Gay Eaton

Gaynor Mary Eaton MNZM (10 April 1933 ? 8 July 2017) was a New Zealand textile artist. ^[1]^[2] Pieces of her work are held in the permanent collection of Otago Museum in Dunedin. ^[1]

Eaton was the president of the Otago Embroiderers' Guild and also served as a regional education officer for the Association of New Zealand Embroiderers' Guilds. As part of this role, she taught embroidery at St Hilda’s Collegiate School , Dunedin. In 1984, she proposed an annual embroidery school be run at W?naka , Otago; the school started in 1985 and has run every year since. ^[3] Eaton chaired the organising committee for 25 years, and in 2014 an exhibition of her work was presented at the event. ^[3]

Eaton was appointed a Member of the Order of New Zealand in the 2007 New Year's Honours , for services to embroidery. ^[4]

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^ ^a ^b Gibb, John (19 June 2014). "Dunedin dubbed embroidery capital" . Otago Daily Times . Retrieved 26 January 2020 .
^ "Tributes Online ? Listings" . tributes.co.nz . Retrieved 26 January 2020 .
^ ^a ^b "Embroidery school holds 30th event" . Otago Daily Times . 16 March 2014 . Retrieved 26 January 2020 .
^ "Full New Year's Honours list" . The New Zealand Herald . 29 December 2006. ISSN 1170-0777 . Retrieved 26 January 2020 .

[:0-1] Gibb, John (19 June 2014). "Dunedin dubbed embroidery capital" . Otago Daily Times . Retrieved 26 January 2020 .

[2] "Tributes Online ? Listings" . tributes.co.nz . Retrieved 26 January 2020 .

[:1-3] "Embroidery school holds 30th event" . Otago Daily Times . 16 March 2014 . Retrieved 26 January 2020 .

[4] "Full New Year's Honours list" . The New Zealand Herald . 29 December 2006. ISSN 1170-0777 . Retrieved 26 January 2020 .

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