Meet Bruce Marks

Bruce has been a glassmaker since 2001, He completed his Masters’ Degree at the University for the Creative Arts at Farnham in 2010. 

Bruce Marks was bitten by the glass bug when he first discovered lampworking. Intent on becoming a glassblower, Bruce introduced himself to Peter Layton in 2001 and spent a number of years assisting at London Glassblowing before becoming the Studio Manager and Peter’s principal colourist, helping him test and explore a myriad of colour applications.

Birds, an ongoing series, has been hugely successful and its evolution has attracted an avid and enthusiastic public following. Bruce has achieved deceptively simple abstract forms, which allude to bird-like shapes. A longtime admirer of Brancusi, Bruce envies the sculptor’s ability to capture the essence of his subject, creating a purity of form with minimal detail, whilst projecting profound presence. His work has evolved to include a stunning Tortola series, exploring surface treatments and light refraction.

Bruce's sculptures are in public collections at the Turner Museum of Glass and Broadfield House Glass Museum.