CLAUDIA LAU
Represented by C. Gallery, Melbourne
Founder and Director HOUSE EDITIONS
(B. 1996) first explored ceramics while studying communication design at RMIT. Enamoured with the physicality of the craft, she began by making traditional ceramic tableware and has developed her practice to explore the boundaries of scale, form, function and glaze chemistry within the medium.
After completing her degree, Lau went on to gain experience in making tableware in Melbourne as well as expanding her studies locally and abroad, including formative experiences in China’s porcelain capital of Jingdezhen. Today she is informed by her deep knowledge and respect for Japanese material culture and its connection to the natural world. Through this lens Lau marries technical know-how and experimental gambits in glaze composition to breathtaking effect.
Working at the intersection of craft and design. Her design practice is defined by an ongoing investigation into the boundaries of ceramic manipulation. A mixture of production experience, technical classes, material chemistry and theoretical approaches to ceramic practice has informed her investigations.
Straddling both experimentation and the refined, she divides her time between her fine art practice and production studio HOUSE EDITIONS. A ceramic design and production studio focusing on timelessness, relevance and beauty based in Jingdezhen, China. This cultural exchange is where she has developed a deeper connection with the tradition of ceramics and experimental production methods.
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Represented by C. Gallery, Melbourne
Founder and Director HOUSE EDITIONS
(B. 1996) first explored ceramics while studying communication design at RMIT. Enamoured with the physicality of the craft, she began by making traditional ceramic tableware and has developed her practice to explore the boundaries of scale, form, function and glaze chemistry within the medium.
After completing her degree, Lau went on to gain experience in making tableware in Melbourne as well as expanding her studies locally and abroad, including formative experiences in China’s porcelain capital of Jingdezhen. Today she is informed by her deep knowledge and respect for Japanese material culture and its connection to the natural world. Through this lens Lau marries technical know-how and experimental gambits in glaze composition to breathtaking effect.
Working at the intersection of craft and design. Her design practice is defined by an ongoing investigation into the boundaries of ceramic manipulation. A mixture of production experience, technical classes, material chemistry and theoretical approaches to ceramic practice has informed her investigations.
Straddling both experimentation and the refined, she divides her time between her fine art practice and production studio HOUSE EDITIONS. A ceramic design and production studio focusing on timelessness, relevance and beauty based in Jingdezhen, China. This cultural exchange is where she has developed a deeper connection with the tradition of ceramics and experimental production methods.
CV
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022
A road that runs along the earth
C. Gallery
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
Spring Equinox
C. Gallery
2023
FLORA
C. Gallery
2022
Translocal Pottery
Aalto University, Finland
Melbourne Design Week
Self Portrait, RMIT Design Hub
2021
Melbourne Design Week
Future Proof, Oigall Projects
Melbourne Design Week,
The Talking Ornament, Flagstaff Gardens
2019
Melbourne Design Week
But First We Eat, Long Division Gallery
2019
Relics Today
Modern Times
2018
The New Heirlooms
Modern Times
SELECTED FAIRS
2023
Melbourne Design Fair
2022
Sydney Contemporary
SELECTED COMMISSIONS
2023
Josh Niland at Edition Hotels
Singapore
2022
PARCS Restaurant
Aqua Culture
RESIDENCIES
2023
Guldagergaard International Ceramic Research Centre
Denmark
2022
Collective Territories x Claudia Lau Studio
Testing Grounds
EDUCATION
2020
Studio Program
SoCA
Glaze Material Chemistry
Ceramic Materials Workshop
2019
Glaze Masterclass with Janet De Boos
Pottery Workshop Jingdezhen
2018
Flatware Masterclass with Michael Skewes
Anchor Ceramics
2017
Glaze Masterclass with Kevin Boyd
Mercator Ceramics School
2015
Glaze Study, Kevin Boyd
Kintsugi Workshop with Showzi Tsukamoto
Tokyo, Japan
2014
Wheel Throwing
Mercator Ceramics School
Bachelor of Design, Communication Design
RMIT University
VARIOUS ACTIVITIES
2022
Artist Lecture
Studio to Production
Craft Victoria
2019 - Present
Founder and Creative Director
House Editions
2017 - 2019
Studio Potter
Wingnut & Co
2016 - 2017
Artist Assistant
Leah Jackson Ceramics
SELECTED PRESS
2023
Artichoke Magazine
Melbourne Design Week: Thoughts on local texture
VOGUE Living
Women in Design, March 2023
Melbourne Milieu:
The Art in Hospitality 2023
2022
Australian Ceramics, Form and Surface
Vol 61 No 2, July 2022
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022
A road that runs along the earth
C. Gallery
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
Spring Equinox
C. Gallery
2023
FLORA
C. Gallery
2022
Translocal Pottery
Aalto University, Finland
Melbourne Design Week
Self Portrait, RMIT Design Hub
2021
Melbourne Design Week
Future Proof, Oigall Projects
Melbourne Design Week,
The Talking Ornament, Flagstaff Gardens
2019
Melbourne Design Week
But First We Eat, Long Division Gallery
2019
Relics Today
Modern Times
2018
The New Heirlooms
Modern Times
SELECTED FAIRS
2023
Melbourne Design Fair
2022
Sydney Contemporary
SELECTED COMMISSIONS
2023
Josh Niland at Edition Hotels
Singapore
2022
PARCS Restaurant
Aqua Culture
RESIDENCIES
2023
Guldagergaard International Ceramic Research Centre
Denmark
2022
Collective Territories x Claudia Lau Studio
Testing Grounds
EDUCATION
2020
Studio Program
SoCA
Glaze Material Chemistry
Ceramic Materials Workshop
2019
Glaze Masterclass with Janet De Boos
Pottery Workshop Jingdezhen
2018
Flatware Masterclass with Michael Skewes
Anchor Ceramics
2017
Glaze Masterclass with Kevin Boyd
Mercator Ceramics School
2015
Glaze Study, Kevin Boyd
Kintsugi Workshop with Showzi Tsukamoto
Tokyo, Japan
2014
Wheel Throwing
Mercator Ceramics School
Bachelor of Design, Communication Design
RMIT University
VARIOUS ACTIVITIES
2022
Artist Lecture
Studio to Production
Craft Victoria
2019 - Present
Founder and Creative Director
House Editions
2017 - 2019
Studio Potter
Wingnut & Co
2016 - 2017
Artist Assistant
Leah Jackson Ceramics
SELECTED PRESS
2023
Artichoke Magazine
Melbourne Design Week: Thoughts on local texture
VOGUE Living
Women in Design, March 2023
Melbourne Milieu:
The Art in Hospitality 2023
2022
Australian Ceramics, Form and Surface
Vol 61 No 2, July 2022