Mark Lumley Sculptor
Mark Lumley is internationally known for his unique body of furniture designed for Soane Britain. He is also highly regarded for his oeuvre of sculptures which he has created over the past three decades.
His work reveals the rigour, dedication and experimentation of a devotional practitioner. Focusing on the human form and in particular the head. His work uses the expertise as a blacksmith to push the limitations of the solid metal bar like clay, affording a fluidity and organic form which reveals the alchemy of his practice. Other pieces compile off cuts of metal which are shaped, welded and ground using similar processes to those employed for furniture making. There is a grounded simplicity to his work where you can see he is letting the material guide him and not forcing the process.
His work extends to sconces, candelabras and outside architectural pieces and sculptures placed on the land at Llwyna Farm bringing peace and beauty into the landscape. He has created doorways into the other world giving people that vital space to drop into his work for example the garden of the ancestors at Llwyna Farm, the Norse Goddess Nerthus and her consort sits in the roots of the ancient trees in the quarry at Llwyna Farm. He has reproduced Chillida’s Embrace which hugs you as you step into the cowshed cafe to view his smaller sculptures.
With visual references ranging from Michael Angelo, Alberto Giacometti, Rodin to indigenous representations of gods from international ancient cultures. Mark is able to channel an archetypal relationship with deities, drawn from intuition and guided by the material. The process of secretively forming a world of timeless spiritual representations maybe connected to his experience of wavering mortality and loss at a young age.
Mark was raised a Catholic and educated in a Benedictine Monastery and went onto study Medieval History and Archaeology before becoming a furniture maker and artist. Searching for spirituality outside of Catholicism his work is distinctly non-religious but inevitably influenced by the aesthetics of iconography.
Mark’s work has been featured in the World of Interiors, the Telegraph, House and Gardens, Veranda, Architectural Digest and New York Times. His most recent exhibition “ Communing with the Ancients” presented a selection of 50 works exemplifying the diversity and rigour of his practice at The Espacio Gallery, London.
His work reveals the rigour, dedication and experimentation of a devotional practitioner. Focusing on the human form and in particular the head. His work uses the expertise as a blacksmith to push the limitations of the solid metal bar like clay, affording a fluidity and organic form which reveals the alchemy of his practice. Other pieces compile off cuts of metal which are shaped, welded and ground using similar processes to those employed for furniture making. There is a grounded simplicity to his work where you can see he is letting the material guide him and not forcing the process.
His work extends to sconces, candelabras and outside architectural pieces and sculptures placed on the land at Llwyna Farm bringing peace and beauty into the landscape. He has created doorways into the other world giving people that vital space to drop into his work for example the garden of the ancestors at Llwyna Farm, the Norse Goddess Nerthus and her consort sits in the roots of the ancient trees in the quarry at Llwyna Farm. He has reproduced Chillida’s Embrace which hugs you as you step into the cowshed cafe to view his smaller sculptures.
With visual references ranging from Michael Angelo, Alberto Giacometti, Rodin to indigenous representations of gods from international ancient cultures. Mark is able to channel an archetypal relationship with deities, drawn from intuition and guided by the material. The process of secretively forming a world of timeless spiritual representations maybe connected to his experience of wavering mortality and loss at a young age.
Mark was raised a Catholic and educated in a Benedictine Monastery and went onto study Medieval History and Archaeology before becoming a furniture maker and artist. Searching for spirituality outside of Catholicism his work is distinctly non-religious but inevitably influenced by the aesthetics of iconography.
Mark’s work has been featured in the World of Interiors, the Telegraph, House and Gardens, Veranda, Architectural Digest and New York Times. His most recent exhibition “ Communing with the Ancients” presented a selection of 50 works exemplifying the diversity and rigour of his practice at The Espacio Gallery, London.
Contact Details
Part of the farOpen Studios Art Trail 6-14 July 2024
Mark is located at Studio 51, see the Open Studios 2024 Trail Map + Brochure
Myra Fricker will be showing her glass
Llwyna Farm
Far Hill
Llanishen
NP16 6QZ
07931-137217
[email protected]
Website
Part of the farOpen Studios Art Trail 6-14 July 2024
Mark is located at Studio 51, see the Open Studios 2024 Trail Map + Brochure
Myra Fricker will be showing her glass
Llwyna Farm
Far Hill
Llanishen
NP16 6QZ
07931-137217
[email protected]
Website