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From the 1999 solo exhibition at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London University

"I greatly admire your cross-cultural artistic sense and ability to fuse Persian and Western artistic motifs. Visual poetry"
Dr. Leonard Lewisohn
Research Associate
Centre of Near and Middle Eastern Studies
S.O.A.S.

"Beautiful works of art, evocative enough to tease the eye"

"A wonderful sense of otherness"

"Lovely combination of fine glaze and dainty images"

"Beautiful work. Interesting to see you blend history into modern work"

"Vases, plates and bowls beautifully handcrafted and will grace any collection"

"I enjoyed the exhibition and liked the colours - pink and gold"

"I love your figures! The glazes are very pretty"

" like the use of colour and symmetry. The whole effect is very restful"

"Your pots have a distinct presence and distinctive personalities. Both witty and graceful"

"In a world increasingly dehumanised and made impersonal by technology, these beautiful artefacts shine with the creative soul captured in the form of clay and pigment"

"Very beautiful"

"Effulgent"

"Eclectic"

"Carolinda Tolstoy herself appears to come directly from sixteenth - seventeenth centuries Persia, also portraying Russia from the past centuries with her unique pallet."
Helena Livanova
Executive Director
Christmas Films
Moscow

"Really beautifully fascinating to have a contemporary eye on the splendours of the Safavids"

"A lovely exhibition of beautiful objects, historical reference without losing freshness"