Red Hot Lava

Rosewood wth Makha Burl and Red Resin.
Recycled Steel Base
34''H x 18''W x 4''Thick
CFA Serial #42

Old Tree Goes Heavy Metal

Ghost-wood Sculpture with Polished Metal Base and Butterfly
19''H x 16.5''W x 5.5''Thick

"Book-Matched Quads" Slab Table

"Book-Matched Quads" Burma Rosewood with Ruby Resin and Brushed Metal Base
28W'' x 28W'' x 16.5''H x 1 1/2'' Thick
CFA Serial #41

ASID / Orange Coast Magazine Home Tour 2009

Astoria Penthouse Living Room Cocktail Table

Book-match Teak Burl Tall Tree Table with Black Makha Hollow Base
52''L x 32''W x 16''H
CFA Serial #91

Showing at the ASID / Orange Coast Magazine Home Tour 2009 at the OC Astoria

Living Room Designer Frank Pittman

"Rouge et Noir"

"Rouge et Noir" Teak Tree Trunk Cocktail Table with Ebony Buttterfly
~42''L x ~37''W x 18''H (Supports 48'' to 60'' Glass Round or Oval)
CFA Serial #39

A new inspiration employing dark sultry red and black.

Showing at Gina-B in the Laguna Design Center

CLARK Functional Art at 2009 ASID / Orange Coast Magazine Design Tour

Astoria Penthouse Living Room Cocktail Table
Showing at the ASID / Orange Coast Magazine Home Tour 2009 at the OC Astoria
Living Room Designer Frank Pittman

Book-match Teak Burl Tall Tree Table with Black Makha Hollow Base
52''L x 32''W x 16''H
CFA Serial #91

Reclaimed Teak Slab Cocktail Table with Mirror Metal Legs

Teak Tall Tree Cocktail Table with Polished Metal Mirror Legs
60''L x 26''W x 17.5''H (3'' Thick)
CFA Serial #35

The metal mirror legs reflect the light in such a manner that the table seems to be floating. The table is enforced with 4 polished metal butterflies. Salvaged old growth teak from demolished barn and house in northern Thailand.

Live-edge Flamewood Slab Table

Live-edge Flamewood Tall Tree Table with Polished Metal Trestle Legs
CFA Serial #34
10'L x 32-33-29-31''W x 30''H (3.75 ''Thick)

Rosewood Live-edge Tall Tree Table

Created from a beautiful live-edge slab of Thailand Rosewood.

Rosewood Live-edge Tall Tree Table with Polished Metal Prism Legs
CFA Serial #33
74''L x 42''W x 18''H (4.5'' Thick)

CLARK Functional Art entryway console at 2009 ASID / Orange Coast Magazine Design Tour

Custom Honduras Mahogany and Polished Metal "L-Desk"

I made this custom Honduras Mahogany and Polished Metal "L-Desk" per the specifications of a special client.

How I cut big slabs...

Seven foot chainsaw with slabbing guide attachment

David Yurman Ghostwood Jewelry Display

In collaboration with David Yurman, over the last year I created over 100 Ghostwood Burlwood Jewelry Displays for 19 David Yurman stores in the US and Internationally. These displays are on show at David Yurman Beverly Hills CA on Rodeo Drive

Showing at the ASID / Orange Coast Magazine Home Tour 2009

Showing at the ASID / Orange Coast Magazine Home Tour 2009 at the OC Astoria
April 21st to May 17th.

Astoria Penthouse Entry Hall Console -- Designer Rick Campos of Christopher Tracy Interiors

See www.asidocc.org for tickets.

Showing at the ASID /Orange Coast Magazine Design Tour 2009

Honduras Mahogany Free-edge Tall Tree Table/Desk with Polished Metal Trestle

I created this Honduras Mahogany Free-edge Tall Tree Table/Desk
with Polished Metal Trestle for a client in Laguna Beach CA.

