18/10/2022
We are excited and very happy to introduce our Day Spaces as well as our options for Gold and Silver membership. Visit our refreshed website for more information on each of these new creative oportunities.
www.mazestudiosbristol.com
Day Spaces
£20 per 4-hour block session with access to studio facilities.
Or
Gold studio membership
£150 per month
(1 months refundable deposit + 2 months commitment)
Or
Silver membership
£120 per month
(1 months refundable deposit + 1 months commitment)
28/09/2022
We are excited and very happy to introduce our memebership options for Gold and Silver membership as well as the reintroduction of our Day Spaces.
Visit our refreshed website for more information on each of these new creative oportunities.
www.mazestudiosbristol.com
Gold studio membership
£150 per month
(1 months refundable deposit + 2 months commitment)
Or
Silver membership
£120 per month
(1 months refundable deposit + 1 months commitment)
Or our
Day Spaces
£20 per 4-hour block session with access to studio facilities.
21/07/2022
SOMETHING LIKE COLOUR
an exhibiton by artist Robert Hayward.
The exhibition shows until Sunday the 24th July
at gallery: Studio 44AD
A wonderfull show of colour and pattern both in large scale 2d works and in ceramic form provide a visual spectacle and delight for the eyes.
18 - 24th July 2022.
An exhibition of painting, print and ceramics.
Private view: Friday 22nd July 6 - 8pm
4 Abbey St Bath, BA1 1NN.
WEB: 44AD.NET
OPEN 10AM -5PM/SUN 1-4PM
09/04/2022
Would you like to further your ceramic practise? Are you keen to develop your ideas in your own time? Want to learn new skills?
Maze Studios is a development centre providing the opportunity for makers specialising in Ceramics, to focus on improving what they've already learnt through classes, university or self-directed practice.*
We currently have studio spaces available for ceramicists/potters/makers!!!
Whats included when you sign up to a studio space?.....
- an allocated studio space with table and shelves
Access to:-
- 9 kilns (including our sparkling new large toploader kiln)
- 8 electric throwing wheels
- Large slab roller for hand-building preparation
- Fully-equipped glaze room including spray booth and air compressor
- Lathes for turning plaster and mould-making room.
- Free health & safety introductions for specific workshop areas.
- Regular kiln firings (charged separately)- drying cupboard
- Communal workshop space
- Allocated storage for raw glaze materials
- Free car parking
- 24/7 access
- Disabled access via ramp
- Toilet facilities
- Kitchen facilities
- Free Wi-Fi
if you want to learn a new skill or are feeling a little rusty in a particular area of making, Maze Studios also provides affordable access to 1:1 tuition in hand-building, wheel-throwing, mould-making, glazing and kiln-firing (1:1 tuition is charged separately).
How to apply: -
If you are interested in applying for a studio space or to arrange a visit, please contact us by sending an email to [email protected] or give us a call on 07974491888.
Address: Maze Studios CIC, Unit 26 Barton Hill Trading Estate, Barton Hill, Bristol BS5 9TQ
* Maze Studios aim is provide an affordable development space specifically for makers to explore and learn new skills - Maze Studios does not support individual commercial ventures dependent on deadlines or sales volumes.
02/03/2022
Maze Studios: Ceramic Studio Spaces Available.
Are you keen to spend more time developing your ideas?
Would you like to further your ceramic practice?
With access to well equipped ceramic facilities, studio spaces are a great opportunity to focus on improving what you've already learnt through classes, university or self directed practice.
We currently have studio spaces available for ceramics!!
Maze Studios facilities include a large glaze preperation room with aircompressor and spray booth, plaster mould making room and plaster lathes, 9 kilns, 8 ellectric wheels, large slab roller for handbuilding preperation of clays, amongst many other beneficial ceramics equipment workshops and introductions.
Our Aims
Maze Studios CIC is established to cultivate and promote the progression of publicly accessible facilities and access to education in contemporary visual art, craft and design through the development of artistic knowledge and public participation.
