Richard Baxter
I have been a professional potter for 28 years.
I work from my studio and gallery in Leigh on Sea, Essex.
Recently I made some large porcelain pieces for Stella McCartney for her new Hong Kong and Paris flagship stores. I also made some jugs for Heston Blumenthal for his Roman Feast Channel 4 TV show. I am currently making work for the Henry Moore Institute at Perry Green. I exhibit widely in galleries in the UK and at shows such as Art In Action and Art In Clay, as well as selling throughout the world via my website.
I have sold at Bonhams of Knightsbridge and have made recreations of Leonardo da Vinci percussion instruments for the 2006 Victoria & Albert Museum Leonardo exhibition. My work often appears in magazines like BBC Good Homes, Grand Designs and Country Homes and Interiors, in books and has been featured in several television programmes.
These pieces are thrown on the wheel using fine porcelain clay, which gives strength, translucency and purity of colour. I am currently investigating various ways in which the forms can be pierced to achieve low relief decorative effects as well as views into the pots.
All glazes are my own, developed from extensive testing, and are fired in an electric kiln at 1220`c.
