Margaret Hine

Ceramic bird by Margaret Hine, 1950s. Glazed stoneware with sgraffito decoration.

Margaret Hine (1927-1987) was a British studio potter.[1] She was known in the 1950s for her animal figures but also produced painted dishes and ceramic murals.[1]

Life

She studied at Derby School of Art and then went to the Central School of Arts and Crafts, where she studied pottery under Dora Billington, and the the Institute of Education, where she studied under William R. Newland.[2] In 1949-54 she had a studio in Bayswater, London, with Newland and Nicolas Vergette.

She married Newland in 1950, with whom she had two children, and in 1954 set up a studio with him in Prestwood, Buckinghamshire.[1] Their archive is held by the University of Wales, Cardiff.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Oliver Watson, Studio Pottery, London: Phaidon Press, 1993
  2. 1 2 Partington, Matthew. "Designing Britain: 1945-1975: Oral testimony and the Interpretation of the Crafts". VADS. University for the Creative Arts. Retrieved 20 March 2016.


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