Alice merida richards
Alice Merida Richards is a Brighton-born artist, teacher, and facilitator. A member of the Manchester Ceramics Collective, Alice works from the group's shared studio in Old Trafford. She also collaborates closely with organisations such as Venture Arts and the British Ceramics Biennial, delivering group projects and programmes that support artistic development.
Alice's practice explores the concept of artefactness—the way an object's material qualities can evoke meaning, history, and cultural resonance. Drawing inspiration from ancient relics and ritual artefacts, her pieces function as temporal passageways, bridging the contemporary and the ancestral, the functional and the ethereal.
She is deeply engaged with materiality, process, and collaboration. Her practice reflects a sustained curiosity about and experimentation with clay, drawing on a range of techniques including wheel-throwing, slab-building, extruding, and altering. Whenever possible, her work is wood-fired, producing surfaces that bear the traces of ash and flame—records of the firing process itself.
EXPLORE AVAILABLE WORKS
LOVING CUP
Thrown double-handle cup.
Buff Stoneware. White Glaze.
Dimensions (approx): 14cm x 8cm
Dimensions (approx): 14cm x 8cm
Please note, all Alice’s work is handmade - as such, there may be slight variations in design but this is part of the joy of owning and handling handmade objects.
SPIRAL LOVING CUP
Thrown double-handle cup.
Blue stained, Iron-speckled Stoneware.
White Glaze with Green Spiral Detail.
Dimensions (approx): 14cm x 8cm
Please note, all Alice’s work is handmade - as such, there may be slight variations in design but this is part of the joy of owning and handling handmade objects.
DOUBLE SPIRIT FLOWER SHELF
Extruded and slab-built wall mounted stoneware vase with two shelves. Wood fired.
Dimensions: 50cm x 40cm X 7cm
Please note, all Alice’s work is handmade - as such, there may be slight variations in design but this is part of the joy of owning and handling handmade objects.
SPIRAL PLATE
Stamped stoneware plate in iron-flecked clay, matte glaze with green spiral detail.
Dimensions: 17cm x 17cm x 1cm
Please note, all Alice’s work is handmade - as such, there may be slight variations in design but this is part of the joy of owning and handling handmade objects.
QUARTER SPIRAL PLATE
Stamped stoneware plate with Tenmoku spiral detail.
Dimensions: 17cm x 17cm x 1cm
Please note, all Alice’s work is handmade - as such, there may be slight variations in design but this is part of the joy of owning and handling handmade objects.
SLOTTED URN (TENMOKU)
Thrown Lidded stoneware jar with cut out slots. In matte white glaze with green details and Tenmoku glaze.
Please note, all Alice’s work is handmade - as such, there may be slight variations in design but this is part of the joy of owning and handling handmade objects.
SLOTTED URN (WHITE)
Thrown Lidded stoneware jar with cut out slots. In matte white glaze with green details and White glaze.
Please note, all Alice’s work is handmade - as such, there may be slight variations in design but this is part of the joy of owning and handling handmade objects.
Please get in touch at caroline@milieustudios.co.uk for further information about Alice’s work and availability. We would love to discuss any commission enquiries, upcoming collections or collaborative opportunities.
PAST EXHIBITIONS
Held In The Quiet
10/06/26 - 22/07/26
A group exhibition featuring works from Bethany Holmes, Ollie Marr, Hannah Walsh, Hannah Ruth-Davies, Phoebe Deeprose, Alice Andrea Ewing and Alice Merida Richards.
