Jo Luping Design

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Jo Luping Design produces art pieces such as ceramics, jewellery, prints and textiles that possess unique, endearing characteristics. They are dramatic and intelligent and reflect the natural environment that we live in. Inspiration is drawn form the land and sea. Jo is inspired by the Japanese aesthetic “wabi-sabi”. The characteristics of wabi-sabi aesthetic include simple elegance, intimacy, modesty and suggest a natural process.

Jo Luping studied printmaking and photography at the Otago Fine Art School, followed by film making and design at Wellington's Victoria University. She established her studio in 1996 and became renowned for her ceramics, which capture New Zealand's coastal landforms and indigenous flora and fauna. She works in a variety of mediums including jewellery, ceramics, glass, printmaking, textiles, photography and film.
She lives in Wellington with her gorgeous husband Aaron and delightful daughters.