{"id":40,"date":"2026-06-12T20:31:50","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T20:31:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clientworkdesign.com\/mark\/?page_id=40"},"modified":"2026-06-12T20:45:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T20:45:24","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/clientworkdesign.com\/mark\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"40\" class=\"elementor elementor-40\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8978601 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8978601\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a3e62ef elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"a3e62ef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"background-image: linear-gradient(to right, rgba(11, 11, 11, 0.95) 45%, rgba(11, 11, 11, 0.65) 100%), url('https:\/\/images.unsplash.com\/photo-1507679799987-c73779587ccf?auto=format&fit=crop&w=1920&q=80'); 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color: #c5a880; font-size: 10px; font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: 3px; text-transform: uppercase; display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 8px; line-height: 1; justify-content: inherit;\">\r\n      <span style=\"width: 15px; height: 1px; background-color: #c5a880; display: inline-block;\"><\/span>\r\n      ABOUT THE ARTIST\r\n    <\/div>\r\n\r\n    <div class=\"luxury-about-box\">\r\n      <h1>A life spent at the bench.<\/h1>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n\r\n    <p>Mark Timmerman has spent more than thirty years shaping precious metals &mdash; moving fluidly between intimate jewelry commissions and large-scale sculptural work.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f26122a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f26122a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-714e388 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"714e388\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"background-color: #0b0b0b; 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color: #c5a880; font-size: 10px; font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: 3px; text-transform: uppercase; margin-bottom: 18px; display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 8px; line-height: 1; justify-content: inherit;\">\r\n        <span style=\"width: 15px; height: 1px; background-color: #c5a880; display: inline-block;\"><\/span>\r\n        THE ARTIST\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      \r\n      <h2>From sketch to <span class=\"luxury-bio-script-word\">heirloom.<\/span><\/h2>\r\n      \r\n      <p>Trained in classical goldsmithing in Antwerp and Florence, Mark returned to North America in 1992 to open a private atelier devoted to bespoke commissions and sculptural work.<\/p>\r\n      \r\n      <p>His pieces have entered private collections from Manhattan to Monaco. His sculpture has been commissioned by museums, foundations and family estates.<\/p>\r\n      \r\n      <p>He still works alone, at a bench that has not moved in twenty years.<\/p>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e8c1e2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5e8c1e2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34cf3fc elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"34cf3fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"background-color: #0b0b0b; padding: 120px 0; font-family: 'Inter', sans-serif; width: 100%; clear: both; overflow: hidden; display: flex; flex-direction: column; align-items: center; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; 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line-height: 1.3 !important; }\r\n      .luxury-philosophy-content-split { flex-direction: column !important; align-items: center !important; gap: 35px !important; }\r\n      .luxury-philosophy-image-col { max-width: 100% !important; width: 100% !important; flex: none !important; }\r\n      .luxury-philosophy-text-col { width: 100% !important; align-items: center !important; text-align: center !important; }\r\n      .luxury-philosophy-quote-text, .luxury-philosophy-text-col p { font-size: 13.5px !important; text-align: center !important; max-width: 100% !important; padding: 0 5px; }\r\n    }\r\n  <\/style>\r\n\r\n  <div class=\"luxury-philosophy-wrapper-strict\">\r\n    \r\n    <div class=\"luxury-philosophy-header-block\">\r\n      <div style=\"font-family: 'Inter', sans-serif; color: #c5a880; font-size: 10px; font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: 3px; text-transform: uppercase; margin-bottom: 15px; display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 8px; line-height: 1; justify-content: inherit;\">\r\n        <span style=\"width: 15px; height: 1px; background-color: #c5a880; display: inline-block;\"><\/span>\r\n        CREATIVE PHILOSOPHY\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <h2>The piece exists before <span class=\"luxury-philosophy-script-style\">we begin.