Education
Born in Manchester, Lancashire, England in 1914, Davis studied at Salford Art School and was taught basic pottery skills by Muriel Bell.
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Career
In 1936 she began working at Leach Pottery in Cornwall under David Leach, where she met Harry Davis. In 1946, they established the Crowan Pottery in Cornwall. They moved to Nelson, New Zealand, in 1962 and set up the Crewenna Pottery in nearby Wakapuaka.
Between 1972 and 1979 they lived in Izcuchaca District, Peru, establishing a pottery workshop in a small community as part of an aid project
They returned to New Zealand in 1979.
