Archives: Commissions

Arbour Metallum at Athens

In December 2015 Reed delivered his Arbour Metallum monumental tree sculpture measuring 3.5m tall and 3m wide and weighting 1 tonne, on an epic 2,500-mile journey to Athens, Greece on a trailer behind his 1989 VW camper van. The steel tree with over 1000 stainless steel leaves had been commissioned by the Coupelouzos Family Art Museum and Reed‘s… Read more »

Tree Occasional Table

Bronze and glass. 19mm/ 3/4″ nibbled edge glass. 93h x 100w x 100d cms (3’h x 3’3″ w x 3’3″d) 2008

Weeping Willow Console Table

Forged Steel and glass. 85h x 125w x 35d (2’9″h x 4’1″w x 1’1″d) 19mm/ 3/4″ nibbled edge glass The beauty and fluid form of the Weeping Willow Tree is captured elegantly in Mark Reed’s unique & stunning sculptural console table created in 1999. The flowing branches support the glass top and allow discreet fixing… Read more »

Savernake Forest Table

Forged steel with nibbled edge glass. 91.4h x 152.5w x 61d cms (3′ h x 5’w x 2’d) 19mm/3/4″ nibbled edge glass. Savernake Forest is one of the most ancient surviving woodlands in Britain. It is surrounded by sites important to the ancient Britons, such as the prehistoric chalk figure of the White Horse and… Read more »

‘Sidney’s Oak’ Table

Bronze and glass. Also available in forged steel or gold plated bronze. 74h x 244w x 122d cms. (2’5″h x 8’w x 4’d) 12mm/ 15/32″ toughened glass Hand-blown glass oil burnersReed’s striking ‘Sidney’s Oak’ tree table  was inspired by Jacob Strutt’s  1822 drawing  of  ‘Sidney’s Oak’, an ancient tree dating from Medieval times and a… Read more »

Leaf Chair

Aluminium 127h x 47w x 46d cms (4’2″ x 1’6″ x 1’6″) “I thought the Leaf Chair was a very well resolved and elegant design” Derek Pullen, Head of Sculpture Conservation , Tate Modern. The  bonds with nature are seminal in Mark Reed’s work, and he has  a deep, intensely serious awareness of sculpture’s potential… Read more »

Family tree 

Bronze with silver veining and unique nibbled edge glass. 370h x 140w cms Mark Reed’s Family Tree bronze and silver sculpture was a bespoke private commission for a client in the Middle East for their palatial private home. The client wanted to capture the essence of the family in a bronze and silver sculpture and incorporate… Read more »

‘Ammonite Slice’ Wall Art Water Feature

Bronze with gold plating on the high points of the bronze. 87h x 84w x 15d cms (2’10″h x 2’9″ w x 5″ d ) This was a commission for a boutique hotel in Central London, UK. Mark worked closely with the client who wanted the Ammonite bronze and gold sculpture as wall sculpture art… Read more »

Tree Planters

Cast iron & Bronze City of London Mark created 11 of these 121h x 121w x 121d (4’x4’x4′) Tree Planters for the city of London and the Prince’s Trust, situated in  Farringdon Street in the City of London. London City street furniture has to be robust and so each planter weighed 1 tonne. They needed… Read more »