 | New Zealand glass artist Luke Jacomb has received considerable critical attention, awards and inclusion in major museum collections worldwide.
“His works, in blown and cast glass, range from more traditional vase and bowl forms to ambitious, 1.2 metre-long canoe paddles which take a week to produce... A Jacomb piece combines elements of traditional Maori and Polynesian motifs with sleek scandanavian design and intricate venetian glasswork techniques, in what critics praise as distinctive, coherently synthesised aesthetic.” (1).
Luke Jacomb creates images by using an unusual glass that is photosensitive. “While images have long been etched onto glass or imposed using emulsion, in Jacomb’s work the glass itself acts as the photograph. Jacomb says that this allows him to produce images with strong depth, clarity and luminosity.” (2).
“Jacomb’s work is notable not only for its form, but for the material he used. His work with photosensitive glass - which his father [John Croucher] pioneered as a glassblowing material in the early 1990s - has inspired other artists to adopt it , and led to an influx of artist-in-residence invitations from art colleges across America.” (3).
References:
1. Tim Hume, “Glass Act” Sunday Star Times, July 2007.
2. Nick Perry, Seattle Times Eastside Bureau, 16 September 2003.
3. Tim Hume, “Glass Act” Sunday Star Times, July 2007.
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