A practice built on repair
FRSA — Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts
Serpil's training as a conservator shaped how she sees material long before it shaped how she makes art. Years spent stabilising, cleaning, and caring for archaeological and historical objects left her with a working belief: nothing reaches the end of its usefulness just because its first purpose is finished.
That belief became SerpilCaliskanart — a body of mixed media work built from copper, brass, and silver wire, wrapped and woven together with reclaimed wool and yarn. The materials are chosen, not just for what they once were, but for what they can still hold: a coil of wire that once served an entirely different job, given a second, deliberate shape.
The same patience runs through her third practice, writing for children — stories that ask young readers to look twice at things too quickly written off.
- Copper wirereclaimed / oxidised finish
- Brass wirereclaimed fittings & salvage
- Silver wirefine gauge, hand-wrapped
- Wool & yarnrescued fibre, hand-spun blends
