https://www.instagram.com/luke.fuller_/
- process – building up many small, uniform parts and then subjecting the sculpture to physically intense processes such as hitting with mallet, throwing, firing etc ?
- using processes from coal mining and brick making industries
https://www.lukefuller.co.uk/faults
Faults
The Faults series is the result of an investigation into geological processes, and humans’ desire to control and obtain organic matter. The work produced uses a layering technique informed by sedimentary rock formations to create a combustible mould. The technique creates cracking across the outside surface of the work which is uncontrollable due to rapidly heating the clay. The human induced tension that is created in the clay could be compared to contemporary concerns towards our own environment.
Repointing
Clay bricks are part of the foundation of urban society and feature in our everyday life. Bricks proliferate throughout our architectural landscape and provide the building blocks for our infrastructure. This has led to Fuller becoming fascinated with their manufacturing process, specifically handmade bricks. Handmade bricks are traditionally produced by throwing and pressing clay into wooden moulds.
The Repointing series has been informed and developed through his research into the brick making industry. His work pays homage to this ancient craft industry, and embodies the kinetic energy used in their fabrication.
https://www.sarahmyerscough.com/artists/45-luke-fuller/
The artist’s work embodies a raw energetic power; its variegated forms and unbounded textural surfaces are inspired by the parallel layers of rock strata built up over a period of time. This can be closely compared to his process of compacting and pressing clay layer by layer into a cardboard mould. His technical facility allows him to push the sculptural aspect of his work to new and unexpected forms, which recall naturally wrought compositions of rock and stone risen from the earth.
- do this in my ceramic work? use paper/cardboard to construct clay and allow this to burn away, leaving space for material agency to take over in the kiln
Anna Harris 