How did my Logo get here?

black - by zanet on Polyvore.com

Stylehive -- Rosewood Table

Rosewood Table with Ebony Butterfly Inlays - dining room furniture - rosewood dining table - modern furniture Stylehive BM 400056 #:400056

Old Growth India Teak and Burma Rosewood Cocktail Table

Old Growth India Teak and Burma Rosewood/Narra Cross-section Inlay with Polished Metal Legs

Reclaimed Teak Slab was found in fire damaged home in Thailand
64.5''L x 30''W x 17''H (3.5'' Thick)

Custom Slab Tables up to 15 feet long

Create these tables up to 15 feet long and 4 feet wide...
Honduras Mahogany with Polished Metal Trestle

Acacia and Black Resin

I create these Acacia and Black Resin Burl art pieces to any size and color such as Ruby red and Topaz blue.

Free-edge Tall Tree Table with Polished Metal Trestle

Honduras Mahogany Free-edge Tall Tree Table with Polished Metal Trestle
89''L x 29.25''W x28.5''H (2'' Thick)
Sizes up to 15 feet long

Ink Blotch Teak Tree Truck Art

I created this Ink Blotch Teak Tree Truck Art using reclaimed Teak and resin.

27'' x 29''

Polished Metal Butterfly

This piece highlights my signature "Polished Metal Butterfly". I create all sizes of custom piece.

Reclaimed Old Growth Teak with Polished Metal Butterfly High Table

Teak Burl Tree Trunk Table

The Burl of a tree trunk possesses a beautiful swirling grain that has movement similar to the flow of water in a fast moving creek.

Create from a massive reclaimed teak tree trunk of a tree fell long ago.

Created for a client in Newport Beach.









Reclaimed Teak Tree Trunk Table with Old Growth Teak Legs
~45-55" Diameter x 16''H (~6.5'' Thick)

Magnificent Makha Burl Dining Table

This Makha Burl Dining Table and a matching Makha Burl Cocktail Tail were created for interior designer Tammy Dawson. Tammy has just completed the interior of a spectacular home in Big Horn Palm Desert for which these pieces were created. This home is to showcase in the Big Horn Home Show on November 29, 2008.

Makha Burl Hollow with Polished Metal Feet and 72'' Glass Round Table Top

Makha Burl Tree Trunk Cocktail Table

Custom Makha Burl Tree Trunk Cocktail Table with scallop cut glass and high-polish metal legs. Designed for designer Tammy Dawson and client residence on Big Horn Golf Course in Palm Desert CA.

Makha Burl
46x41'' Diameter x 20''H

2008 CHOC Chairs for Charity Event & Auction, "Where the Wild Things Are" Chair, September 21, Orange Coast Art House

ASID Orange County Chairs for Charity, debuting September 2008
in Orange County, is a unique and creative fundraising event based around unique, highly valued chairs designed and created by ASID Orange County Interior Designers. These one-of-a-kind collectible chairs will be on display at selected Orange County
locations to pre-promote the fund-raiser and then auctioned at a
Benefit Event with all proceeds going to Children’s Hospital of Orange County Foundation on September 21.

The actual 2008 ASID Chairs for Charity Event & Auction will take place, Sunday, September 21, at the Orange Coast Art House at Covenant Hills. More than 250 people are expected to attend this fundraiser for CHOC Foundation. CHOC Foundation Guild members will be invited to attend this 4-hour event which will feature Food, Entertainment and the auction of the Chairs.

For more information click 2008 CHOC Chairs for Charity

THE ART OF LIVING Reception August 7th

San Francisco Chronicle July 8, 2008

ID HOME is hosting a reception for the launch of their new initiative THE ART OF LIVING, a collaboration that features the works of the Bay Area’s best artists, designers and artisans on Thursday, August 7th 2008 from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. at 1125 Mariposa Street in Potrero Hill.

This concept is an idea of Alexandra Krueckl, who introduced Pierre Leduc and Nancy Arrowsmith, owners of two neighboring interior design stores, ID HOME and bimma loft to local professionals. “Thanks to the keen eye, experience and networking ability of Alexandra, who coordinated this group of incredibly talented and dedicated people, to showcase a variety of unique, high-quality, cutting-edge designs and artworks, we are now the source for high-profile architects and designers” says Pierre Leduc. ID HOME and bimma loft will permanently showcase:

• Tony Clark’s, unique furniture creations made from responsibly reclaimed wood from Thailand
• Dana Porteous of SkySide Studios’ innovative, sustainable designs
• Leathersouth’s custom rugs and accessories
• Sally Dominguez’ contemporary designs
• The Woodshanti Cooperative’s craftsmanship
• Feng Jin’s sculptures
• Virna Low and Dan Heller’s photography.

