Luke’s first creative passion was photography, he now approaches ceramics in the same way that he constructs photographs, watchful for serendipitous moments when imagery, ideas and form come together. Fascinated by the myriad possibilities of applying print to ceramics he designs and produces underglaze and on-glaze screen printed transfers, an unusual technique in studio ceramics. Luke applies his printed imagery to inventive earthenware forms that exploit the creative potential of a slip casting. Having resided in Bristol for many years his work is influenced by the vibrancy, contrasts and dynamism of his home city and its culture of progressive creative radicalism.