Christine-Ann Richards trained at Harrow School of Art and Technology with Mick Casson (1971-73) and subsequently worked with David Leach.  In London, she started her own workshop as a member of the Barbican Arts Group (1975-83) and in 1976 was elected to membership of the Craftsmen Potters Association and the Society of Designer Craftsmen. She now works from her home, a converted chapel in Somerset.   

A study trip to China in 1978 with the Craftsmen Potters Association had a radical effect on Christine-Ann’s work and way of life. She has pursued Chinese studies and returns regularly to China, often accompanying fellow artists. Since 1989 Christine-Ann has worked with a vitrified earthenware clay making large pots and water features. In 1992 she spent the summer on an international workshop in Tokoname in Japan, returning there in 1996 on a Winston Churchill Travelling Fellowship to  “explore the way water is used in landscape architecture”.  A project award from South West Arts enabled her to develop some of the ideas gleaned from the trip.  In 1997 she was named ‘Somerset Craftsperson of the Year’ for her new work.