Daniel Mack

Rustic Furnishings

Recent Workshops, 2010  

IMAGINAL CARDS, November

I introduced The Cards one November evening at a class in the Integrated Design Program at Parsons School of Design in New York.  We talked about Design as "conscious Patterning of Material." It can happen in urban landscapes, living spaces, in fashion.... and on a very small intimate scale.  It's all a way of refining our capacity to see and speak about human nature in nature.So, we practiced, for 20 minutes, with making statements on The Cards:

Working Rustic   July 5-9 

The Omega Institute Rhinebeck, NY

Daniel Mack has been working with sticks, saplings, logs, bark and driftwood for 25 years to make furniture, architectural work, garden structures and small, simple objects. He has written five books on the techniques and attitudes of working rustic. He has learned about the 'language' of natural materials which he shares in this workshop, "Rustic is really a way of saying something about beauty, nature, longing and your place in the world. It's much more than just furniture".

Dan introduces the basic construction techniques and tools of rustic work as you work on your own projects. This workshop is excellent for people who have never used a drill or a hammer. But experienced builders and craftspeople will be surprised and challenged by the subtleties of the rustic ways of making things. You can expect to make two or three things during the course.

from the sublime

to the ridiculous

June 20-24, Sewanee School, Sewanee, TN

April 16-18  at Dan's shop in Warwick, NY · $125/day· limit 7 people·

May, 2010                                    Moonlight Workshops   

November, 2009- April, 2010

Arts-in-Healthcare Seminar, a support-group for working artists

November 21, 2009            Imaginal Artifacts Workshop:

Dan's Studio, Warwick On November 21 seven people met for several hours to explore the languages of making things...some cards, some tools and other imaginal techlnologies.  Let the Right Brain lead!

October 3, 2009                   Making Things in the Woods Dan worked, er, played with a bunch of people in the Woods for an  afternoon of making lightly-scaled Land Art: things that hang, re-arranged fallen wood, colored chalks in unexpected areas of a piece of property belonging to The Orange County Land Trust.  They are interested in introducing more people to the many different properties they own.  Go the the OCLT preserve near Rt 416/207 and see for yourself! Earlier in the year, Dan's artist friend Robbie Haleane did a Stone Wall building Workshop at another site.  The point: Get artists working/playing on the Land! Thanks to land artists Carolyn, Caroline, Leslie, Avri, April, Anna, Tim, Bonnie and Mary.

 

 

September 26, 2009      HIKE into HISTORY: