Elizabeth Maw
After a long career in media and public relations, Elizabeth Maw studied for a fine art degree at Norwich University of the Arts. Graduating in 2025, Maw was awarded Norfolk Contemporary Arts Society's (ncas) New Makers Prize for her large steel structure of repetitive and organic forms. On graduation she was also invited to be a graduate member of the Norwich 20 Group. She is currently studying for a Fine Art Masters at Norwich University of the Arts and is a Trustee of ncas.
Welding has transformed how Maw approaches sculpture: not as a static object, but as a constructed presence within space. Unlike carved or cast forms, welded structures allow her to assemble and extend, creating lines, balances, and volumes that explore openness, weight, tension and containment.
To help develop her welded sculptural work, Maw successfully applied for The Dubery and Brogden scholarship presented by East Anglia Art Fund. Maw lives in Norwich and has exhibited work in East Anglia, Fenland and London.
Artist Statement
Experimentation is central to my practice, with each piece emerging through a process of material-led enquiry rather than a predetermined outcome. My work moves across materials, often bringing non-textile materials into dialogue with textile processes and techniques. I am interested in how materials carry different histories, associations, and values, and in what happens when those distinctions begin to dissolve. Rather than separating art from craft, I see them as part of the same continuum of creative practice. By combining processes traditionally associated with different disciplines, I seek to question inherited hierarchies and open new ways of experiencing material, process, and making.
My current research investigates line as a physical object rather than a mark or representation. Working between two and three dimensions, I explore the space between drawing and sculpture, considering how a line, lifted from the page, can redefine our perception of space and surface. Through constructed forms, I create lines that float, intersect, and cast shadows, allowing drawing to occupy space as a material presence.