Marc Fish

Innovative material science is at the core of Marc's practice. After mastering the skills used for centuries by craftsmen, Marc explored new materials and ways to produce fluid, sculptural pieces inspired by the curvilinear forms of Art Nouveau. Specialising in the use of laminate veneers, his process pushes the limits of contemporary collectible design and transcends the barriers of art, design, sculpture and furniture.

He comments ‘We’ve been concentrating on laminated veneers for ten years; we don’t do anything else. There’s no solid woodwork at the studio. We’re using .6mm veneers; the logs are put in boiling water, steamed and sliced with a knife, so there’s no wastage. When we get them, they’re already precut: they come sequentially, every veneer in order, exactly as they would be in the tree. When you put them back together again, it looks like the wood has grown into a shape, rather than us manipulating it. But, though we probably know as much as anyone in the world about laminating veneers, that’s actually not all that much. There’s so much more to know. There isn’t anyone out there to teach us, but I want to always be learning.’