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Martin Pierce
Martin Pierce is an artist, furniture and hardware designer born in Worcester, England, and now residing in Los Angeles, California. He has lived in Los Angeles since 1980 and has over this period developed several unique styles of furniture, which include his signature Hedgerow dining chair and Hedgerow bed. The other furniture styles include the Ascot and Seicho lines and many of these pieces are japanned with vines and aspen trees and are part of a limited edition that is both numbered and signed.

In 2004, Martin Pierce began work on an extensive range of cabinet and door hardware which includes the Willow, Ergo, Netsuke and Hedgerow styles. These collections are all cast using the lost wax method and are cast primarily in silicon bronze although the Ergo and Morphic styles are cast in 316 stainless steel.

In 2008, Martin Pierce decided to return to his interest in sculpting and painting, and is currently developing new insect and fantasy themes in these mediums. His new paintings pull from his skill in japanning, and many of his insects are given iridescence through the use of silver and gold leaf.

His new bronze sculptures continue the fantasy theme of his paintings, and depict humans and insects in a symbiotic relationship.

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