About
Freya Marton is a London-based artist and maker and the founder of Black Lion Workshops, a studio dedicated to creating hand-painted lamps that bridge fine art and functional design. She established the practice in 2021 while studying Fine Art at Newcastle University, initially reworking second-hand lamps to give overlooked objects new life through painting and craft.
Each piece is developed through an iterative process of sanding, painting and refinement until the final design emerges. Her Lamp bases are produced in the UK from FSC-certified tulipwood by a local carpenter, before being painted and finished by Marton and professionally wired.
Influenced by the Arts and Crafts movement, the Omega Workshops and the Bauhaus, her work explores the relationship between art, form and utility within everyday objects.
