CREATE WITHOUT LIMITS

Most studios start with the tools they have.

Maxel Ace starts with the idea.

A Toronto-based creative production studio for custom fabrication, printing, restoration, photography, and the projects that don't fit neatly into a category.

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Different problems. Different processes. No one-size-fits-all solution.

how it works

Step 1.

Tell me what you have in mind.

Bring me an idea, a problem, a sketch, a photograph, an old object—or even something you’re not sure how to make yet. We’ll talk about what you’re trying to accomplish and what it needs to do.

Step 2.

We figure out how to make it.

I work through the materials, processes, construction, and details needed to turn the idea into something that can actually be built. Depending on the project, that might involve prototyping, digital fabrication, printing, woodworking, restoration, or a combination of processes.

Step 3.

I make it real.

Once we have a direction, I build it. From one-off objects and restorations to installations and unusual custom projects, the goal is the same: deliver something that works, looks right, and does what we set out to make.

Why?

I've always been driven by one question.

Can this be made?

Growing up without much meant learning to build, repair, and create with whatever was available. What started as necessity became a lifelong pursuit of understanding how things work—and more importantly, how they could work differently.

Every new tool became another way to solve a problem.

Every new material became another opportunity to experiment.

Every project became an excuse to learn something I didn't know yesterday.

Today, Maxel Ace isn't defined by what it makes. It's defined by the ideas it helps bring to life.

It's built around ideas. The medium comes later.

The most interesting ideas rarely fit neatly into categories.

People often think they need to know how something should be made before they ask.

You don't.

Bring the idea.

We'll figure out the rest.

After all...

Good ideas shouldn't be limited by what you think is possible.

They should only be limited by physics.

Physics has been surprisingly patient with me so far.

Portrait of Mauricio Alvarez, owner of Maxel Ace, a production studio specializing in custom fabrication, printing, photography, and creative work

Have something in mind?

You don't need drawings.

You don't need to know how it's made.

You don't even need to know what to call it.

Tell me the idea.

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