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 13, 2017

2017 Evanston Art Center Winter Arts + Crafts Expo November 18 to December 21

Rocking Reindeer handcrafted by George C. Clark

It's time for the 2017 Winter Arts + Crafts Expo at Evanston Art Center, 1717 Central Street, Evanston, Illinois.  The Expo will be open free November 18 to December 21 from 9am to 9pm Monday through Friday and from 9am to 4pm Saturday and Sunday.  It will be closed Thanksgiving Day.

There will be a special PREVIEW PARTY on Thursday, November 17 from 6 to 9pm.  Admission to the party will be $35 in advance or $45 at the door.  You can order tickets here: https://www.evanstonartcenter.org/winterexpo 

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Monday, May 8, 2017

Thank You


My thanks to the collectors who purchased my miniature rustic twig furniture at the INDEPENDENCE PARK FINE CRAFTS FAIR Saturday! 

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