Bronze, Brass, Italian Fusion Marble, Signed Hamish Mackie
Numbered Edition of 12
Dated 2025
144cm long x 50cm wide x 90cm high / 56.5″ x 19.5″ x 35.5″
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£52,500 inc VATIn early 2025, I was approached by architect and interior designers Michalis Boyd, who are based in London and New York. They asked if I could create a sculptural table centrepiece for the relaunch of Penhaligon’s global flagship stores. Penhaligon’s are perfumers to the King
under the Puig umbrella.
The commission called for a bronze lion table to display fragrance. It needed to be an object that could express heritage, authority, and craftsmanship within a contemporary retail setting.
With a background in furniture and product design, and a long-standing interest in functional
sculpture, this project felt like a natural extension of my skills. As a student, I studied artists and designers such as Ron Arad, Danny Lane, Tom Dixon, and Alberto Giacometti. In their work, material, form, and function are inseparable and objects are allowed to exist as both artwork and furniture.
As always, field research played a vital role in getting this commission right. In March 2025, I travelled to Tanzania to study lion in the Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater alongside our brilliant Nomad guide Joel. Observing lions in their natural environment remains key to my sculptural process, as I need to understand their movement, anatomy, and what they are about. This research built on earlier studies undertaken in Kenya for my life size lion sculptures completed in 2019. I spent two wonderful weeks in the bush sculpting lion from the back of landrover.
The original lion table was enthusiastically received by Penhaligon’s, leading to the
development of a broader collection. This includes a circular Penhaligon’s Lioness Table, made as a matching pair to this one. Also in the collection is a smaller 40cm Lion Display Table, and a limited edition scaled down bronze lion. Together, these works sit at the intersection of sculpture, furniture, and design. Although conceived for a global luxury house, they are rooted in traditional making and intended to endure as highly collectible objects.
