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