

“My work is all about work in process,” Spencer Fung told us over a cup of coffee a few years back. “Stop: Don’t cover it up. It’s so beautiful, with shadow and light.”
The self-described naturalistic architect, artist, and furniture designer begins and ends with the land, whether he’s painting or designing a home, an English pub, or a spa. And that means making the natural world—and all its textures, materials, and imperfections—evident in everything he does: think hand-hewn wood, collected stones, plaster that shows the trail of the hands that applied it. Spencer takes the same approach in his art: “I make abstract paintings with local natural pigments that I collect, like local clay, minerals, and foraged plant inks,” he says. “This is my way to connect to the land and the landscape. I hope to raise awareness to restore our fragile nature.”
Today, the Hong Kong-born, London-based architect/artist shares the book on his bedside table, go-to sheets, and the three things he never leaves the house without…
A homemade jar of seasonal pesto or chutney and a bottle of our foraged elderflower cordial.
A large black pebble that I hand polished.
Wildwood: A Journey Through Trees by Roger Deakin.
Cesária Évora and Verdi.
All nature programs by David Attenborough, my hero.
Vintage linen.
Natural hand-polished plaster in a bone color.
All sculptures and sketches by Henry Moore. He lived locally in Hampstead, London.
Natural, simple, local.
A hedging plant for the garden.
My sketchbook, graphite, and pencils.
Thank you, Spencer! Follow his work via Spencer Fung Architects and on Instagram @spencerfung_architects and @spencerfung_art. You can also see his exhibit of paintings, “Regeneration”, with works created in the aftermath of forest fires, at Ralph Pucci in NYC; and a launch of three new rugs coming up at the Christopher Farr Chelsea Showroom in London.
N.B.: Featured photograph by Sarah Weal.
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