Dempster also trained further in London at Regent Street Polytechnic and at Munich Academy in Germany.

[1][3] In the late 1930s, Dempster was commissioned to produce three large carvings in oak, two of angels and one of the biblical figure Jubal, for the new organ case at St Giles' Cathedral.

[1][3][4] Her first commission was Seahorse for the Clyde Navigation Trust which was shown at the 1938 Empire Exhibition at Bellahouston Park.

[1] Dempster designed and carved the first and fifth monoliths of the Royal Scots Monument in Princes Street Gardens in Edinburgh.

[1] A selection of Dempster's works, several of which are held in the collections of the Royal Scottish Academy and National Galleries of Scotland.