The story of Boudicca
Boudicca, (died 60 or 61 CE), ancient British queen who in 60 CE led a revolt against Roman rule. Boudicca’s husband, Prasutagus, was king of the Iceni (in what is now Norfolk) as a client under Roman suzerainty. When Prasutagus died in 60 with no male heir, he left his private wealth to his two daughters and to the emperor Nero, trusting thereby to win imperial protection for his family. Instead, the Romans annexed his kingdom, humiliated his family, and plundered the chief tribesmen. While the provincial governor Suetonius Paulinus was absent in 60 or 61, Boudicca raised a rebellion throughout East Anglia. The insurgents burned Camulodunum (Colchester), Verulamium (St. Albans), the mart of Londinium (London), and several military posts. According to the Roman historian Tacitus, Boudicca’s rebels massacred 70,000 Romans and pro-Roman Britons and cut to pieces the Roman 9th Legion. Paulinus met the Britons at a point thought to be near present-day Fenny Stratford on Watling Street and regained the province in a desperate battle. Upon her loss, Boudicca either took poison or died of shock or illness. - https://www.britannica.com/biography/Boudicca
Reflection
The reason that I chose to look into the story of Boudicca, is because I wanted to make a contemporary piece of artwork, that I could put back into a historically important site. And seeing as I live in Norwich it made sense to look into the stories that surround this area. When planning how I could incorporate the tale of how Boudicca lead her tribes people down to Diss, I realised that there was some importance to the ground they walked on as it is the same earth that is walked on still today, that overlapping of times felt exciting to me. I therefore decided to use the clay sculptures I had been making which were in themselves evocative of stones and present them as sacrificial icons, and anoint them with a liquid woad mix, as a way of blessing them, these stones would serve a purpose by map out sections of the journey. When I arrived at a tranquil spot, I plan to explore the space around me by cordoning of space with woad dyed string that I will make myself by hand ahead of this venture. By exploring space in this way I am making a physic link to the journeys of the past as well as making a soft sculptural design that will stand out and yet be sympathetic of the landscape.
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