Artists > Richard Ballantyne
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](imgs/art/thumbnail/richard_ballantyne_chicken_egg_timer_A230226171828.jpg)
![Small Jugged Hare](imgs/art/thumbnail/richard_ballantyne_small_jugged_hare_A221120074325.jpg)
![Double Chickens on Sprayer](imgs/art/thumbnail/richard_ballantyne_double_chickens_on_sprayer_A230809044544.jpg)
![King Charles Spaniels](imgs/art/thumbnail/richard_ballantyne_king_charles_spaniel_A240507154807.jpg)
![Five Chicks on Plough Plane](imgs/art/thumbnail/five_micro_chicks_on_plough_plane_raku_A201021064927.jpg)
![U Tern](imgs/art/thumbnail/richard_ballantyne_u_tern_A231030121441.jpg)
![Alice in Wonderland](imgs/art/thumbnail/rbaw2_A231030111838.jpg)
![Indian Elephant Head](imgs/art/thumbnail/indian_elephant_head_A230817072002.jpg)
![Owl on Spire](imgs/art/thumbnail/richard_ballantyne_owl_on_spire_A230109161334.jpg)
![Woodpecker](imgs/art/thumbnail/rbw2_A230226174402.jpg)
![Medium Chick](imgs/art/thumbnail/rb_4mc_A230109162645.jpg)
![What No Guiness](imgs/art/thumbnail/richard_ballantyne_what_no_guiness1_A220122112634.jpg)
![Hare Jumping Over the Moon](imgs/art/thumbnail/rb_jumpin_A220225114424.jpg)
![Elephant](imgs/art/thumbnail/richard_ballantyne_elephant_A220122111749.jpg)
![Anti Freeze](imgs/art/thumbnail/rbaf3_A231030114351.jpg)
![Frog](imgs/art/thumbnail/richard_ballantyne_frog_A231030104404.jpg)
![Two Chicks on Copper Bottle](imgs/art/thumbnail/richard_ballantyne_two_chicks_on_copper_bott_A240507154247.jpg)
![Cocktail](imgs/art/thumbnail/richard_ballentyne_cocktail_A230109160753.jpg)
![Haratio](imgs/art/thumbnail/richard_ballantyne_horatio_A230601031906.jpg)
![Ocean Queen](imgs/art/thumbnail/richard_ballantyne_ocean_queen_A210618033544.jpg)
![Medium Chick](imgs/art/thumbnail/richard_ballantyne_medium_chick_A230316160551.jpg)
![Ewe Bend, Thomas Crapper](imgs/art/thumbnail/rbub4_A230527125515.jpg)
![Red Kite](imgs/art/thumbnail/richard_b_3a_A210515091927.jpg)
![Micro Chick](imgs/art/thumbnail/micro_chick_A230817072617.jpg)
![Robin on Cleat](imgs/art/thumbnail/richard_ballantyne_robin_on_cleat_A231030104646.jpg)
![A Brace of Chicks](imgs/art/thumbnail/rb1_A231030122607.jpg)
![Greasy Hare in Brown Oil Can](imgs/art/thumbnail/rb_bj1_A221006093254.jpg)
![Polar Bear](imgs/art/thumbnail/richard_ballantyne_polar_bear_A221006092715.jpg)
![Hare O'plane](imgs/art/thumbnail/richard_ballantyne_hareoplane_A230527125927.jpg)
![Pelican on the Pull](imgs/art/thumbnail/richard_b_peli_2_A210515103243.jpg)
![Lovebirds on Grinder](imgs/art/thumbnail/richard_lovebirds_5_A210515105508.jpg)
![Kintsugi Dog](imgs/art/thumbnail/richard_ballantyne_kintsugi_dog_A220225114810.jpg)
![Otto the Otter](imgs/art/thumbnail/rb_oo1_A221006092422.jpg)
![Battery Hen](imgs/art/thumbnail/rbbh_A211110125535.jpg)
![Otters](imgs/art/thumbnail/rb_otter1_A210910120324.jpg)
![African Elephant Head](imgs/art/thumbnail/african_elephant_head_A230817072115.jpg)
![Medium Chick (raku tail feathers)](imgs/art/thumbnail/richard_ballantyne_medium_chickuf_A231030115234.jpg)
![Ducklings on Spade](imgs/art/thumbnail/rbds4_A231030112110.jpg)
![Literate Chicken](imgs/art/thumbnail/rbliteratechicken1_A210910120838.jpg)
![Rhino](imgs/art/thumbnail/richard_ballantyne_rhino_A240507153240.jpg)
![Chicken on Chopper](imgs/art/thumbnail/richard_bchicken_on_chopper_A211001114843.jpg)
!['Priceless' Mad Hatter](imgs/art/thumbnail/richard_ballantyne_priceless_mad_hatter_A240507153348.jpg)
