Maker and arts education advocate

Project manager for The Motor House Arts in North Yorkshire

Member of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Art, Craft and Design in Education

Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts

Companion of The Guild of St George

Based in the North East of England and London

On the front of this site:

1. Harry Thubron (1915 – 1985), an overview of the influential teacher and co-creator of the Basic Design programme with Richard Hamilton, et al.

2. The Richmond family and their work as painters, from Thomas Richmond (1771 – 1837) through to William Blake Richmond (1842 – 1921)

3. The Bell family and their work in industry, including that of Lowthian Bell’s father-in-law Hugh Lee Pattinson (1796 – 1858)

See also: The Motor House

Richard Wentworth on Bob Richmond –

“We should pay more attention to the accidents of learning and the delights of cross pollination, the smudges and overlays which are a commonplace in the arts and humanities, the same shimmer and blurring which are often the catalysts for permission and discovery in the sciences. Sharing experience with enough humility is a trigger for fertilising the most tentative thoughts, the release agent for creative confidence.”