You are invited to our 30th Annual Christmas Open Studio!
We are looking forward to seeing our customers, some of which have been coming for nearly as many years as we’ve been here! And of course ex apprentices, friends and family.
As a thank you to our loyal customers, we will be giving away 30 of our espresso cups over the weekend. One to each of the first fifteen sales on the Saturday and another fifteen on the Sunday.
You’re welcome to stay for the kiln opening at 11am on Saturday the 30th November, as well as for mince pies and mulled wine on both days throughout! Please be aware the kiln opening gets very busy, so take care of yourself and don’t let your children up on the outside bank area unsupervised. It gets very slippy and we don’t want anyone to get hurt.
Of course we will have all the usual Maze Hill range, seconds and pieces fresh from the trolley kiln.
My two new apprentices, Matty and Lucas, will be selling their own work alongside Alice who is a recent clay college graduate.
Paid parking is limited, however we are right by Maze Hill Train Station (in the old ticket office) downside exit. If you’re coming from London don’t cross over the bridge; exit the same way the train is leaving the station. You can also get here via the Jubilee from north greenwich or the Elizabeth Line from Woolwich. There are also bus routes that end up near us on Trafalgar road.
Best wishes, and see you soon
Lisa
OXFORD CERAMICS FAIR OCTOBER 2024
Hello all!
After a very busy year, (in lots of other ways aside from making pots!) I’m happy to announce we’ll be at the Oxford Ceramics Fair in October 2024.
I’ll be there with my two new apprentices, and lots of recently made pots.
Looking forward to seeing you there.
SOLO EXHIBITION
THE LEACH POTTERY GALLERY
8th JULY - 17th SEPTEMBER 2023
Private View 7th July
You are warmly invited to the preview of ‘Soda Alchemy’ on Friday the 7th of July, 2023 , between 6 - 8pm.
I will be coming down from London for the PV evening , it would be lovely to see some of you if you can make it.
Best wishes,
Lisa
SOLO EXHIBITION AT GOLDMARK GALLERY SATURDAY 12TH NOVEMBER 2022
I’m delighted to share with you the work I’ve been putting aside for over 3 years for my upcoming 6th solo exhibition at Goldmark Gallery.
Lockdown during covid times gave me the opportunity to make some larger pots which I usually don’t have the space for in my little London studio. Just at the beginning of the year I had an accident which resulted with a broken wrist and hand. Unable to throw, I challenged myself to make some one off “kurinuki” pieces, carved one-handed! The most successful are included in the show.
I will be there on the private view day and would be lovely to see you if you can make it. Otherwise the show is up until Christmas and some of my work will be available on the Goldmark Gallery website.
A new short clip below is showing the process of firing the soda kiln, made especially for this exhibition.
CHRISTMAS OPEN STUDIO 2022
It’s that time a year again, can you believe it, it’s our 28th open studio at Maze Hill. We will be having our usual kiln opening starting at around 11am onwards on Saturday, 3rd December. there will be pots available fresh from the trolly kiln but also some of the years seconds of our functional range. Looking forward to seeing you.
OXFORD CERAMICS FAIR 2022
Looking forward to seeing everyone at Oxford ceramics fair 2022. We are stand number 13, lucky for some!
POTFEST IN THE PARK 2022
AFTER MANY YEARS WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO RETURNING TO POTFEST IN THE PARK 2022. WE ARE EXCITED TO MEET WITH OUR OLD FRIENDS AND MAYBE SOME NEW CUSTOMERS UP NORTH … PLEASE FOLLOW THE LINK FOR MORE DETAILS https://potfest.co.uk/visit/potfest-in-the-park/
FUTURE PERFECT - MAKE - HAUSER & WIRTH
CAL 2022
It’s coming up to 3 years since my last Goldmark show and although we don’t have the exact date yet it will be towards the end of this year. Below is the short video about the last show in 2019.
GOLDMARK 2019
Lisa Hammond MBE is a soda firing potter who works at Maze Hill Pottery, Greenwich, London. She has been making pots for best part of 40 years in which time she has taught extensively, taken on a dozen apprentices and pioneered soda glaze and shino firings. Lisa Hammond's work is represented in galleries and museums both in the UK and internationally, including Goldmark Gallery.
Her work embraces an extensive range of thrown functional ware for the preparation, cooking and serving of food. It is immensely important to her that this work is used in daily life. Alongside functional ware Lisa has always made a range of work that is more individual and playful. The development of these pieces is a result of time spent in Japan, making, firing and exhibiting. Lisa's forms are strong, fluid and unfussy, and are intended to retain a suggestion of the soft plasticity of the clay.
““Each Lisa Hammond pot has a life of its own, its own sense of renewal. They all offer their own pleasures, an intimacy that adds another dimension
to the way we eat and drink, to the ceremonies of the everyday, to the space we occupy. In short, to the way we live our lives.””
Lisa Hammond has for the past decade championed the revival of studio pottery in the UK. The Adopt a Potter Charitable Trust raised money to fund apprentices to work with master potters and has now completed the more ambitious task of setting up ‘Clay College’ in Stoke-on-Trent. Our aim is to start the first course in September 2017—if you’d like to find out more information, please visit this link.
