Nichola Theakston has established herself as one of the UK's foremost contemporary sculptors working within the animal genre. She has exhibited widely across the country and is collected enthusiastically by many who appreciate her exceptional natural ability and skill, coupled with sensitivity and awareness of her subject. Unique hand-built sculpture is usually fabricated from a single thin sheet of clay, or coil built with detail added using small pieces of clay and built up like a puzzle or mosaic. Work is often at risk during construction and the resulting fragility is integral to both concept and aesthetic.