The artist profile
Nikolai Sixton Nicola Theakston studied at the Jacob Kramer Art Institute, later at the Exeter School of Art, and finally with a Master's degree in Ceramics from the Cardiff School of Art, where Nikolai is internationally renowned as a top sculptor in the field of ceramics.
Appreciation of works (1) Art appreciation
Nikolai's ceramics were made by pressing clay into plaster molds made from her original work. The hollow part is then reassembled and reworked to reconstruct a copy of the original sculpture that was destroyed in the process. After that, the ceramics are painted.
Humans have a rich history of artistic contact with the animal world for various purposes. For Nikolai, it was the stunning beauty of nature and the physical reaction to it; Many different but similar organisms that attempt to understand and characterize mammalian behavior. With the list of critically endangered animals growing, this seems like a very relevant activity.
Appreciation of works (2) Art appreciation
In addition to his apparent appreciation of form, Nikolai wanted the work to elicit individual and diverse responses, from existential issues of vulnerability to less tangible and more ephemeral ideas.
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