Rachel Lucas - Vital
Rachel Lucas - Vital
Rachel Lucas, Vital
Ceramic, 36cm high x 14 wide x 14 deep
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Rachel Lucas, BSc PhD. Rachel learnt to throw at the National Art School, Darlinghurst in 2019 and recently started exhibiting, including Art with Heart (January 2025), Bouddi Society Sculpture Show (June 2025), HBCC Easter Exhibition (2024), and BPAT (2023 and 2024). As a ceramic artist, Rachel’s hands are guided by the rhythms of the earth and the stories whispered by the landscapes and people she encounters. Each piece she creates reflects the natural world—its textures, forms, and quiet strength—and the impressions left on her soul by her journeys.
Clay, for Rachel, is a living material, rich with history and possibility. Its malleability mirrors the ever-changing nature of the environment, while its grounding presence reminds her of our deep connection to the earth. She works with stoneware and porcelain to honour this bond, combining wheel-throwing and hand-building techniques to create shapes and textures that carry the essence of the places she’s explored and the people she’s met along the way.
On those days I catch a glimpse in the mirror and wonder where that girl went? And who is this woman? It’s good to remember that there can be beauty even as things start to fail. I lost a dear friend during Covid. She was relatively young. This series called ‘MORTALS’ is a tribute to aging- to the privilege of living long enough to grow old, a privilege not everyone is fortunate enough to experience. It’s a reminder that while youth, with its perfection of form, is quite simply beautiful; age has a more complex and profound beauty- the beauty of experience, of grace in the face of adversity. It’s also a reminder that there is often incredible strength and inner peace in those who are approaching death.
Expressing faith in endurance despite the ravages of time, these works 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.This one’s for you my darling friend.
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