Richard Thornton
 No.206 AscentPolished stainless steel Height – 280cms Width - 123cms Depth - 55cms |  Detail |  Detail |  No.24 Spiral SanctuaryPolished stainless steel Height - 213cms Width - 124cms Depth - 103cms |
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 No.24 Spiral Sanctuary |  No.24 Spiral Sanctuary |  Folding SailStainless steel Height - 263cms Width - 120cms Depth - 70cms |  Folding SailDeatil |
 Folding SailDetail |  OrchidStainless steel - SOLD Height - 260cms Width - 140cms Depth – 70cms |  OrchidSide view |  Sunflower TwoStainless steel and bronze Width – 138cms Height – 226cms (inc plinth) |
 Sunflower TwoDetail |  Elemental FiveStainless steel Height - 189cms (inc plinth) Width - 41cms Depth - 41cms |  Elemental FiveDetail with plinth |  Elemental twoStainless steel - SOLD Height – 168cms (inc plinth) Width – 30cms Depth - 30cms |
 Elemental TwoDetail with plinth |  In BalanceCommission for the University of Bradford Stainless steel and bronze Diameter - 450cms |  RustonCommission for Ruston school, Norwich, UK Stainless steel Diameter – 450cms |  ChesterfieldCommission for Chesterfield Borough Council technology training and small business development centre, Chesterfield, UK Stainless steel Diameter - 400cms |
 SailsCommission for Asda supermarkets in Greenhithe, Kent, UK Stainless steel and fibre optics Height - 800cms |  Bio CityCommission for Bio City research and development centre, Nottingham, UK Stainless steel Height - 400cms |
With over 25 years’ experience as a professional sculptor/site specific artist, Richard Thornton has completed more than 45 public art commissions for a variety of private, local authority and individual clients, including the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, University of Bradford, Bio City in Nottingham and Midlands Air Ambulance.
Alongside his commissioned work he has continually developed his own practice producing collections of work exploring techniques from bronze casting to construction and focusing on subjects from the human body to abstraction to organic forms.
He has recently presented his work at various shows including the British Council, Delhi; University of Leicester summer exhibition; Doddington Hall Biennial Sculpture show and a one man show at Abbeywalk gallery.
Currently a member of the Royal British Society of Sculptors, Richard was educated at Kingston and Nottingham Trent universities and served as sculptor fellow at the University of Exeter before teaching at various Higher Education institutions.
Professor Jim Hunter has said that:
“Richard constructs his sculptures in aluminium, stainless steel and glass materials of surface and edge that come alive with light and reflection. These abstract forms create a balance between organic elegance and engineered integrity.”