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, April 15, 2014

Rustic Birchbark Cup For Sale at Chicago Cultural Center Artists' Reception May 8, 2014

Rustic Birchbark Cup by George C. Clark
(cup rim height 4 inches)

CAFFEINE VIII, the latest exhibition by the Artists Breakfast Group, will be on exhibit April 21 through June 22, 2014, in the Chicago Cultural Center Renaissance Court Gallery at 78 E. Washington Street in Chicago.  The Chicago Cultural Center has entrances on both Washington Street and Randolph Street-- the Renaissance Court Gallery is located on the main floor just inside the Randolph entrance.  It has become a tradition for each exhibiting artist in Artists Breakfast Group shows to contribute a unique artist-made or -decorated cup to be sold at the show's Artists' Reception as a fundraiser.  My cup pictured above and many other interesting artists' cups will be for sale at the CAFFEINE VIII reception on Thursday, May 8 from 3:30 to 6:00pm.  See you there.

 UPDATE MAY 9:
Thanks to James Mesple for purchasing my cup at the reception yesterday.   

Posted by at
Labels: ,