Elizabeth Lissaman

OBE
Born
Elizabeth Hazel Lissaman

(1901-10-01)1 October 1901
Blenheim, New Zealand
Died18 February 1991(1991-02-18) (aged 89)
Cambridge, New Zealand
Known forCeramics

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]

Lissaman 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]

Lissaman died in Cambridge in 1991.[1]

Publications

  • Lissaman, Elizabeth (1977). Pottery for pleasure in Australia and New Zealand. Sydney: Reed. ISBN 9780589002978.

References

  1. 1 2 Blumhardt, Doreen. "Elizabeth Hazel Lissaman". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  2. ↑ "Remembering a pottery pioneer". Marlborough Express. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
  3. ↑ McPhee, Elena (31 August 2015). "Pottery pioneer's work conserved". Marlborough Express. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
  4. ↑ "No. 49010". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 12 June 1982. p. 40.
  5. ↑ "Elizabeth Lissaman items, Te Papa". Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  6. ↑ "Elizabeth Lissaman items, Sarjeant Gallery". Sarjeant Gallery. Retrieved 21 January 2018.


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