about
Alice Merida Richards is a Brighton-born, Manchester-based artist working primarily in ceramics.
With over a decade of studio-based ceramics experience and a rich history of making and production, her work is deeply rooted in material exploration, collaborative practice, and the pursuit of process-led outcomes.
Informed and inspired by ancient artefacts, she creates pieces that endeavour to serve as temporal passageways. She strives to forge connections through time, creating objects that navigate the delicate balance between the practical and the ethereal.
PROCESS
Working out of the Manchester Ceramics Collective Studio in Old Trafford, Alice uses a variety of combined techniques to create her work. These include wheel-throwing, slab-building, extruding and altering.
Exploring processes, materials and their properties is a necessary aspect for Alice’s work; in 2024 she was awarded an Arts Council DYCP grant to further develop her experiments with glaze making from found sources and alternative firings.
Alice has a particular interest in exploring different firing methods such as Raku and Wood firing.
projects
As an artist facilitator, Alice has worked with organisations such as Venture Arts, the British Ceramics Biennial and Grizedale Arts to deliver exciting and enriching projects such as interactive spaces, educational projects and residency programs for community groups and individuals.
Alice has also assisted artists create ceramic works for exhibitions such as Parham Ghalamdar’s Painting; An Unending at HOME and Jo McGonigal’s 40 Years of the Future with Frank Bowling at Castlefield Gallery.