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, November 16, 2015

Evanston Art Center Winter Arts & Craft Expo 2015

Miniature rustic twig armchair by George C. Clark
(Height: about 8 inches)

Rustic driftwood twig shore bird by George C. Clark
(Height: about 5 inches)

I just delivered this year's batch of miniature rustic twig furniture to EAC for the:

EVANSTON ART CENTER
WINTER ARTS AND CRAFTS EXPO 2015
November 21 to December 20
Open free every day 10am to 4pm
1717 Central Street, Evanston, IL 60201
 www.evanstonartcenter.org

Come out and see the Art Center's new building and buy original arts and craft in many media by dozens of local artists.  I will be in the gallery Wednesday, December 16 from 10am to noon.