Miniature Rustic Twig Furniture by George C. Clark: July 2011

I make my furniture from twigs and Lake Michigan driftwood, shells, stones, bark, seed pods and other natural materials. The challenge is to fabricate objects that require a certain form and symmetry, like chairs, for example, out of materials that are by nature randomly and organically shaped. I seek out the gnarliest twigs and pieces of driftwood, the curved, forked or twisted ones, because they make the most interesting furniture. No two of my chairs are ever alike in construction, although they are all identical in function. They embody the spirit of rustic design by using found or natural materials instead of manufactured ones, and at the same time evoke the many folk tales and legends of the little people of the forest. I have a lot of fun making them.

The little tables' tops are 5 inches above the surface they are standing on, and the chairs are scaled in proportion to that size.

You can email me at gcc@georgecclark.com

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

MUTANT BUNNY now showing at Longbranch Gallery in Mineral Point, Wisconsin

My Mutant Bunny Is currently on exhibit at the Longbranch Gallery, 203 Commerce Street in Mineral Point, Wisconsin.

8 inch high rustic driftwood Mutant Bunny by George C. Clark

Thank you to the ladies who participated in my Miniature Rustic Twig Chair Workshop Sunday at the 10th annual Woodlanders Gathering at Shake Rag Alley Center for the Arts in Mineral Point, Wisconsin. Thanks also to the great instructors in whose workshops my wife Pat and I participated this year: Roald, Little John, John S., John W., Lindy, Dan and Roland. A special thanks to Sandy and Judy, who organized the whole event, and a final thank you to the Andersons, who bought my Rustic Flotilla painting at the Tor Faegre Scholarship fundraising auction. What a great four day weekend!