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Richard Ballantyne
Richard Ballantyne raku / ceramic

Richard started his career at Bradford College of Art, studying interior design.

After retraining as a teacher in secondary schools he went on to become head of the Ceramics Department. He then started evening classes to keep one step ahead of his pupils. This started a lifetime love affair with ceramics.

Leaving full-time teaching and returning to university he completed a degree in glass and ceramics at High Wycombe and is now a full time ceramic artist, lecturing at High Wycombe University and Thames Valley University.

His ceramics are as varied as the British climate - work being both sculptural and functional, life size to miniature, from Raku to high fired porcelain. Exhibiting all over this country and abroad he has become a well known artist, with his work becoming highly collectable.

Being not only a pyromaniac but also a bit of a magpie, his work incorporates found objects in the sculpture - from ash from Mount St Helens in a glaze, to stones washed on the beach as plinths - telling everyone its own story.


Artwork

Chicken and Egg Timer Chicken and Egg Timer 19Wx33Hx20Dcm | raku and clock mechanism SOLD Small Jugged Hare Small Jugged Hare 16Wx16Hx16Dcm | raku and vintage jug SOLD Small Polar Bear Small Polar Bear 21Wx13Hx9Dcm | raku SOLD Five Chicks on Plough Plane Five Chicks on Plough Plane 23Wx35Hx17Dcm | raku SOLD Stop Cock Stop Cock 10Wx38Hx13Dcm | raku and metal £142.00 Robin on Cleat Robin on Cleat 23Wx20Hx20Dcm | ceramic and wood SOLD Double Chickens on Sprayer Double Chickens on Sprayer 48Wx30Hx20Dcm | raku and found objects SOLD Owl on Spire Owl on Spire 19Wx33Hx9Dcm | raku and print block £182.00 Boogle Doodle Do Boogle Doodle Do 22Wx27Hx15Dcm | raku and brass SOLD Medium Chick Medium Chick 10Wx15Hx20Dcm | raku SOLD What No Guiness What No Guiness 20Wx38Hx14Dcm | raku and found objects SOLD Hare Jumping Over the Moon Hare Jumping Over the Moon 19Wx34Hx7Dcm | raku SOLD Elephant Elephant 22Wx15Hx10Dcm | ceramic SOLD Ewe's Head Ewe's Head 18Wx14Hx15Dcm | raku SOLD Squirrel Nutkin Squirrel Nutkin 10Wx32Hx11Dcm | ceramic and wood SOLD Cocktail Cocktail 17Wx36Hx12Dcm | raku and cocktail mixer SOLD Small Lying Hare Small Lying Hare 30Wx7Hx13Dcm | raku SOLD Ocean Queen Ocean Queen 22Wx28Hx28Dcm | raku and vintage tin SOLD Kintsugi Hare Kintsugi Hare 37Wx13Hx14Dcm | raku SOLD Medium Chick Medium Chick 10Wx15Hx15Dcm | raku SOLD Red Kite Red Kite 18Wx38Hx10Dcm | ceramic SOLD A Trio of Chicks A Trio of Chicks 15Wx7Hx10Dcm | raku SOLD Frog Frog 14Wx6Hx10Dcm | ceramic SOLD U Tern U Tern 27Wx35Hx12Dcm | raku wood metal £158.00 Greasy Hare in Brown Oil Can Greasy Hare in Brown Oil Can 19Wx25Hx12Dcm | raku and vintage oil can SOLD Polar Bear Polar Bear 26Wx13Hx13Dcm | raku SOLD A Sheep at the Wheel A Sheep at the Wheel 15Dx32Øcm | raku and wood £200.00 Pelican on the Pull Pelican on the Pull 28Wx22Hx28Dcm | raku and wood SOLD Lovebirds on Grinder Lovebirds