About

After 60 years, firstly as an apprentice into the machine tool industry and then (working very happily) within  the industry all my life, I’ve now decided to retire and concentrate on the aspects of life that I always aspired to.

This website and blog bring together my four great loves:

• Ceramics: In my workshop I work with clay to create forms and glazes inspired by my time outdoors and from the wonderful years together with my wife Liz, a brilliant  artist and potter. She passed the baton to me and now I aspire to all the wonders of creation that came from her beautiful hands.
• Coastal Walks: The British coastline is my biggest inspiration. My walks along its cliffs and shores provide inspiration, ideas, textures, and colour palettes for my photography and  ceramic work.
• Photography: My camera is my constant companion, allowing the capture of light, patterns, and details of the natural world that influence my thinking and zest for life that emanates from the wonder of  our islands
• Gardens: Since the age of 14, I’ve gardened all my life, Dads half acre patch, the post office and church yard in Corley, Warwickshire. Tending the gardens then and since, I’ve found that they connect me to the seasons and the quiet wonder of growing things, inspiring new shapes and colours in my mind . Now at this stage in life, I just want to grow the flowers that I’ve come to love and  to develop a flower garden for cut flowers that  others can enjoy.My grandparents from, Walmley had flower fields and delivered to the Birmingham markets each week. My Dad, his sister and brothers took it in weekly turns to  load up the family cart and accompany my grandma with  the horse driven cart along Tyburn road and on into the central market, quite an inspiration for me now, to carry on the family tradition.

I hope you enjoy looking around.

Richard Langley