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

Monday, February 24, 2014

One Night Exhibition at Arts Gala in Chicago March 1st

Miniature rustic twig chairs by George C. Clark displayed on a bookshelf

Miniature Rustic Twig Furniture by George C. Clark will be on exhibit and for sale at the ARTS GALA to be held Saturday evening March 1, 2014 from 6 to 10pm at the Irving Park United Methodist Church at the intersection of Grace Street and Keeler Avenue on the Northwest Side of Chicago.  Admission is $12 for adults and $5 for children (with a $30 maximum for family groups).  In addition to an arts and crafts fair, there will be snacks and refreshments and continuous musical and theatrical entertainment in several different parts of the 3-story venue, which is located just a few blocks south and west of the Pulaski and Irving Park Road Metra and Blue Line El stops.  

This Arts Gala is hosted by the Irving Park United Methodist Church in conjunction with the Northwest Arts Connection.  

  

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