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