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Carolle Blackwell "The idea for these clay sculptures has been waiting for the right time, it seems to me, to be realised. I came across the Japanese ceramics called 'Haniwa' many years ago. Around that time I was interested in Egyptian artifacts connected to ancient burial customs and through this discovered that the Japanese in 6th century AD had developed the custom of encircling the base of their burial mounds of the deceased rulers with hundreds of cylinders made of clay to help reduce erosion of the earth. Over time these cylinders took on a variety of shapes to do with the life of the people, ie a warrior in armour, a house, a dog, a horse and the one I chose to develop in my work; the human figure."

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