Her first productions were brightly coloured and made up of diamonds, oblongs and squares. She had the idea of painting imperfect ware with these designs, and the designs and crude colours began to sell. The early designs were called Bizarre. Cliff pottery was shown at many exhibitions and her design, Tibetan, won the diploma of honour at Ghent in 1913. In the 1920s and 1930s Clarice with her cloche hat, cigarettes and ruby-coloured Austin Seven, seemed to be typical of the times Towards the end of her life she became a celebrity among Art Deco collectors.