Nicola Kerslake

I am a Fine Art graduate from Falmouth University. Here is a documentation of some of the work that I have made. I was the New Medalist for The British Art Medal Society between September 2015 and September 2016.

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Swanpool - 2016

Bronze Medal

Three different patinations on the bronze. 

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Medal Views - 2017

Bronze and patina. 

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Weather Station Part 2, b-side Festival Portland. Images of the exhibition. My work includes the prints seen in images 1 & 5, and the machines in 2, 3 & 4. 

Images 2,3,4: available at: http://thisistomorrow.info/articles/weather-station-part-ii 

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Weather Station 2 - Artist Response

The Weather Station gradually disconnected me from the outside; sounds were distorted, communication was limited, and my breath rasped within the airlock. I could not forget the danger of a limited air supply, and the possibility of being carried out to sea. Soon I was transfixed on the churning waves as they continually broke upon the shore. I began to follow them, back and forth, inside the transparent vessel. I slowly started to trust the Weather Station, safe from the icy water, wind and rain. However, condensation formed by my breath began to cloud my vision. It became difficult to predict the pattern of the waves, and at points I was unable to outrun them. The foaming water lifted me off the sand; I became unstable and often tumbled. Dizziness elevated to the point of seasickness. I was not able to withstand the force of the tide.

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Seascape (2016) 

Bronze Medal. 

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Weather Station: Swanpool (2016)

Low tide to high tide - screenprints on paper. 

These six prints were produced after my interaction with the weather station. They show my form being manipulated by the force of the tide, gradually moving up the beach throughout. 

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Weather Station 2: Swanpool

Low Tide to High Tide. 

Time Lapse animation.

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Woodland, 

Bronze, 2015

Owl and stag in the moonlight. 

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Medal Works, brass, 2015.  These medals were made whilst on residency in Bulgaria, under the tuition of Bogomil Nikolov. My residency lasted a month, and was funded by the British Art Medal Society. 

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‘I feel lost’ plaster for finished medal

This medal is made in response to my unknown surroundings, as well as the small amount o f Bulgarian language that I know. The Bulgarian words, when read individually translate to the separate words 'I’, 'feel’ and 'lost’ but when joined together are not grammatically correct in Bulgarian as they are in English.

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Trace, degree show installation, 2015. 

Wind drawings on copper, slate and sail fabric. Lettra-set detailing and a kinetic wind-machine. 

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Trace - Degree show installation, 2015. 

Documentary film, book of wind-drawings and artist statement. 

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Trace -Degree show installation, 2015.

Screenprint backed on aluminium, mini-screenprinted postcards. With a larger installation view.

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Gold/Copper Screenprint, 2015.

I was experimenting with the use of gold/copper pigment within the printing medium. I was hoping to link the colour of the print back to the ore that this area was associated with, however the pigment was more ‘gold’ in colour than copper. The image upon black is rich and full of texture.

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Silver Screenprint, 2015.

Aluminium oxide powder was mixed into the printing medium to create this silver print. The inverse printed image was inspired by the photographic silver gelatine process developed in the 1800’s. I wanted to give the photographs an ‘aged effect’ to reference David Goldblatt’s photographs, taken of mines in South Africa in 1960 onwards.

The silver print could also be a reference to the tin mined within Cornwall.

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Eclipse, 20.03.15

This etching was made to commemorate my actions on the 20th of March, where I created a wind-drawing spanning the time of the partial solar eclipse.

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Print experiment, steel aquatint, 2015

This print was inspired by photographs I took with a Kodak Brownie, on 620 black and white film. The photographs were taken as I took my wind mechanisms to the different sites within Cornwall.