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

Friday, July 24, 2015

Congratulations to Mary Ann Heidemann

Punk Rocking Unicorn by Mary Ann Heidemann (rocker length 8 inches)

Mary Ann Heidemann's Punk Rocking Unicorn won First Place at the Presque Isle, Maine, County Fair.  Way to go, Mary Ann!  Well done!

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Wednesday, July 15, 2015

Critters Now At Longbranch Gallery, Mineral Point, Wisconsin

Devil Dog, driftwood twig sculpture by George C. Clark

Miniature rustic twig rocking horse by George C. Clark
(rocker length 8 inches)

These pieces, which were briefly at the Illinois Artisans Shop in Chicago before it abruptly closed, are now at the Longbranch Gallery, 203 Commerce Street, Mineral Point, Wisconsin.

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Tuesday, July 14, 2015

My Miniature Rustic Twig Rocking Horse Workshop at Shake Rag Alley Last Weekend

Every July the Shake Rag Alley Center for the Arts in Mineral Point, Wisconsin, hosts a 4-day WOODLANDERS GATHERING featuring classes and workshops in the rustic arts, including everything from blacksmithing to jewelry making using natural materials like stone, fibers, shells, and wood.  I have been teaching workshops in miniature rustic twig furniture there for several years now, and last Saturday we made miniature driftwood twig rocking horses.  Here are some photos from the workshop taken by me and my wife Pat.  That's me in the Hawaiian shirt.




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More Bad News: Chicago Illinois Artisans Shop Now Closed

When you are committed to a policy of saving money by busting public employee unions, gutting the state's education systems, cutting funds for hungry children and crippled workers, it just wouldn't be right to waste tax dollars on culture, so Governor Rauner has closed the Illinois State Museums and their adjuncts, the Illinois Artisans Shops.  Does anyone want to buy that mastodon skeleton from the closed museum in Springfield?  Think what a great centerpiece it would make at meetings of Rauner's $100,000 Wine Club!
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