About
Mark Campden is one of very few makers internationally, working in a long tradition of those who have sought to master the lustre technique and achieve its prized, elusive and shimmering metallic surfaces. Mark’s life and creative energy are ever nourished by the natural world. From growing up in a small English village in the 1960s to living in rural County Kilkenny since 1990, daily contact with and observation of nature are essential to Mark’s life and wellbeing. He is acutely aware of the vulnerability of all forms of plant and wildlife. The enthralling beauty of these plants and animals forms the well of inspiration he draws upon for the imagery masterfully painted onto the surface of each piece. The apparently simple motifs on a finished piece often evoke a sense of enduring timelessness and simultaneously reflect the immediate concerns for the natural world.
