Marc Fish
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Biography

Marc’s work is part of prestigious international collections and has been exhibited extensively in the UK and USA including at TEFAF Maastricht, Design Miami, PAD London and FOG San Francisco. He has been awarded four Guild Marks by The Worshipful Company of Furniture Makers UK and won the Claxton Stevens Award in 2011 for the best Guild Mark of 2010. In 2015, Marc took first prize at the Cheltenham Celebration of Craftsmanship and Design in the UK. Most recently, Marc’s work was part of the Biophilia: Nature Reimagined group exhibition at the Denver Art Museum, USA, 2024.
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.’
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Works
Marc Fish
Mokume-Gane Leaf Pendant XL I, 2026Mokume-Gane, 3500 year old bog oak, bronze and black lacquer52.5 H x 150 W x 150 D cm
20.6 H x 59 W x 59 D in
Approx. 30kgFurther images
Description
This 1500 mm wide pendant is conceived as a suspended landscape — a study in scale, weight, and elemental balance, held just above the viewer. The expansive form is finished in Mokume Gane, its surface animated by dense, flowing strata created through repeated cycles of heat, compression, and bonding. Across this broad span, the patterning reads less as decoration and more as topography: layered, irregular, and quietly dynamic. Light grazes the surface rather than reflecting sharply, revealing depth and variation that shifts as the viewer moves beneath it. Running through the piece are softly articulated seams that introduce rhythm and direction. These lines suggest natural forces at work — tectonic movement, erosion, or the slow drift of molten material — giving the pendant an internal logic that feels grown rather than drawn. Despite its size, the form retains a sense of restraint, with no single gesture dominating the whole. Structural elements in bog oak provide a grounding counterpoint to the metal. Dark, matte, and visually dense, the oak introduces a material shaped by centuries rather than hours. Its presence anchors the pendant conceptually, reinforcing a dialogue between immediacy and deep time, between the intensity of fire and the patience of natural transformation. As a lighting piece, the pendant does not aim to disappear into architecture. Instead, it asserts itself as a sculptural presence — one that alters the atmosphere of a space rather than merely illuminating it. Suspended at scale, it invites the viewer to move beneath and around it, encouraging slow looking and an awareness of material, process, and gravity.Signature WorksExhibitions-
TEFAF Maastricht
Maastricht, NL 14 - 19 Mar 2026Read more -
Together
Group Exhibition 11 Dec 2025 - 7 Feb 2026Read more -
TEFAF Maastricht
Maastricht, NL 15 - 20 Mar 2025Read more -
FOG Design + Art
San Francisco, USA 23 - 26 Jan 2025Read more
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PAD London
London, UK 8 - 13 Oct 2024Read more -
FOG Design + Art
San Francisco, USA 18 - 21 Jan 2024Read more -
PAD London
Art Fair 10 - 15 Oct 2023At PAD London we will showcase ‘Chamber’, a global survey of material-led, specialist endemic design. Chamber speaks to the abundance of the earth from which our artist-designer-makers sustainably source and...Read more -
Collections
Group Exhibition 24 Jun - 15 Oct 2023We will be marking our Silver Jubilee this June - 25 incredible years of Sarah Myerscough Gallery - with the exhibition ‘Collections,’ an immersive and representative curation of our key...Read more
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Bijou Collection
Group Exhibition 18 - 20 May 2023We are thrilled to announce the gallery’s first time participating at Eye of The Collector, a very singular fair, where we will debut our Bijou Collection - just nine stunning...Read more -
FOG Design + Art
San Francisco, USA 19 - 22 Jan 2023The Natural Room collection is an approach to living through design that respectfully connects us to the natural world. It aims to create interiors that are of our moment –...Read more -
FOG Design + Art
San Francisco, USA 20 - 23 Jan 2022Sarah Myerscough Gallery is pleased to announce that we are returning to FOG Design + Art fair in San Francisco in January 2022. We will be offering a presentation of...Read more -
Masterpiece London Online
Online 24 - 27 Jun 2021Read more
