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

Tuesday, July 12, 2016

My Miniature Rustic Twig Chair-building Workshop at the Woodlanders Gathering Last Sunday

Me demonstrating miniature chair-building techniques

Woodlander Cooper Rogness at work

The annual WOODLANDERS GATHERING was
held last Thursday through Sunday at Shake Rag
Alley Center for the Arts in Mineral Point, WI.
The Gathering is a festival of classes and workshops
in the rustic arts that attracts artists and craftspeople
from all over to share skills and ideas.  

Woodlander Sandy Scott at work