Nora Kate Weston
{{short description|Australian cabinet-maker and woodcarver}}
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| name = Nora Kate Weston
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| other_names = "Chips" Weston
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1880|06|18|df=y}}
| birth_place = Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1965|08|16|1880|06|18|df=y}}
| death_place = Berrima, New South Wales, Australia
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| nationality = Australian
| occupation = Cabinet-maker
| alma_mater = School of Art Wood-Carving, South Kensington
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Nora Kate Weston (June 18, 1880 – August 16, 1965), also known as "Chips" Weston, was an Australian cabinet-maker who taught woodcarving, carpentry and leatherwork. She was influential in the arts and crafts movement in Australia.
Early life
Nora Kate Weston was born on 18 June 1880 at Parramatta in New South Wales.{{cite Australian Dictionary of Biography |last1=Hunt |first1=Jane E. |title=Weston, Nora Kate (1880–1965) |id2=weston-nora-kate-12004 |accessdate=11 April 2020}} Her parents were Frederick Weston and Mary Ann Elliott. She had eight brothers and sisters.
Career
Weston studied in London at the School of Art Wood-Carving, South Kensington.
Weston opened Sydney studios which offered art classes, lessons in woodcarving, carpentry and leatherwork.{{cite web|url=https://www.daao.org.au/bio/version_history/eirene-mort/biography/?p=4&revision_no=9|title=Eirene Mort b. 1879|website=Design & Art Australia Online|accessdate=11 April 2020}} Together with her partner Eirene Mort,{{cite web |title=Celebrating the arts and crafts of Eirene Mort |url=https://www.abc.net.au/radio/canberra/programs/mornings/eirene-mort-exhibition/9037860 |website=ABC Radio |accessdate=11 April 2020 |language=en-AU |date=11 October 2017}} and artists Dorothea Adams and Beatrice Pearson, she gave private lessons to adults and groups of children at their studio.{{cite web |title=The Amazing Miss Mort |url=https://www.nla.gov.au/unbound/the-amazing-miss-mort |website=National Library of Australia |accessdate=11 April 2020}}
The studio became a professional design and Australian art centre which operated for more than 30 years.{{Cite web|url=https://www.southernhighlandnews.com.au/story/3590684/artist-teacher-eirene-mort-moved-to-mittagong-in-1937/|title=Artist, teacher Eirene Mort moved to Mittagong in 1937|date=2015-12-21|website=Southern Highland News|language=en|access-date=2020-04-12}} They promoted Australian products and design, designing and manufacturing furniture, wood carving, metalwork, bookbinding and leatherwork, using their own designs.
Weston was an early member of the Society of Arts and Crafts of New South Wales.{{Citation | author1=Cooke, Anne | author2=Society of Arts & Crafts of N.S.W | title=A History of the Society of Arts & Crafts of New South Wales 1906-1991 : issued in commemoration of the 85th anniversary of the Society of Arts & Crafts of New South Wales | year=1991 | publication-date=1991 | publisher=The Society | isbn=978-0-646-07767-3 }}
Weston taught crafts to wounded soldiers in various hospitals in World War I and in World War II.
Personal life
Weston died on 16 August 1965 at Berrima.
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Category:20th-century Australian artists