“I’m excited to be able to help promote the local artistic community by providing a platform for them to gain exposure” explains Alexandra Krueckl. Elizabeth Charles is supporting THE ART OF LIVING by presenting her new Fall ‘08 fashion collections, in a stylish installation at the reception that compliments the other design pieces. “This is a great opportunity to support the local community and bring together people with a similar appreciation of high-end design.” “THE ART OF LIVING collaboration will continue to introduce cutting-edge, high-quality designers and artists in the future to our hip, sophisticated clientele.” says Pierre Leduc.

To RSVP to the event at ID HOME, please call 415.861.6668 or email info@idhomedecor.com
1125 Mariposa Street • San Francisco • 415.861.6668

For additional information on THE ART OF LIVING collaborators, please visit their websites:

www.CLARKFunctionalArt.com
www.danheller.com
www.dreamcatchersarts.com
www.elizabeth-charles.com
www.leathersouth.com
www.rainwaterhog.com
www.skysidesstudios.com
www.woodshanti.com
www.IDHOMEdecor.com
www.bimmaloft.com

Gigantic Reclaimed Rosewood/Amboyna Tree Trunk Coffee Table

The brilliance and swirling intricacy of the burled wood grain is like fire. The old burl of this Burma Rosewood-Narra stump is called Amboyna; arguably the most coveted exotic wood in South-east Asia.

I found this very large rosewood tree trunk on the banks of the river Ping in central Thailand after the annual floods of 2007. I estimate the stump is over 2000 year old. Originally cut down a long time ago, the tree trunk sat for a very long time lodged in the mud banks of the Ping. It took a long time until the yearly floods finally washed enough of the mud away to make the root system accessible. It took a large crane, a tracker with a backhoe, a crew of men with shovels, picks, and chain saws, and a lot of hard work to dig out the remainder before it could be finally driven off to be rough cut and shipped to Costa Mesa CA.

Reclaimed Burma Rosewood-Narra/Amboyna Tree Stump
Glass Center Inlay
Brass Butterfly Joinery
8 feet Diameter, 9 inches Thick, 15 inches Tall

Evolution of a Pentagon Table

Geometry is wonderful! It turns out that 7 disks of the same size can perfectly surround an 8^th similar disk. Well that’s nice, but I only had 6 disks, so 5 had to go around 1; the result, a pentagon. I still think it looks good.

This table is made of 5 Burma Rosewood crosscut disks surrounding a single disk. The Burma Rosewood crosscut disks have a star shaped hollow at their center filled with black high-gloss resin. The entire table is interconnected using the same high-gloss black resin. The base is inspired by the pentagon theme; it has a pentagon center structure that’s sides extends out forming a pentagon star. Ok enough of pentagons, take a look.

Burma Rosewood Hollows and Black High-gloss Resin
45''Diameter x 19''H
Serial # 96

Making a Square Tree

How do you make a round cross-section of a tree square? This is the puzzle solved by this Book-match Rosewood Table. The tree center is at the table corners, the table center is the outside of tree.

Light from beneath illuminates the ruby colored resin at the table center and natural occurring half-moon openings at the corners.

Burma Rosewood and Black Lacquer Geometric Base
28”W x 28’’W x 16''H x 1 1/2'' Thick

Sunset Sculpture

Sunset was inspired by the natural form of this teak hollow that has a burl that burst out from the center and flows outward in waves. The red center is a ruby colored resin that glows from back light. The rays emanating from the side are made of polished golden brass.

Old Growth Teak, Polished Brass, Ruby Resin
34''L x 19''H x 3.5''W

Price List Available Online

Upon the request I have added pricing information in the CLARK Functional Art Catalog on my website www.CLARKFunctionalArt.com.

As you probably have found out, the big well know companies such as Hudson Furniture Inc, Ralph Pucci, Mimi London, Chista, etc. charge more then twice as such as I do. Most of these companies also buy wholesale from people such as myself, but you would never know it.

