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Marie-Lise Féry

 

Born in Paris, Marie-Lise Féry studied art trading before moving to New York, where she discovered a city as a theatre: its architecture, light and visual rhythm shaped a gaze in the making.
Upon returning to France, she opened her own gallery — a space of free expression where she composed sensitive visual tableaux that blended styles from the 17th century to the 1970s. A formative and intuitive apprenticeship, shaped by objects, history and emotion.
In 2015, she founded Magic Circus Éditions, to let this memory of form enter into dialogue with light.

 

Magic Circus Éditions

 

Founded by Marie-Lise Féry, Magic Circus Éditions approaches light as a living language, nourished by 20th-century decorative forms and reactivated through a contemporary, sensitive lens.
This memory unfolds through the fantasy of the 1920s, the graphic precision of the 1930s, and the sculptural boldness of the 1970s — legacies reimagined through a free-spirited approach that invites the eye to perceive differently.
“I strive to reinterpret the decorative forms of the 20th century and to create a living bridge between past and present. I work with balance and lightness — sometimes on a monumental scale — to offer theatrical, playful, even magical pieces that always aim to surprise. My creations seek to engage the gaze, to weave an intimate relationship where memory and perception fuse.” — Marie-Lise Féry
This precious link continues with The Grand Show, the collection unveiled for the brand’s tenth anniversary. Conceived as a dialogue between material, space and gaze, it composes a silent poetry where each form extends the gesture — revealing what cannot be said, but can be felt. A subtle balance between matter and light.

 

Craftsmanship Excellence — Gesture at the Heart of Creation

 

At Magic Circus Éditions, everything begins with a gesture — the gesture that shapes, adjusts, and reveals the material in its truest light.
Each piece begins here: in the quiet of craftsmanship, in the discreet precision of a hand attuned to light.
In northern Portugal, the lighting workshop reveals the quiet elegance of brass, the signature material of the house. Whether coppered, natural, nickel-plated, gunmetal or patinated, it comes in polished, sandblasted, brushed or lacquered finishes — each one expressing the rich surface language of the material. Every finish catches the light differently, depending on its texture, depth or the intention it conveys.
Mouth-blown in European glassworks, the glass explores a range of textures. In Murano, filigrana draws calligraphic lines through the glass mass. In the Czech Republic, cut facets sculpt the light. In Poland, the diffusion of opaline glass becomes soft, muffled, almost silent.
Like metal or glass, wood also calls for a singular gesture: in France, it is charred using the Japanese shou sugi bantechnique, revealing a raw, dense, tactile grain.
Each gesture, each material, composes a sensory language in which light reveals more than just form — it reveals a presence.

 

Bespoke — Form in Dialogue

 

Bespoke creations extend the visual language of Magic Circus Éditions. Each project is a variation, designed in close relation to a specific space — its volumes, its uses, its atmosphere. Dimensions, compositions, finishes: everything can be adjusted through a thoughtful dialogue between formal intuition and spatial constraint.
In close collaboration with architects and specifiers, unique pieces are born: site-specific installations, monumental formats or subtle interventions. Each creation aligns seamlessly with its environment — like an obvious answer.
More than a customisation, bespoke becomes a creative field in its own right, where artisanal precision meets artistic freedom.