About Irine Lui
I am an Indonesian who grew up in Jakarta and Singapore, and now resides in Sydney.
I work full time for a medical specialty college. Maintaining a full-time job and trying to establish a ceramics career can be quite a juggle, but I have enjoyed it.
Once you go ceramics, you never go back
Ceramics was a passion I picked up when I was in year 12 of high school (I think ceramics was really the main reason I went to school at all). Ceramics lay dormant as I pursued my other career. However I was reconnected with ceramics while completing my master degree.
The creative process
My ideas come at very random times. I have a few sketchpads lying around the house to record ideas. I'm not that great at freehand drawing. For most of my work, I would roughly sketch them, and then trace or recreate the image on the computer using Illustrator. If the piece is a bit more complicated, I visualise and sketch the technical aspects on paper first. Working with the clay comes last when I have fully thought out what I want to do.
Interdisciplinary Interests
Being Indonesian, I grew up with an exposure to traditional Indonesian arts and crafts. I'm greatly interested in exploring the possibilities of incorporating Indonesian arts and crafts into my ceramics work.
The Ceramics Plan
In the past 3 years, I have been fortunate enough to be able to show my work at various exhibitions, and have had very lovely people purchasing my ceramic pieces. I am continually learning about ceramics through books, videos (YouTube is a great source of free ceramics videos), ceramics journals and from taking pottery classes. In the coming future, I hope to continue holding ceramics shows, gain exposure and establish myself as a ceramics artist.
I work full time for a medical specialty college. Maintaining a full-time job and trying to establish a ceramics career can be quite a juggle, but I have enjoyed it.
Once you go ceramics, you never go back
Ceramics was a passion I picked up when I was in year 12 of high school (I think ceramics was really the main reason I went to school at all). Ceramics lay dormant as I pursued my other career. However I was reconnected with ceramics while completing my master degree.
The creative process
My ideas come at very random times. I have a few sketchpads lying around the house to record ideas. I'm not that great at freehand drawing. For most of my work, I would roughly sketch them, and then trace or recreate the image on the computer using Illustrator. If the piece is a bit more complicated, I visualise and sketch the technical aspects on paper first. Working with the clay comes last when I have fully thought out what I want to do.
Interdisciplinary Interests
Being Indonesian, I grew up with an exposure to traditional Indonesian arts and crafts. I'm greatly interested in exploring the possibilities of incorporating Indonesian arts and crafts into my ceramics work.
The Ceramics Plan
In the past 3 years, I have been fortunate enough to be able to show my work at various exhibitions, and have had very lovely people purchasing my ceramic pieces. I am continually learning about ceramics through books, videos (YouTube is a great source of free ceramics videos), ceramics journals and from taking pottery classes. In the coming future, I hope to continue holding ceramics shows, gain exposure and establish myself as a ceramics artist.
Qualifications
2013
Master of Design (Digital Media and Ceramics)
College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales
Australia
2006
Bachelor of Computer Science
University of Bina Nusantara (International)
Indonesia
Master of Design (Digital Media and Ceramics)
College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales
Australia
2006
Bachelor of Computer Science
University of Bina Nusantara (International)
Indonesia
Acknowledgements
Recipient of the Australia Council for the Arts' Artstart Grant (June 2014-2015).
This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts
funding and advisory body.
This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts
funding and advisory body.