<\/span><\/h2>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n\r\n    <div class=\"luxury-philosophy-content-split\">\r\n      \r\n      <div class=\"luxury-philosophy-image-col\">\r\n        <div class=\"luxury-philosophy-image-frame\">\r\n          <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.unsplash.com\/photo-1544816155-12df9643f363?auto=format&fit=crop&w=800&q=80\" alt=\"Atelier Creative Workbench Scene\" \/>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n\r\n      <div class=\"luxury-philosophy-text-col\">\r\n        <p class=\"luxury-philosophy-quote-text\">\"I do not invent. I listen. The metal already knows what it wants to be &mdash; my responsibility is to clear away everything that prevents it from arriving.\"<\/p>\r\n        \r\n        <p>Mark's design process begins not with a sketch but with a conversation. Every commission starts in the same chair, at the same table, with no calendar and no clock.<\/p>\r\n        \r\n        <p>What follows is months &mdash; sometimes years &mdash; of considered work. Drawings. Wax models. Stone studies. Small revisions. Then, finally, the piece itself.<\/p>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n\r\n    <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eced5cd e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"eced5cd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-624adaa elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"624adaa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"background-color: #0b0b0b; padding: 120px 0; font-family: 'Inter', sans-serif; width: 100%; clear: both; overflow: hidden; display: flex; flex-direction: column; align-items: center; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; position: relative; z-index: 5;\">\r\n\r\n  <style>\r\n    .luxury-values-wrapper-strict {\r\n      width: 100%; 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}\r\n      .luxury-values-header-block h2 { font-size: 38px !important; }\r\n      .luxury-values-row-grid { grid-template-columns: repeat(2, 1fr) !important; }\r\n      .luxury-value-item-card { border-bottom: 1px solid #1a1a1a; }\r\n      .luxury-value-item-card:nth-child(2) { border-right: none !important; }\r\n      .luxury-value-item-card:nth-child(3), .luxury-value-item-card:nth-child(4) { border-bottom: none !important; }\r\n    }\r\n\r\n    \/* Mobile Screen Logic (100% Non-Breaking Full Stack) *\/\r\n    @media (max-width: 767px) {\r\n      div[style*=\"padding: 120px 0\"] { padding: 70px 0 !important; }\r\n      .luxury-values-wrapper-strict { gap: 40px !important; }\r\n      .luxury-values-header-block { text-align: center !important; }\r\n      .luxury-values-header-block h2 { font-size: 28px !important; line-height: 1.3 !important; }\r\n      .luxury-values-row-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr !important; }\r\n      .luxury-value-item-card { border-right: none !important; border-bottom: 1px solid #1a1a1a !important; padding: 40px 25px !important; align-items: center !important; text-align: center !important; }\r\n      .luxury-value-item-card:last-child { border-bottom: none !important; }\r\n      .luxury-value-item-card p { font-size: 13px !important; max-width: 100% !important; }\r\n    }\r\n  <\/style>\r\n\r\n  <div class=\"luxury-values-wrapper-strict\">\r\n    \r\n    <div class=\"luxury-values-header-block\">\r\n      <div style=\"font-family: 'Inter', sans-serif; color: #c5a880; font-size: 10px; font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: 3px; text-transform: uppercase; margin-bottom: 15px; display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 8px; line-height: 1; justify-content: inherit;\">\r\n        <span style=\"width: 15px; height: 1px; background-color: #c5a880; display: inline-block;\"><\/span>\r\n        VALUES\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <h2>Four principles that govern <span class=\"luxury-values-script-style\">every<br>commission.<\/span><\/h2>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n\r\n    <div class=\"luxury-values-row-grid\">\r\n      \r\n      <div class=\"luxury-value-item-card\">\r\n        <div class=\"luxury-value-number\">01<\/div>\r\n        <h3 class=\"luxury-value-title\">Patience<\/h3>\r\n        <p>A piece is finished only when nothing further can be removed without loss.