Home Accents -- Burmese Rosewood Burl Bookends

I have created a new "Home Accents" line of home furnishing. In this category are various art objects for the home such as bookends, bookshelf art sculptures, table top sculptures, and more. You can view these pieces along with pricing in the catalog on my website.

These Burmese Rosewood Burl Bookends can hold up the largest of book collections.

26''Length x 8 1/2'' Height x 6'' Wide
Custom sizes and wood types available

Swirl-of-the-Burl

I created this Teak Burl Book-match Coffee Table from the crotch of a very large reclaimed teak tree stump. The crotch of a tree is the portion of the tree that divides the tree into two large branches or roots. It is very solid wood that possesses the "swirl-of-the-burl"; the dense burl growth that provides the immense strength required to support the tree's vertical growth.

Book-matching is a wood milling technique that produces two pieces of wood with matching grain; the two pieces are then joined such that the wood grains mirror each other.

Old Growth India Teak
Table Top 52 inches L x 31 inches W x 2.75 inches Thick
Table Height 15 inches (Can be customized to any height)

Custom Burl Art Sculptures with Polished Metal Pedestals

I make custom Burl Art Sculptures for a variety of clients. I use beautiful pieces of reclaimed exotic woods and salvaged metal. I have one client that uses custom Burl Art Sculptures to display jewelry. Each Burl Art Sculpture is individually sized to be framed by the display window as per the customer's specification. Jewelry is displayed on the wood sculpture hanging from various points.

Makha Burl
15-17'' inches Diameter x 24'' Height

Teak Driftwood Sculptures

I create a variety of aesthetic natural-form exotic wood sculpture constructed out of salvaged driftwood, tree trunk hollows, and recycled scrap metal. The wood is polished and finished to bring out the fire of the burl/grain. The metal is use to create a strong base and support. The metal is re-milled and polished to a brilliant shine.

OC Philharmonic House of Design

This Old-Growth India Teak Coffee/Cocktail table was made on consignment for the 2008 OC Philharmonic House of Design April 22- May 18, 2008. It will be displayed in the Entry Loggia by Chameleon Designs of Newport Beach, CA.

The table is made from reclaimed old-growth teak salvaged from a derelict farm building outside of Hong Dong, Thailand.





Old Growth India Teak
Table Top 42 inches L x 28 inches W x 3 inches Thick
Table Height 15 inches (Can be customized to any height)

Large and long Burma Rosewood "Book-match" Dining Table

Book-matching is a wood milling technique that produces two pieces of wood with matching grain; the two pieces are then joined such that the wood grains mirror each other.

This Large and long Burma Rosewood "Book-match" table has the seam of the book-match joined with dark Rosewood butterfly inlays. The butterflies join the two matching Rosewood planks, each 9 feet long. The legs are constructed of Acacia wood; a very popular and beautiful wood used in Hawaiian wood carvings.

Burma Rosewood and Acacia
9 feet L x 32 inches W x 2 1/2 inches Thick x 30 inches Tall

Makha Driftwood Sculpture

Beautiful Makha Driftwood Sculpture for contemporary patio or garden.

Makha Driftwood
30-44'' Foot-print x 4' Height

East Indian Walnut Cocktail Table

This cocktail table is made from a very old slab of East Indian Walnut. This particular piece casts off a natural dark green tone. It has beautiful live-edge sides; the cambium which is the light part of the wood between the tree bark and central hardwood provides a beautiful contrast to the dark green center. The legs are made of old-growth India Teak and also have a live-edge and contrasting cambium.

This particular piece of wood was very difficult to work with because of its sheer density, hardness, and weight. It was so difficult to work with that it burned out and ruined one of my best saws.

East Indian Walnut (Taukkyan) and Old Growth India Teak
Table Top 67 inches L x 25 inches W x 4 1/4 inches Thick
Table Height 20 inches (Can be customized to any height)

Rosewood Dining Table with Ebony Butterfly Inlays

I made this large Burma Rosewood table using Ebony wood butterfly inlays to provide a beautiful accent and additional strength. The legs are constructed of Acacia wood: a very popular and beautiful wood used in Hawaiian wood carvings.

Burma Rosewood, Acacia, Ebony
84 inches L x 54 inches W x 2 1/2 inches Thick x 30 inches Tall

East Indian Walnut Tree Trunk Conference Table

Could you envision this magnificent piece in the middle of a grand hotel lobby?

