Margaret Tuckson b. 1921

Also known as Dorothea Margaret Bissett
  • Artist (Ceramist),
  • Curator
Tuckson was a potter working first in low-fired ceramics, at one point, constructing a raku kiln in Sydney. She expanded this interest to Papua New Guinea ceramic traditions publishing "The Traditional Pottery of Papau New Guinea" with Patricia May in 1982. Studying ceramics at East Sydney Technical College, she was a founding member of the Potters Society of Australia as well as an educator.
Tags: Earthenware pots, New Guinea, Aboriginal art, Muse, Keeper of the flame
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exhibited at
Eveolution: An exhibition of women's art from the Newcastle Region Art Gallery collection
Date
9 March 1995 - June 1995
Place
Newcastle Region Art Gallery, Newcastle, NSW
Description

Opened by Deborah Mills and the Lord Mayor of Newcastle, 8 March 1995. Curator: Annette Larkin.

Type
Exhibition
Tags
National Women's Art Exhibition

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References [<ExternalResource: Jeremy Eccles. "Margaret Tuckson." obituary. Sydney Morning Herald, 30 October 2014, p.35. (illustrated)>, <ExternalResource: Patricia May and Margaret Tuckson. The Traditional Pottery of Papua New Guinea. Crawford House, 2000, Bay Books edition 1982.>, <ExternalResource: David Marr "Tony Tuckson's abstract masterpieces left to Australian nation by his widow">] [<ExternalResource: Jeremy Eccles. "Margaret Tuckson." obituary. Sydney Morning Herald, 30 October 2014, p.35. (illustrated)>, <ExternalResource: Patricia May and Margaret Tuckson. The Traditional Pottery of Papua New Guinea. Crawford House, 2000, Bay Books edition 1982.>]