Margery Blackman
Margery Blackman | |
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| Born | Margery Isobel McCaskill 25 March 1930 Auckland, New Zealand |
| Alma mater | University of Otago |
| Known for | Weaving |
| Spouse | Gary Blackman (died 2022) |
Margery Isobel Blackman QSM (née McCaskill; born 25 March 1930) is a New Zealand weaver.
Early life and family
She was born in
Lance McCaskill, and graduated from the University of Otago with a Diploma of Home Science.[1][2] She married pharmacologist, photographer and artist Gary Blackman in about 1955.[3]
Weaving career
In 1959 she moved to Edinburgh, where her husband had been awarded a research fellowship at the University of Edinburgh,[4] and she began to learn weaving skills.[1] She was influenced by Scandinavian handweaving and was largely interested in floor rugs.[1]
In 1963 she returned to Dunedin and from 1967 she worked at the
Otago Museum.[1] In 1976 she went to Edinburgh to study weaving under Scottish tapestry weaver Anna King.[1] In 1988 she was made honorary curator of ethnographic textiles and costume from other cultures and Māori material at Otago Museum.[5]
Blackman has organised numerous textile exhibitions, largely at the
In the 1995 New Year Honours, Blackman was awarded the Queen's Service Medal for public services.[10]
Later life
Blackman's husband, Gary, died in 2022.[3]
References
- ^ ISBN 0-589-01343-2.
- ^ "Blackman, Margery". Find NZ Artists. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
- ^ a b "Gary Blackman obituary". The Press. 26 November 2022. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
- ^ "Gary Blackman – I'm known as Marjorie's husband". The Valley Project. Northeastvalley.org. 24 January 2011. Archived from the original on 7 February 2015. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
- ^ a b "Margery Blackman - Textile Curator and Tapestry Weaver". NZine. 22 May 2003. Archived from the original on 17 May 2017. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
- ^ "Margery Blackman talks about researching the 'Stockholm cloak'". YouTube. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
- ^ "Margery Blackman talks about textile analysis". YouTube. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
- ^ "Blackman, Margery". Dunedin Public Art Gallery. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
- ^ "Object: Floor rug". Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
- ^ "No. 53894". The London Gazette (2nd supplement). 31 December 1994. p. 35.
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