on Grinder 27Wx20Hx12Dcm | ceramic and wood SOLD Kintsugi Dog Kintsugi Dog 31Wx14Hx13Dcm | raku with gold leaf SOLD Otto the Otter Otto the Otter 32Wx11Hx13Dcm | ceramic SOLD Battery Hen Battery Hen 6Wx10Hx4Dcm | raku SOLD Otters Otters 37Wx20Hx15Dcm | raku SOLD Indian Elephant Head Indian Elephant Head 17Wx20Hx8Dcm | raku SOLD Medium Chick Medium Chick 18Wx15Hx10Dcm | raku £83.00 Alice in Wonderland Alice in Wonderland 14Wx14Hx8Dcm | raku and vintage mug SOLD Literate Chicken Literate Chicken 23Wx18Hx18Dcm | raku SOLD Chicken on Chopper Chicken on Chopper 14Wx33Hx16Dcm | raku SOLD Haratio Haratio 34Wx11Hx15Dcm | raku SOLD Seated Polar Bear Seated Polar Bear 21Hx14Dcm | raku SOLD Chucks Away Chucks Away 15Wx17Hx10Dcm | raku and found objects SOLD A Brace of Chicks A Brace of Chicks 10Wx8Hx9Dcm | raku SOLD Pig's Head Pig's Head 10Wx12Hx13Dcm | raku SOLD White Wolf White Wolf 28Wx23Hx12Dcm | raku SOLD Upright Hare Upright Hare 19Wx33Hx11Dcm | raku SOLD Literate Chicken Literate Chicken 20Wx26Hx15Dcm | raku and wood SOLD Owl on Lamp Owl on Lamp 8Wx23Hx10Dcm | raku and found objects SOLD Cripple Cock Cripple Cock 11Wx28Hx20Dcm | raku and vintage bottle SOLD Drunken Chicken Drunken Chicken 19Wx28Hx12Dcm | raku and calvados jug SOLD Derek Derek 13Wx13Hx10Dcm | ceramic SOLD Ewe Bend, Thomas Crapper Ewe Bend, Thomas Crapper 21Wx23Hx18Dcm | raku and vintage mug £200.00 Micro Hare O'plane Micro Hare O'plane 18Wx17Hx5Dcm | raku and wood SOLD Micro Chick Micro Chick 7Wx8Hx11Dcm | raku SOLD Woodpecker Woodpecker 19Wx37Hx12Dcm | ceramic and wood SOLD Ram's Head Ram's Head 12Wx18Hx14Dcm | raku SOLD Double Waxwings on Cooper's Plane Double Waxwings on Cooper's Plane 23Wx20Hx13Dcm | raku and found objects SOLD Puffin on Fishing Reel Puffin on Fishing Reel 19Wx30Hx9Dcm | raku and found objects £185.00 Chicken on Stop Cock Chicken on Stop Cock 13Wx37Hx13Dcm | raku and found objects SOLD Medium Chick (raku tail feathers) Medium Chick (raku tail feathers) 10Wx15Hx15Dcm | raku SOLD Anti Freeze Anti Freeze 20Wx20Hx10Dcm | raku and vintage oil can £125.00 Raven on Cooper's Plane Raven on Cooper's Plane 36Wx22Hx32Dcm | ceramic and wood SOLD Two Puffins on Block Two Puffins on Block 20Wx27Hx20Dcm | ceramic and wood SOLD Large Chick Large Chick 24Wx17Hx12Dcm | raku SOLD Kintsugi Hare Kintsugi Hare 31Wx10Hx16Dcm | raku with gold leaf SOLD Chick Brick Chick Brick 29Wx31Hx20Dcm | raku and found objects SOLD Guy Guy 19Wx24Hx19Dcm | ceramic SOLD Micro Chick Micro Chick 6Wx6Hx10Dcm | raku SOLD African Elephant Head African Elephant Head 18Wx20Hx8Dcm | raku SOLD Owl on Sprayer (Couldn't Give A Hoot) Owl on Sprayer (Couldn't Give A Hoot) 26Wx35Hx22Dcm | ceramic and brass SOLD Egg Bound Egg Bound 27Wx15Hx14Dcm | raku SOLD Ducklings on Spade Ducklings on Spade 16Wx32Hx11Dcm | raku and wood SOLD Super Pig Super Pig 28Wx18Hx13Dcm | raku SOLD Hare O'plane Hare O'plane 21Wx18Hx8Dcm | raku and found objects SOLD Greasy Hare in Green Oil Can Greasy Hare in Green Oil Can 23Wx30Hx13Dcm | raku and vintage oil can SOLD