Richard Price

Richard Price is a British Glass Sculptor living in Amsterdam.

Richard is a master craftsman in the techniques of casting (pâte de verre) and glassblowers. He has traveled frequently to France and Italy, to assist Italian master glassblowers where he was able to observe and learn from such masters who have complete control over the material glass.

Since 1990 he has traveled extensively in Thailand. This country has become his spiritual home.

Much of his inspiration for his glass works come from his life, from women, children, nature, history, Buddhism, ships, horses and flat lands of Goole, his childhood home, situated on the banks of the river Ouse. English roses, birds, friends’ babies, cuddly toys, Asian friends, headdresses, body ornaments are all areas that he draws his inspiration from.

The British humour and contradiction in his work are that the beautiful figurative sculptures and portraits are literally put behind bars or are so abundantly decorated with natural, colourful and golden details, that they seem weighed down by the overflow. The decorations form an armour to guard the sculptures against outside advances.

Richard says “We live in beautiful cages built by us to give the illusion of freedom, which we enter willingly”.

His work can be found in Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Japan, Ebeltoft Glass Museum, Denmark, Musée-Atelier du Verre, Sars-Poteries, France, Gent Sierkunst Museum, Gent, Belguim and numerous museums in the Netherlands and collections around the world.