![Micro Hare O'plane](imgs/art/thumbnail/richard_ballantyne_micro_hare_oplane_A230809043244.jpg)
![Chicken on Bugle](imgs/art/thumbnail/richard_ballantyne_chicken_on_bugle_A240507153617.jpg)
![Seated Polar Bear](imgs/art/thumbnail/polarbear_A201012135832.jpg)
![Chucks Away](imgs/art/thumbnail/richard_ballantyne_chucks_away_A220807063447.jpg)
![Literate Chicken](imgs/art/thumbnail/rblc1_A231129122649.jpg)
![Ram's Head](imgs/art/thumbnail/richard_ballantyne_ram_A231030112737.jpg)
![Spotted Duck](imgs/art/thumbnail/richard_ballantyne_spotted_duck_A240507154042.jpg)
![White Wolf](imgs/art/thumbnail/richard_white_wolf_A220523022535.jpg)
![Chooks Away](imgs/art/thumbnail/richard_ballantyne_chooks_away_A240507154510.jpg)
![Ewe Clown](imgs/art/thumbnail/rbec2_A240507155622.jpg)
![Squirrel Nutkin](imgs/art/thumbnail/richard_ballantyne_squirrel_nutkin_A231030104224.jpg)
![Hippy Potty Mouse](imgs/art/thumbnail/richard_ballantyne_hippy_potty_mouse_A240507153037.jpg)
![Owl on Lamp](imgs/art/thumbnail/richard_ballentyne_owl_on_lamp_A211110130558.jpg)
![Boogle Doodle Do](imgs/art/thumbnail/richard_ballantyne_boogle_doodle_do_A230226173327.jpg)
![Drunken Chicken](imgs/art/thumbnail/richard_ballantyne_drunken_chicken_A221120074156.jpg)
![Derek](imgs/art/thumbnail/richard_ballantyne_derek_1_A220122111450.jpg)
![A Sheep at the Wheel](imgs/art/thumbnail/richard_ballantyne_a_sheep_at_the_wheel_32dx15_200_A230527125747.jpg)
![Small Polar Bear](imgs/art/thumbnail/rbspb_A230809043918.jpg)
![Stop Cock](imgs/art/thumbnail/rbsc1_A231030121112.jpg)
![Kintsugi Hare](imgs/art/thumbnail/richard_ballantyne_kintsugi_hare_raku_A230316160346.jpg)
![Cripple Cock](imgs/art/thumbnail/richard_ballantyne_cripple_cock_A240507155501.jpg)
![Ewe's Head](imgs/art/thumbnail/a_rbeh_A231030113006.jpg)
![Double Waxwings on Cooper's Plane](imgs/art/thumbnail/richard_ballantyne_double_waxwings_oncoopers_plane_A211110130854.jpg)
![Chick Brick](imgs/art/thumbnail/richard_ballantyne_chick_brick_A230527130741.jpg)
![Chicken on Stop Cock](imgs/art/thumbnail/richard_ballantyne_chicken_in_stop_cock_A211110130301.jpg)
![Micro Chick](imgs/art/thumbnail/richard_ballantyne_micro_chick_A231030120534.jpg)
![Medium Chick](imgs/art/thumbnail/richard_ballantyne_medium_chick_A231030114732.jpg)
![Raven on Cooper's Plane](imgs/art/thumbnail/richard_b_3_A210515110517.jpg)
![Two Puffins on Block](imgs/art/thumbnail/richard_ballantyne_two_puffins_A210515095411.jpg)
![Large Chick](imgs/art/thumbnail/rciachard_ballantyne_large_chick_A230109162118.jpg)
![Kintsugi Hare](imgs/art/thumbnail/richard_ballanyne_kintsugi_hare_A221002061936.jpg)
![Small Lying Hare](imgs/art/thumbnail/richard_ballantyne_harry_krisha_A230601031409.jpg)
![Guy](imgs/art/thumbnail/richard_2_A210515091517.jpg)
![Upright Hare](imgs/art/thumbnail/rb_urh1_A230901142439.jpg)
![A Trio of Chicks](imgs/art/thumbnail/trio_of_chicks_A230817072508.jpg)
![Owl on Sprayer (Couldn't Give A Hoot)](imgs/art/thumbnail/richard_ballantyne_owl_on_sprayer_A210515112755.jpg)
![Egg Bound](imgs/art/thumbnail/rb_egg_bound_A210922045423.jpg)
![Small Hare](imgs/art/thumbnail/richard_ballantyne_small_hare_A240507153507.jpg)
![Pig's Head](imgs/art/thumbnail/richard_ballantyne_pig_A231030112608.jpg)
![Super Pig](imgs/art/thumbnail/richard_ballantyne_super_pig_1_A220122111042.jpg)
![Puffin on Fishing Reel](imgs/art/thumbnail/rbp2_A230527130351.jpg)
![Greasy Hare in Green Oil Can](imgs/art/thumbnail/ricahrd_ballantyne_greasy_hare_green_A221002060926.jpg)