01 - 22 July 22

When Luke Jacomb stepped into the glass world almost 30 years ago he had little idea of the lifelong connection he would form with the material, and the endless connections he would create through working in the medium. In this show ‘Connection’, Jacomb uses his exceptional technical ability to connect traditional Maori and Pacific design with a European centric medium and techniques. Luke imagines alternative histories where it was the Venetians who first landed on the shores of Aotearoa and fuses craft and design in this body of work. Utilising the skills he has learnt over the last three decades to translate textures and patterns of weaved baskets, carved designs and paddle shapes into blown glass form.

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