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