Artist interest in Maze Studios gravitates around the use of its ceramics facilities. As a development centre the studio has a unique focus, creating a space in which access to ceramic equipment is available, providing a stepping stone for learning before growth into a viable artistic practice that would benifit from personal investment in kilns, wheels and other essential equipment.
A space to learn the key elements of a ceramic studio practce.
How To Apply
If you are interested in applying for a studio space or to arrange a visit, please contact us by sending an email to [email protected] or give us a call on 07974 491888
Maze Studios CIC, Unit 26 Barton Hill Trading Estate, Barton Hill, Bristol, BS5 9TQ
02/03/2022
Calm as calligraphy.
It is great the energy and vibrance artists bring to the studios. There are so many ways to approach the making of art, sometimes there are flurries of creativity finding new glazes and ways of making and at other times it has moments of calm that let the imagination take you away, dreaming up possibilities or getting engrossed in the making and materials. Having a studio is a nice way to differentiate time and space.
It has been a pleasure to have Roger Owen ( ) have a studio for several years exploring design and form whilst being a great inspiration to many other artists. Roger's work seems to also reflect his calm and relaxed pace around the studios. Beautiful fishes that are captured with swift and natural brush strokes, illustrations that are both reminiscent of marine life and calligraphy, images that have a freedom with fresh and lively energy. It has been lovely to talk over the years about the endless joy of ceramics, painting, appreciation for the countryside and nature.
It is a pleasure to provide a space to an artist so sharing helpful and encouraging both to the studio and to other artists. Roger has a great deal of experience as an artist and has also been a teacher at the for many years.
We look forwards to seeing more of your art and a possible return to the studios after a summer dedicated to travel and painting.
Images photos from around the studio and from Roger's instagram page and website.
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06/01/2022
New spaces, new beginnings.
The begining of a new year is a culmination of many things, a time to reflect and plan for the year ahead. It is a busy time.
It is great to keep track of all the amazing developments artists make often reaching the point where their creativity takes them on new paths onwards from the studios.
One of the best news we had at the end of 2021 was of the set up of a new public venture and art space.
Congratulations to Emily Gibbard & Hannah Jowett for creating !!
It takes tremendous work to run and manage a public art venue. The research and dedication to get to the stage where you are ready to offer your knowledge skills and facilities to others takes alot of preparation, determination and courage. Emily and Hannah have worked incredibly hard over the years practicing and honing their skills both in their own artistic practice and in working towards the newly set up .
It is a great joy to see artists move on to bigger things and is impressive when entire creative spaces grow out of inspired practices and a drive to push further.
We didnt manage to post about your successes at the time but we are so happy to cellebrate your achiement and wish you the very best moving into a new year.
Congratulations on your new making space and studio!
We wish you the very best with your onwards journey and look forwards to seeing all the creative ideas ahead.
Images reposted from instagram pages, see more work and creative classes being offered in ceramics
05/11/2021
Movements
The arts are often a grounding experience in the sense that they can help create a feeling of belonging.
A lovely aspect of the studios is seeing artists settle into their creative practice, sometimes having journeyed to arrive at a place within their life enabling creativity to take a roll and some who have travelled further afield from city or country.
An artist who has done just this is Lena Takamori, the themes of transition and travel also feature within her work. Lena manages to capture the feeling and moods of movement within the work she creates.
Since Lena’s move to Bristol and continuation of her dedication to her practice her development and investigation have further developed into building forms that explore the emotions and expressions of posture, the mood light and movement of weather, trees, rain and rolling mountains are also skilfully rendered through the scaled scenes and subtle colours used within her work. They are like a glimpse a snapshot of a passing moment or of a transient feeling.
A massive congratulations on your solo show in Massachusetts. We wish you the most fantastic experiences with your artistic journey's and have enjoyed seeing all the incredible work and ideas you have envisioned and created with enthusiasm whilst at the studios.
Images taken from around the studio and Lena Takamori's instagram page.
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Photos from Maze Studios of Lena Takamori's work and Photos from Lena Takamori's exhibition Inner Landscapes
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