<\/p>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n\r\n      <div class=\"luxury-value-item-card\">\r\n        <div class=\"luxury-value-number\">02<\/div>\r\n        <h3 class=\"luxury-value-title\">Provenance<\/h3>\r\n        <p>Materials chosen with care for origin, story and integrity.<\/p>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n\r\n      <div class=\"luxury-value-item-card\">\r\n        <div class=\"luxury-value-number\">03<\/div>\r\n        <h3 class=\"luxury-value-title\">Privacy<\/h3>\r\n        <p>Each commission is held in confidence. 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\/* Square crop matrix shift for cleaner layout on mobile viewports *\/ }\r\n    }\r\n  <\/style>\r\n\r\n  <div class=\"luxury-timeline-wrapper-strict\">\r\n    \r\n    <div class=\"luxury-timeline-text-col\">\r\n      <div style=\"font-family: 'Inter', sans-serif; color: #c5a880; font-size: 10px; font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: 3px; text-transform: uppercase; margin-bottom: 15px; display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 8px; line-height: 1; justify-content: inherit;\">\r\n        <span style=\"width: 15px; height: 1px; background-color: #c5a880; display: inline-block;\"><\/span>\r\n        EXPERIENCE\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      \r\n      <h2>Three decades of <span class=\"luxury-timeline-script-style\">measured<br>work.<\/span><\/h2>\r\n      \r\n      <div class=\"luxury-timeline-list-block\">\r\n        \r\n        <div class=\"luxury-timeline-item\">\r\n          <div class=\"luxury-timeline-year\">1988<\/div>\r\n          <p class=\"luxury-timeline-desc\">Apprenticeship &mdash; Antwerp School of Goldsmithing<\/p>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n\r\n        <div class=\"luxury-timeline-item\">\r\n          <div class=\"luxury-timeline-year\">1991<\/div>\r\n          <p class=\"luxury-timeline-desc\">Studio practice &mdash; Florence, sculpture & casting<\/p>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n\r\n        <div class=\"luxury-timeline-item\">\r\n          <div class=\"luxury-timeline-year\">1992<\/div>\r\n          <p class=\"luxury-timeline-desc\">Opens private atelier in Manhattan<\/p>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n\r\n        <div class=\"luxury-timeline-item\">\r\n          <div class=\"luxury-timeline-year\">2004<\/div>\r\n          <p class=\"luxury-timeline-desc\">First major sculpture commission &mdash; Whitfield Foundation<\/p>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n\r\n        <div class=\"luxury-timeline-item\">\r\n          <div class=\"luxury-timeline-year\">2018<\/div>\r\n          <p class=\"luxury-timeline-desc\">Retrospective exhibition &mdash; Galerie Boyer, Geneva<\/p>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n\r\n        <div class=\"luxury-timeline-item\" style=\"border-bottom: none !important;\">\r\n          <div class=\"luxury-timeline-year\">TODAY<\/div>\r\n          <p class=\"luxury-timeline-desc\">Accepting a limited number of commissions each year<\/p>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n\r\n    <div class=\"luxury-timeline-image-col\">\r\n      <div class=\"luxury-timeline-image-frame\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.unsplash.com\/photo-1605100804763-247f67b3557e?auto=format&fit=crop&w=800&q=80\" alt=\"Master Craftsman Fine Tuning Bench Work\" \/>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ABOUT THE ARTIST A life spent at the bench. Mark Timmerman has spent more than thirty years shaping precious metals &mdash; moving fluidly between intimate jewelry commissions and large-scale sculptural work. THE ARTIST From sketch to heirloom. Trained in classical goldsmithing in Antwerp and Florence, Mark returned to North America in 1992 to open a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-40","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/clientworkdesign.com\/mark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/40","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/clientworkdesign.com\/mark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/clientworkdesign.com\/mark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clientworkdesign.com\/mark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clientworkdesign.com\/mark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/clientworkdesign.com\/mark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/40\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57,"href":"https:\/\/clientworkdesign.com\/mark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/40\/revisions\/57"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/clientworkdesign.com\/mark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}