Margery Clinton was a specialist in reduction lustre glaze

Ceramic glaze

Glaze is a layer or coating of a vitreous substance which has been fired to fuse to a ceramic object to color, decorate, strengthen or waterproof it.-Use:...

s. She studied painting at the Glasgow School of Art

Glasgow School of Art

Glasgow School of Art is one of only two independent art schools in Scotland, situated in the Garnethill area of Glasgow.-History:It was founded in 1845 as the Glasgow Government School of Design. In 1853, it changed its name to The Glasgow School of Art. Initially it was located at 12 Ingram...

 between 1949 and 1953 and was part of the Young Glasgow group, whose inaugural exhibition was held at the McLellan Galleries

McLellan Galleries

The McLellan Galleries are an exhibition space in the city of Glasgow, Scotland. Built in 1856, the Galleries are named after their founder, Archibald McLellan , a coach builder, councillor and patron of the arts...

 in 1958. Clinton developed an interest in ceramics before going on to research reduction lustre glazes at the Royal College of Art

Royal College of Art

The Royal College of Art is an art school located in London, United Kingdom. It is the world’s only wholly postgraduate university of art and design, offering the degrees of Master of Arts , Master of Philosophy and Doctor of Philosophy...

 in the early 1970s. http://www.nls.uk/catalogues/online/cnmi/inventories/acc11283.pdf Inventory Acc.12879 Margery Clinton

In 1978 she set up a workshop at Newton Port in Scotland and worked there in partnership with Jan Williamson until 1981. Clinton continued there until 1995 when she moved to a new studio at Templelands

Templelands

Templelands is a Georgian house in Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland. According to the listed building report for the property, it dates to circa 1820, but there are references that date it back to the late 18th century, and attribute it to the architect James Craig , more famous for his work on...

, Dunbar

Dunbar

Dunbar is a town in East Lothian on the southeast coast of Scotland, approximately 28 miles east of Edinburgh and 28 miles from the English Border at Berwick-upon-Tweed....

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Clinton undertook a number of notable architectural commissions later in her life, and her work with tiles was regarded as spectacular. She has been exhibited at the Tate

Tate

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, the V&A, Glasgow Art Gallery and the Royal Museum of Scotland.

She authored Working with lustres (also titled Lustres), published by Batsford in 1991, now Anova Books

Anova Books

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, an accessible treatment of the techniques used in much of her signature work.http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/41735 National Library of Australia, Retrieved 31 March 2009.

A comprehensive inventory of her recipes and research of lustres is held by the National Library of Scotland

National Library of Scotland

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along with her correspondence, financial records, and working papers 1969 –95.http://www.nls.uk/catalogues/online/cnmi/inventories/acc11283.pdf Inventory Acc.11283 Margery Clinton