Ellie Richards

Instructor, Member

Ellie Richards is a furniture designer and sculptor interested in the role that furniture and domestic objects play in creating opportunities for a deeper connection between people and their sense of place. Ellie looks to the tradition of both woodworking and the ready-made to create eclectic assemblage, installation, and objects exploring intersections of labor, leisure, community, and culture. For the last ten years, she was living and working in western North Carolina, heavily influenced by the craft traditions and way of life in the Blue Ridge mountains. Recently, she changed it up big time and moved to Los Angeles with her partner Myles and young son, Otis, and joined LA Woodshop as our newest resident in January of 2025. She has traveled extensively to investigate the role that play and improvisation have on the artistic process. Her work, both furniture and sculpture, has been included in exhibitions at the Mint Museum; Center for Craft, Creativity, and Design; SOFA Chicago; and the Society of Contemporary Craft.