A childhood fascination with antiquity led act-based Brian tunks on an artful odyssey through Europe, culminating in his colourful range of glassware and ceramics.
When Brian Tunks’ mother gave her son a set of children’s encyclopaedias, she probably had little inkling of how life-changing the gift would prove. The ACT-based ceramics and glassware designer recalls being instantly captivated by entries on antiquity, in particular the cave paintings at Altamira in northern Spain.
“There I was as a little boy in primary school in Grenfell in the NSW Central West, just fascinated by…
