Luke makes wheel-thrown porcelain and stoneware vessels exploring the (sometimes fractious) relationship between Abstraction and Function, Beauty and Utility. He combines thrown forms with slab and hand-building techniques.
black stoneware
nested dishes and bottle form; black stoneware
black stoneware vessel with asymmetrical handles
black stoneware bottle form
‘Dead Language’ series; black stoneware
porcelain cups with curved handles – Tea / Indigo
black stoneware, abstract handles
tall jug form w asymmetric rim, porcelain
abstract tea set, porcelain
porcelain tray and vessel w asymmetric rim
black stoneware vessel with asymmetrical handles
black stoneware vessels
stacked bowls, porcelain
teal and grey espresso cups w saucer, uneven edges; porcelain
porcelain mug with angled handle
baroque vessel with abstract handles, black stoneware – 40cm height
rough bottle form, black stoneware
black stoneware bottle form
porcelain jar forms
porcelain tray with fractured and uneven edges.
black stoneware bottle form and ceramic quills
porcelain jar forms
nested forms, porcelain
porcelain lachrymatory with orange cups
‘Dead Language’ series; black stoneware; Abstract assemblage of thrown and slab form; black stoneware
grey and orange porcelain bowls
Assemblage black stoneware
tall stoneware vessel with abstract handles
detail: asymmetrical rim, porcelain
black stoneware vessel with asymmetrical handles
‘Dead Language’ series; black stoneware
tall bottle form, porcelain
back stoneware vessels with abstract handles – 36cm max height
porcelain lachryatories, from the “Language of Objects” exhibition, October 2015
porcelain pitcher form with asymentrical rim
‘Dead Language’ series; black stoneware
black stoneware bottle form
drinking set; porcelain
porcelain cup: handle detail
black stoneware jar form
‘Dead Language’ series; black stoneware
black stoneware vessel with asymmetrical handles, max height = 36cm
large standing lachrymatory detail; porcelain
From the “Rongo Rongo; Forgotten Function” series. Assemblage of porcelain vessels; latex additions
black stoneware
porcelain mugs with nagled handles – indigo / grey
black stoneware jar form
‘Dead Language’ series; black stoneware
black stoneware jar forms and ceramic quills
detail: baroque vessel with abstract handles, black stoneware – 40cm height
porcelain platters with uneven edges; 32cm max dia
flat porelain platter form with uneven edges
porcelain vessel with slight asymmetric rim
back stoneware vessels with abstract handles – 36cm max height
‘Dead Language’ series; black stoneware
porcelain mug with angled handle
featured in “Country Living Modern Rustic,” Issue #5. April 2016 (pg 25). Photo by Nato Welton. Styling by Alaina Binks.
porcelain cups, lrg / sml
‘Dead Language’ series; black stoneware
‘Dead Language’ series; black stoneware
‘Dead Language’ series; black stoneware
black stoneware jar form with incised surface
From the “Rongo Rongo; Forgotten Function” series. Assemblage of porcelain vessels; latex additions
porcelain mug with angled handle – teal
orange and grey vessels on low glazed plinth; porcelain
black stoneware vessels with uneven edges
black stoneware vessels with uneven edges
three porcelain vessels w handles and asymmetric edges
large nested dish set with uneven edges; black stoneware
black stoneware bottle forms w uneven edges
