Erna Manners b. 15 January 1899

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Teacher and potter who was trained at the Royal Academy in London. Manners contributed to the community by editing a magazine 'Western Australian Art' that ran for some fifteen issues.
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Teacher, potter trained at the Royal Academy in London and worked at Poole Potteries in Dorset before arriving in Australia in 1947 to commence pottery classes at Fremantle Technical School, Fremantle, Western Australia. Manners was meticulous in supervising the drawing and preparing designs and making of the work, which drove her recreational students, up the wall. The students learnt to hand build, pinching the clay that was supplied by Brisbane & Wunderlich.

Accustomed to a large works Manners was not particularly adept at firing in the make-do kilns. She contributed to the community by editing a magazine Western Australian Art that ran for some fifteen issues. Manners was ill at the time and died soon after returning to England in 1951. Her students included Meg Brent-White (Sheen) and Jean Ewers.


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Dr Dorothy Erickson
Date written:
2010
Last updated:
2011

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  • London, England, UK
  • Western Australia, WA
  • London, England, UK
  • Western Australia, WA
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  • 1942
  • 1947
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  • Royal Academy, London, England, UK
  • Royal Academy, London, England, UK
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