Meet the team

Darcie is an emerging artist specializing in ceramics, creating organic, dynamic forms influenced by the natural environment and her own life experiences. Having graduated high school last year, she is currently enrolled in an arts and culture administration program and plans to continue her study focused on fine arts at university in 2025. Darcie's interests extend beyond ceramics to all areas of art, including lighting and music, with hopes of creating immersive installations in the future.

In the early stages of her artistic journey, Darcie's work is characterized by experimentation as she hones her unique style. She is drawn to the tactile nature of clay, embracing the freedoms of push-pull, build-takeaway, and rough-smooth techniques to capture movement and shape. Her abstract organic forms hold special significance, serving as physical representations of herself, created during times of personal growth.

Structurally, Darcie's works are organically formed with large curves and natural connections. Movement, tension, and evolution is seen reflected through abstract representations of naturally occurring patterns.  Her works reflect these patterns seen in both micro and macro organisms, on land and in water throughout the natural world.

Darcie's practice heavily depends on her emotions and experiences, with her works often changing and adapting over time. She explores variations of form through building onto clay or carving away at it. Her rapid shaping and expressive manipulation of clay aim to create visually appealing and harmonious works that reflect her sense of emotion, harmony, and flow.

Luke is a registered architect and has been working with local firm Curious Practice for 6 years following study at the University of Newcastle. Beyond architecture, Luke maintains a personal art practice and most recently in 2024, held a solo exhibition “The Park” at Gloucester Gallery which explored the mythologised narratives of self and identity.