Elizabeth Hazel Lissaman
Elizabeth Hazel Lissaman | |
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Born |
Blenheim | 1 October 1901
Died |
February 18, 1991 89) Cambridge | (aged
Nationality | New Zealand |
Notable work | Ceramics |
Awards |
Order of the British Empire 1982 |
Elizabeth Hazel Lissaman OBE (11 October 1901–18 February 1991) was a New Zealand studio potter.[1]
Lissaman was born in Blenheim and grew up on her family's sheep station, Waireka, near Seddon.[2]
In 1969 Lissaman published Pottery for Pleasure in Australia and New Zealand, a book designed to support potters working with Australasian clays.[3]
She was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, for services to pottery, in the 1982 Queen's Birthday Honours.[4] Her work is held in several public collections, including the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa and the Sarjeant Gallery.[5][6]
Publications
- Lissaman, Elizabeth (1977). Pottery for pleasure in Australia and New Zealand. Sydney: Reed. ISBN 9780589002978.
References
- 1 2 Blumhardt, Doreen. "Elizabeth Hazel Lissaman". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
- ↑ "Remembering a pottery pioneer". Marlborough Express. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
- ↑ McPhee, Elena (31 August 2015). "Pottery pioneer's work conserved". Marlborough Express. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
- ↑ London Gazette (supplement), No. 49010, 11 June 1982. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
- ↑ "Elizabeth Lissaman items, Te Papa". Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
- ↑ "Elizabeth Lissaman items, Sarjeant Gallery". Sarjeant Gallery. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
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