Miniature Rustic Twig Furniture by George C. Clark: December 2012

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

Saturday, December 22, 2012

Merry Christmas to All from Rudolph!

Rudolph, miniature rustic twig reindeer by George C. Clark (height: 6 inches)

Rudolph's eyes are black peppers, his nose a star anise seed. He was purchased at my recent Art on Elston exhibition.

Monday, December 3, 2012

Thanks to the Collectors who Purchased my work at This Past Weekend's Craft Sales

Large birchbark rustic Tang Dynasty rocking horse by George C. Clark (rocker length 7 inches)

...including this hollow birchbark Tang Dynasty rocking horse.