This very large East Indian Walnut table is a work-in-progress (I will update this entry as work progresses). The final piece will have large over-lapping circular Rosewood burl cross section inlays filling and cleaning up the jagged burnt out end sections and holes. The top will be finished to bring out the brilliance of the grain/burl. The edges/sides and base will remain natural. I found this wood in Central Thailand in the back of a barn covered with plant over-growth and mud.


East Indian Walnut (Taukkyan) Table on Pedestal
120 inches Length x 60 inches Width x 4 inches Thick x 30 inches Tall

Custom Glass Table Tops

Custom Glass Table Tops Sizes with Custom Bevels and Thicknesses -- 1/2 , 3/4, and or 1 inch

Rounds

• 48" Diameter 4 - 6 people
  
• 60" Diameter 8 - 10 people
• 72" Diameter 10 - 12 people
• 96" Diameter 12 - 14 people
• Large available

Rectangular/Square

• 4' x 30" Banquet 6 (using ends) people
• 6' x 30" Banquet 8 (using ends) people
• 8' x 30" Banquet 10 (using ends) people
• 4' Square 4 - 6 people
• 5' Square 8 people

Anything else...

• Larger sizes custom glass available
• Custom oval and ellipse glass table top available
• Custom shapes available -- Bean, Egg, Paisley, Flower, etc.

Makha Burl Tree Trunk Table

Here is a Makha Burl Tree Trunk Table base I found near the upper part of the river Ping. The Makha tree is an exotic hard wood from the old Siam region of Northern/Central Thailand. It is prized for its burl or as the Thai people call the “pom”. This piece is approx. 300 yrs old: it was reclaimed after the 2006 seasonal floods from the river Ping. The base supports a custom round or oval glass table top.

Makha Burl
Table Base -- 41 to 34 inches Diameter x 28 inches Height
Custom Glass Table Top

Best of OC - Greer’s OC

Best of OC - Greer’s OC

See my Teak Tree Burl Art at Studio Chameleon in Newport Beach CA.

Teak Table with Rosewood Burl Inlay

This cocktail table is very cool. I enjoy incorporating all types of inlay work into my pieces such as wood burl, metals, and glass. The inlays are beautiful as well as functional; they hide defects in the reclaimed wood such as natural/man-made holes, burnt sections, and dents.
I built this table using a large reclaimed old growth India Teak slab inlay with Burma Rosewood burl cross-sections. The inlays were required to hide/fix damaged burnt sections in the teak slab that were incurred during it's previous life. I found this teak slab in an old wood carvers compound in a small town about 50Km south of Chiang Mai, Thailand. I don't know for sure, but it is likely that the wood was salvaged from a fire damaged house or other building. The legs are made from cross-sections of a large Burma Rosewood hollow.

Old Growth India Teak and Burma Rosewood/Narra
Table Top 30inches W x 64 1/2 inches L x 3 1/2 inches Thick
Table Height 13 1/3 inches (Can be customized to any height)

CLARK Functional Art

CLARK Functional Art creates works of functional art from ancient fallen trees and reclaimed woods of Northern Thailand. Treasures hidden long ago are rediscovered and transformed into works of beauty. Count the rings! Some trees are over 500 years old

Master-craftsmanship
Ancient and contemporary home furnishings are created from solid exotic woods including Teak, Makha, Rosewood, Acacia, and Ebony. The wood is inlay with re-enforcing “butterfly” joinery of brass, stainless steel, and other exotic woods to enhance beauty and strength. Master-craftsman detail and finish brings out brilliance and fire of the wood.

Green/Eco-friendly
All CLARKFunctionalArt wood is reclaimed. Fallen long ago and found washed up on the sides of rivers, along old forgotten roads, or part of an old barn. I travel the countryside looking for old muddy tree trunks and reclaimed wood from abandon buildings. The locals are glad to find a buyer, someone to haul an old tree off their farm or road. Rough cut and washed of mud the wood is shipped to Costa Mesa, CA. Once it arrives it is cut to specification, sanded, finished, and polished. Once complete, a treasure is rediscovered.

