About Us
Alternative Ceramics Supply (ACS) is an artist collective with a founding team of Amelia Black, Claire Ellis, Georgia Stevenson and Sarah Muir-Smith with fluid roles depending on the project.
ACS disrupts the status quo in the ceramics community by exploring alternative ideas and materials. It is a platform to challenge the assumption that the only way to work with clay is to use mined minerals. Together, they are advocating for the custodianship of materials rather than ownership, aiming to empower potters to look at the materials in their immediate environment (including local urban waste streams). Their purpose is to foster education, empowerment, transparency in supply chains, safety, and community building within the global ceramics community. Environmental, cultural and social responsibility in pottery is at the core of what they do.
Claire Ellis, Sarah Muir-Smith, Georgia Stevenson, and Amelia Black