Njengoba kunombhalo ongenisa ulwazi ngo-Audrey Babette Blackman, ngitshele amagama nabazali bakhe nemisebenzi yabo.
Context:U-Audrey Babette Blackman (née Seligman; 28 Julayi 1907 <unk> 17 Julayi 1990) wayengumqophi waseBrithani nomdwebi wezithombe.  Umlando UBlackman wazalelwa eLondon futhi wakhulela eLeatherhead eSurrey ngabazali bakhe, uHilda, umqophi nomlobi, noRichard Seligman, unjiniyela wamakhemikhali. Ngemuva kokufunda eWimbledon High School eLondon, uBlackman wachitha iminyaka emibili, kusukela ngo-1924, eKunstgewerbeschule eGraz e-Austria ngaphambi kokubuyela eNgilandi ukuyofunda eGoldsmiths College School of Art kuze kube ngu-1930 bese e-University of Reading kusukela ngo-1931 kuya ku-1935.  Ekuqaleni uBlackman wasebenza ngethusi ukuze akhiqize izingcezu ezincane zeqembu kanye nezibalo kodwa ngemuva kweMpi Yezwe II waqala ukusebenzisa i-terracotta ne-stoneware ngaphambi kokugxila ekwakheni izibalo zobumba. Emsebenzini wakhe wobumba, uBlackman wasebenzisa izingcezu zobumba ezigoqiwe nezishaywe zaba imifanekiso futhi, ngo-1978, washicilela incwadi ethi, Rolled Pottery Figures, ngobuchwepheshe bakhe. Kamuva empilweni yakhe wakhiqiza izingcezu ezingabonakali kakhulu, kufaka phakathi imidwebo ngemibala yamanzi kanye ne-gouache.  UBlackman wayengumbonisi ojwayelekile weNhlangano Yabasebenzi Besifazane, i-SWA, naseRoyal Academy eLondon. Wakhombisa imisebenzi engaba ngu-48 ne-SWA phakathi kuka-1939 no-1971 futhi wakhethwa njengelungu elihlangene ngo-1952 nelungu eligcwele ngo-1961. Imisebenzi eyishumi nesikhombisa kaBlackman yafakwa emibukisweni yaseRoyal Academy phakathi kuka-1938 no-1960. Wabuye wabonisa okungenani kanye eRoyal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts futhi wayeyilungu le-Art Workers Guild. UBlackman ubesebenza ezinhlanganweni eziningana ezikhuthaza ubuciko nemisebenzi yezandla kufaka phakathi i-International Academy of Ceramics, iKomidi Lokweluleka Ngezobuciko kanye neFederation of British Craft Societies.  Ehlala eBoar's Hill eduze kwase-Oxford, washada noGeoffrey Blackman, uprofesa wezomnotho wasemakhaya waseSibthorpian e-Oxford University, futhi wahlala isikhathi eside neSt Cross College yaleyo nyuvesi, lapho kugcinwa khona izibonelo eziningana zemidwebo yakhe nobumba futhi igumbi liqanjwe ngenkumbulo yakhe.
Amagama abazali baka-Audrey Babette Blackman kwakunguHilda Sligman noRichard Seligman. UHilda wayengumculi nombhali kanti uRichard wayengunjiniyela wamakhemikhali.