Edith Morris

Edith Morris was an influential jewellery designer and silversmith, and one of a few women in New Zealand during the middle of the twentieth century who earned a living as a practising craftsperson.

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Clara Tice

Clara Tice is known as the “Queen of Greenwich Village” due to the role her erotic and revolutionary illustrations played in the Bohemian/modernist scene of Greenwich Village during the 1910s and 1920s. Her illustrations, many of which depicted nude women and animals, simultaneously caused controversy and were celebrated. Tice exercised her artistic ability in all of the careers she pursued throughout her life, ranging from set designer to children’s book editor.

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