SERVICE CERAMICS | ‘Extruded Form 5’ | Stoneware bud vase

Lachlan Mackee is an emerging ceramic artist working from a private studio based in Bayview Heights. For the past 15 years, Lachlan has worked in the Queensland Police Service primarily as a child abuse investigator. In 2021 he was gifted wheel-throwing lessons and immediately bonded with clay. The meditative state reached while throwing on the wheel, the grounded connection to the earth and artistic expression of a solid material turned fluid are what fuels his creative exploration. In 2023 he established Service Ceramics with a focus on creating utilitarian tableware and vessels. Lachlan believes every object should be functional at its core and express the humanity of maker, material & user.

The body of work produced for Northsite includes extruded forms primarily serving as bud or flower vases. The stoneware clay has been enriched with additives and has been slowly manipulated over days while drying. The tubular geometric forms invite the user to envision coral or fallen trees and other organic imagery drawn from the varied Far North Queensland landscape.

SERVICE CERAMICS | ‘Extruded Form 5’ | Stoneware bud vase | 12.5 x 7 x 12.5 cm