She constructed a wood-fire kiln at her Scarborough home, teaching herself firing techniques.
In 1959, Campbell worked with Johannes de Blanken, a Dutch potter who had moved to Western Australia.
Campbell held her first solo exhibition in 1969 at the Old Fire Station Gallery in Fremantle.
Campbell found herself being recognised as an exponent of Raku, and was invited in 1972 to exhibit at the International Academy of Ceramics Exhibition, with a selected group of Australian potters, at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
[3] Campbell established a studio at the Old Kerosene Store building on the shore of Bathers Beach, adjacent to the ruins of the original Fremantle Jetty (south of the South Mole of Fremantle Harbour) in 1975.