Mayco Creative Studios is dedicated to educating and inspiring key managers and owners of Paint Your Own Pottery (PYOP) and ceramic studios, mobile studios, dealers and retailers. MCS provides retail education (including selling, merchandising, signage and display ideas), identifies trends, creates projects and provides you with programming and event ideas to help you increase sales. Click the button below to find your next studio project and use our social media links below to follow the Creative Studios Facebook and Instagram pages.
Educational events intended for PYOP staff. We update studios on new product usage, share design and application techniques, discuss best practices for a retail studio and you’ll walk away with great painted samples! Attendees must own or work in a PYOP studio.
During the busy seasons when things seem to be on going a mile a minute, use mindfulness to find calm in the chaos.
Are you a PYOP studio owner looking to add Stoneware? Join Crista and Mike to learn everything Stoneware- now on demand! This event is exclusively for PYOP Studio Owners and includes the basics to get up and running with Stoneware. FREE!
Incorporating Stoneware into your studio is a great way to boost business with another fired art. With so many amazing colors, it can be hard to decide where to begin. So, we simplified the color selection with a curated collection of 19 Stoneware Glazes along with Light Flux. Use this selection of suggested colors to get started! Already working with Stoneware? Consider adding these glazes to your palette.
A curated collection of projects for camps, after school, enrichment programs and workshops tailored for PYOP (Paint Your Own Pottery) studios.
Master glaze techniques using creative new ways to use glaze! Transform your work with exciting special effects from simple, but innovative glaze techniques. Get directions with tips and tricks from Mayco’s expert artists.
If you haven’t yet explored the world of Elements™, now is the perfect time to dive in! We’ve simplified your color choices with a recommended collection of nine Elements™ colors, along with White Pottery Cascade. These colors do not come in a product kit, but are sold separately.
A curated collection of projects for camps, after school, enrichment programs and workshops tailored for PYOP (Paint Your Own Pottery) studios.
During the busy seasons when things seem to be on going a mile a minute, use mindfulness to find calm in the chaos.
Pre-glaze key shapes such as plates, bowls, mugs, vases, picture frames and a few platters with White Opaque Foundations®.
Summer 2023 is on its way, which means it’s time to start preparing for summer camps, paint nights, and even more drop-in customers! Mayco has an extensive collection of colors, bisque, and projects that are ready for those popular summer trends.
Looking to go beyond the basics? Take your Stoneware knowledge to the next level with advanced techniques and projects at mid-range temperatures. FREE!
We invite pyop studio to join the Mayco family by switching to Stroke & Coat glazes -the glaze of choice for paint-your-own-pottery studios.
Did someone say cocktails? Level up your studio offerings by hosting an event during which customers create clever cocktails along with working with ceramics. The perfect twist to an event… a cocktail party!
Textured design aesthetics are showing up on everything from vases and tabletop pieces to wall art and clothing. Mayco’s Textured Vases, Mugs, Tumblers, Planters, and other textured shapes hit the mark when it comes to beauty, function, and decorating opportunities.
Looking for glaze combinations to use for our Peacock Technique? Check out what other artists have used!
Mayco cares about your studio’s success, but also the customer’s success with earthenware. We created an Earthenware Care Card for your low-fire customers to ensure customer satisfaction and be sure their artwork lasts.
Mayco cares about your studio success, but also the customer’s success with Stoneware. Here’s a card to give to your Stoneware customers to ensure optimum customer satisfaction and make sure their artwork lasts.
Showing customers how to create with the many different techniques can be overwhelming. We have a solution!
Adding Stoneware to your studio is a great way to offer a new fired art to your customers. We these guides when selecting colors for your studio.
Its elf season and we’re ready! With vintage colors and shapes topping the list of must have décor this holiday season.
Mayco is the leader in the ceramics industry that helps studios like yours succeed through education, inspiration, technical support and personal knowledge of the PYOP industry.
Mayco Jungle Gems™ Crystal glazes allow ceramic artists to easily add bursts of color and design to their fired art. Use them directly from the jar in the decoration style we call “Art in a Jar”.
Handprints are synonymous with a paint-your-own pottery studio. Gift giving seasons are filled with people wanting to capture prints as a keepsake on pottery.
Mayco’s Canvas of the Month program was created to help you capitalize on the popular activity of canvas painting while allowing you to keep the focus on fired arts in your studio. Enter…the clay canvas!
One thing that sets your studio apart from other creative outlets in your community is your kiln. The magic of the firing is completely unique! Stoneware allows you to continue sharing the magic of the kiln while providing a new type of project for your customers.
Mayco Creative Studio monthly newsletters provides industry-leading content, product education, project, marketing and business tips, and more for paint your own pottery and studio owners and dealers. Sign up today!
