About

Richard Baxter makes finely thrown porcelain in distinctively bright, bold and beautiful colours. He favours forms with simple clean profiles reminiscent of mid-century-modern Scandinavian ceramics. On each piece he varies the curves and applies the bands of bronze pigment to fit each form, so every pot is unique.

“This process looks more like original creation itself than any I have ever seen. It is miraculous. The 'thrower' sits on a small high seat well above his wheel, which here is a horizontal rotating disk...he takes a lump of clay, wets it with water, then first 'centres' it by letting it spin rapidly between his hands and gently increasing the pressure until it rises in a whirling column that very quickly becomes symmetrical. He can then play with it as he pleases. A downward and outward pressure and it instantly turns into a bowl. An upward pressure transforms it into a vase. If there is a more fascinating operation than this in all man's varied handiwork, I have never had the luck to see it. I want no conjuring trick more enchanting than this of the spinning clay instantly flowering into bowls and jugs and vases of every known shape. Here is the supreme triumph of man's creative thumb.....I guessed of course that it could not possibly be as easy as it looked.”

From J B Priestley’s English Journey 1933

STOCKISTS

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NORTH

Look, Helmsey, N Yorks

Pyramid Gallery, York

SCOTLAND

Strathearn Gallery, Crieff

Number Four Gallery, St Abbs

MIDLANDS

Woburn Mosaic, Woburn

EAST ANGLIA

Cambridge Contemporary Crafts, Cambridge

Gallery Plus, Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk

Giggle Goat, Norwich

The Hare & The Hen, Burnham Deepdale, Norfolk

SOUTH

Bell Fine Art, Winchester

Cecilia Colman Gallery, London

Iona House Gallery, Woodstock, Oxon

New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham, Hants

Objet Trouve, Alfriston, Sussex

Fitch & Fellows, Thame, Oxon

WEST

Bristol Guild

Ivy House Gallery, Llandeilo

NORTHERN IRELAND

Doghouse Gallery , Coomber