Mac McComb lives and works on the Sonoma County coast. Using local wood, he creates furniture, sculpture and homewares which express the meeting of natural form and the human hand.

He is interested in challenging the notion that culture and nature exist as separate things. This dualistic framework has led humans to abuse the ecosystems which we inhabit, overexploit resources, and harm each other and the beings around us.

Materials are the basis of his work. Wood collected from creek beds, forest floors, or sustainably salvaged connects McComb to the landscapes where he works, encouraging him to use materials in a way that is healthy for both himself and his environment. Processed materials like steel, aluminum, and glass reference the unique ability of our species to combine types of matter into new and beautiful things. 

His furniture and objects are the products of blending, shaping, disrupting and conjoining these traditionally dichotomous groups of materials, and in so doing manifest a more reciprocal framework. By relating the natural environment directly to the body, and using materials in a more symbiotic way, McComb suggests that we exist not as separate entities, but as part of a holistic system.