Margery Blackman

Margery Isobel Blackman (née McCaskill; born 25 March 1930) is a New Zealand weaver.

Early life and family She was born in Dunedin in 1930, the daughter of naturalist Lance McCaskill, and graduated from the University of Otago with a Diploma of Home Science. She married pharmacologist, photographer and artist Gary Blackman in April 1955 at Knox Church, Christchurch.

Weaving career In 1959 she moved to Edinburgh, where her husband had been awarded a research fellowship at the University of Edinburgh, and she began to learn weaving skills.

Blackman has organised numerous textile exhibitions, largely at the Otago Museum, including 'Islamic Rugs' in 1975, 'Indonesian Weaving' in 1981, 'Treasures from Māori Women' in 1989, and 'From Emperor's Court to Village Festival', an exhibition of Chinese textiles. Her work is held in the Dunedin Public Art Gallery and Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.

In the 1995 New Year Honours, Blackman was awarded the Queen's Service Medal for public services.

Later life Blackman's husband, Gary, died in 2022.