Peggy Pedley

Peggy Pedley has lived in Launceston all her life. While establishing a family and home, Peggy honed her skills in sewing, dressmaking, upholstery, knitting, spinning, fine embroidery, cooking, gardening, flower arranging and much more. She will celebrate her one hundredth birthday at the opening of the exhibition.

Peggy studied ceramics at Launceston TAFE (1966-1968) with teachers Bea Maddock and Gwen Barrett. With fellow students Pat Cleveland and Betsy Thane, she established the Riverside Potters in Launceston, operating between 1969 and 1989. Members created, exhibited, and taught pottery, including teaching students through Adult Education. Riverside Potters, as members of the Pottery Society, assisted in establishing an art and craft community workshop at Ritchie’s Flour Mill, which had been bought by the Tasmanian government in 1974.

Peggy studied printmaking at Launceston TAFE (1970) and facilitated craft workshops with friends in her home studio (1995-2010). Peggy volunteered at the Queen Victoria Art Gallery and Museum (2011 -2019), conserving embroidered objects from the Joss House (Chinese temple) and the remnants of ceramics from the Sydney Cove shipwreck.

Exhibitions include collaborative work with Sue Pedley in the Future Feminist Archive exhibition, Daughters Mothers, SCA Galleries, University of Sydney (2015) and Patches of Light, Queen Victoria Art Museum and Gallery, Launceston (2019).