My name is Luke Tupper, I am an artist and designer, primarily working in sculpture and live and work in the south west of England.

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My artwork is almost exclusively working with metal, mainly mild and stainless steel. I draw my ideas from many aspects of life and shared human experience. I use industrial techniques and material knowledge, coupled with curiosity and experimentation, to produce works that are intended to be equal parts concept and craftsmanship.

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I graduated Bath school of art and design in 2014 with a BA in fine art sculpture. After a few years getting on my feet, I found my way into working in Europe's largest sculpture foundry. This experience opened my eyes to the wider art world from the view point of the people on the ground doing the craft, and inspired a deep love of the materials and processes that influence every piece of work I make today. 

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After three years learning from some of the greatest craft people in the world I moved into the engineering industry. In an incredible stroke of luck my current employer sees the value my art background and creative approaches, and allow me to use their extensive equipment to make my work.

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My main focus on the majority of my works is the interplay of the organic and inorganic. For as long as I can remember I have been fascinated by nature reabsorbing the human world and the impermanence of our existence. Mortality is the lense that allows us to define beauty and meaning. 

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The key to my work is in the making. The pursuit of an objective through perpetual problem solving and pushing my capabilities and the material is what drives me. The final form is never a fixed idea and change through the process of making is allowed to organically inform the work. I purposely leave evidence of the making in my art as it feels like an integral component of the narrative. 

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I have been making serious strives to develop and refine my own practice in recent years and continue to growaw my portfolio. My work is now shown across the UK in half a dozen exhibitions a year.