Miniature Rustic Twig Furniture by George C. Clark: June 2013

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

Sunday, June 30, 2013

My Workshop at the 2013 WOODLANDERS GATHERING in Mineral Point, Wisconsin

Miniature Rustic Twig Rocking Deer by George C. Clark
(rocker length 8 inches)

I thank the people who signed up for my workshop Friday, July 12 at the 2013 WOODLANDERS GATHERING at Shake Rag Alley Center for the Arts in Mineral Point, Wisconsin. This year we will be making either miniature rocking horses or miniature rocking deer. It should be a lot of fun. There is still time to sign up for this and other classes and workshops, some of which I look forward to participating in myself. WOODLANDERS GATHERING is a long weekend where creative people in the rustic crafts get together to learn from each other. You can find out more about it here.