticeship, she has learned and continues to learn about the tools, skills and craft element of art while inventing her own sense of style and form.

While Amanda still incorporates metal, wood, rock and other found objects into her pieces, she is gravitating towards fabric as her medium of choice. “With cloth, I don’t have to put anything else with it because it casts its own shadows, creates its own depth. “Working with cloth has proved to be a welcome challenge. “While fabric is easy to manipulate,” says Amanda, “it also has inherent limits and boundaries. You can work in one area and make it look just the way you want it but now another area has changed; it has new creases, folds and bumps…but you don’t want to attach everything down too soon, it will lose its free-flowing qualities.” However, it isn’t just the challenge of shaping fabric that intrigues her. Amanda feels that there is something special about the way fabric feels. “I have trouble articulating why, but from the time I was a little kid I would walk around feeling fabric between my fingers while we were in a fabric or clothing store."

Amanda is dedicated to her art--she is in the unique position of working in her father's studio every day, providing her with access to materials, expertise and inspiration. She is a true artist: prolific, talented and inventive.