Rachel Lucas
At work (playing) in my studio
Photo courtesy of Madi Young, The Cornerstore Gallery, Orange, NSW
My current series are shown below. More images can be seen by navigating via the side bar. I have recently started experimenting with sculptures in bronze and include images of my first couple of attempts.
MORTAL Series
A reminder that it is our mortality that makes life so precious and that growing old is a privilege that many are not afforded.
Like precious and friable objects uncovered in archeological digs, these works, suggestive of museum pieces, express faith in endurance despite the ravages of time. They balance mass against negative space, that which survives against that which has been lost, to evoke perfect forms that are still fully realised, seen clearly in the mind’s eye. Time breaks and degrades all things natural and unnatural, all human lives and artefacts, yet even undergoing these processes of destruction our works and our lives may retain strength and grace. The body breaks; the spirit is intact.
From the RAKU Kiln
These pieces have been created using a variety of techniques including marking with horsehair and feathers, and saggar firings with metal salts, steel wool, seaweeds and other organic materials.
Between the Waves
Simple classic shapes have been thrown on the wheel then altered by stretching, bending, carving and by addition of extra clay to achieve organic shapes full of motion. The shapes are inspired by and reminiscent of waves and shells. They echo the emotions of living by the beach.
