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