Custom Designs
Having difficulty finding the perfect piece to fit into your dining, living, or conference room? Have a custom piece of art created to your specification. CLARKFunctionalArt designs and builds custom works including conference tables, dining tables, coffee tables, entryway tables, outdoor tables, and art displays.

Showroom/Viewing
Come visit my studio on the border of Newport Beach and Costa Mesa or feel free to contact us for more information. Appointments for viewing are available daily.

Trade and wholesale pricing available

CLARKFunctionalArt
1630 Superior Ave., Building H
Costa Mesa, CA 92627
(2 doors down Commercial Way
from Superior Ave)

Telephone: +1 949 375-1367
FAX: +1 949 209-1947
email: info@CLARKFunctionalArt.com
www.CLARKFunctionalArt.com

Giant Makha Burl with Old Growth Teak Base

Found this very large Makha wood tree trunk in central Thailand along the River Ping. The stump was approximately 6ft Diameter x 6ft Tall (see picture below). This piece is approx. 350 yrs old; it was reclaimed after the 2006 seasonal floods from the river Ping. It has a drift wood appearance being worn by many year of being along the banks of the Ping.

The Makha tree is an exotic hard wood from the old Siam region of Northern Thailand. It is prized for its burl or as the Thai people call the “pom”.

The tables I have made from this magnificent tree trunk range in size down from the piece being used in the table above 74''L x 44''W x 8'' Thick. The table is designed to accommodate a custom glass top of various size and shape.

The legs are constructed of old growth teak that I found on an abandoned beaver farm about 20km toward the mountains from Hong Dong, Thailand. I don't know if I believe it was really a beaver farm but that was the owner's story; perhaps the translation came out wrong.

Old Teak Tree Trunk Burl Art with Soild Steel Stand

I found this Old Teak Burl washed up on the River Ping in Northern Thailand. The tree is approximately 150 years old not including the time it was buried in the mud shore banks of the river Ping. The solid steel base is made from re-cycled steel rod that was previously used in early 1900’s era Los Angeles high-rise building construction.

35inches Diameter x 48inches Tall

Other wood types and sizes available

Coast Magazine August 2007, page 58

Coast Magazine...

OC artist Tony Clark creates works of functional art from old fallen trees of Northern Thailand, a region that has the strictest requirements for wood export. An old teak tree trunk that was once washed up on the side of a river may be transformed into one of CLARK Functional Art's one-of-a-kind tree trunk tables and sculptures, which are made to order at the Costa Mesa studio. In addition, to teak tables, there are rosewood tree tables, old Makha side tables, hand-carved teak panels and teak coffee tables. Shown here is a teak Tree Trunk Table that retails for $1500.
Call (949) 375-1367; www.CLARKFunctionalArt.com

Live-edge Exotic Wood Tables

I make custom Live-edge Exotic Wood Tables of reclaimed Rosewood, Old-growth Teak, Paduak, Makha, and other wood types.

Here is a Burma Rosewood Dining Table with Live-edge Indian Walnut Legs. Made of reclaimed wood from old tables found in a back-road restaurant in central Thailand.
40"W x 80"L x 30"H

Eco-friendly and Green

What is it to be Environmentally Responsible, Eco-friendly, and Green? For me it is only using reclaimed and recycled wood. All the wood I use was cut down a long time ago, reclaimed from a previous use, blown-over by a storm, or washed up by a flood. Further all my wood is certified by the Government of Thailand for export .

Fallen long ago and found washed up on the sides of rivers, along old forgotten roads, or part of an old barn. I travel the countryside looking for old muddy tree trunks and reclaimed wood from abandon buildings. Reclaimed wood is wood previously milled and used in the past for things such bridges, piers, barns, houses, and furniture. In actuality, there is much reclaimed wood; the difficulty is in identifying and retrieving the wood. Once found, the locals are glad to have found a buyer, someone to haul an old tree off their farm or road.

A Thai Government Trade Certificate must be obtained for possession and transportation of all exotic hardwood. Exotic hardwoods from Thailand are tightly control by the Thai Government Trade and Export Ministry. Government check points along all trade routes and ports inspect all certificates and accompanying cargo. The Thai people care for and protect their forests very responsibly, I maintain the same ethic.