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

Thursday, April 24, 2014

2-Day Exhibition at ARTS ON ELSTON in Chicago April 25 & 26

Miniature rustic driftwood Throne of the Bat King by George C. Clark

Throne of the Bat King is just one of many miniature rustic twig furniture pieces I will be showing this weekend in a 2-day exhibition at Arts On Elston Gallery, 3446 N. Albany at the corner of Elston Avenue in Chicago.  Gallery hours are Friday, April 25 from 6 to 10pm and Saturday, April26 from 4 to 8pm.  I will be present both days, and I will also be showing some of my landscape and figure paintings and graphics.

 UPDATE MAY 4, 2014:
Throne of the Bat King is one of my favorite creations, as readers of this blog may surmise from the number of times I have posted pictures of it.  Well, this will be the last time, because while it didn't sell at Arts On Elston last week, it did sell today at the Independence Park Fine Craft Fair to collectors I didn't know I had because they have been buying my work at the Evanston Art Center's Winter Crafts Expo where I am rarely in attendance.  A hearty thanks to them and the other purchasers of my rustic crafts today!

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Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Rustic Birchbark Cup For Sale at Chicago Cultural Center Artists' Reception May 8, 2014

Rustic Birchbark Cup by George C. Clark
(cup rim height 4 inches)

CAFFEINE VIII, the latest exhibition by the Artists Breakfast Group, will be on exhibit April 21 through June 22, 2014, in the Chicago Cultural Center Renaissance Court Gallery at 78 E. Washington Street in Chicago.  The Chicago Cultural Center has entrances on both Washington Street and Randolph Street-- the Renaissance Court Gallery is located on the main floor just inside the Randolph entrance.  It has become a tradition for each exhibiting artist in Artists Breakfast Group shows to contribute a unique artist-made or -decorated cup to be sold at the show's Artists' Reception as a fundraiser.  My cup pictured above and many other interesting artists' cups will be for sale at the CAFFEINE VIII reception on Thursday, May 8 from 3:30 to 6:00pm.  See you there.

 UPDATE MAY 9:
Thanks to James Mesple for purchasing my cup at the reception yesterday.   

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