empty bowl luncheon - wonderful fund raiser

Written By Robin Wade

At the Marriott yesterday, we ran over to attend and support the Salvation Army's annual Empty Bowl Luncheon.  I think this is the 14th year or so.  It's certainly grown each year.  And, this has to be one of the best "deals" for contributors I've run across.  For $12 in advance ($15 at the door), you get to choose from 40 or so local restaurants selection of soup.  You can try one of each if you want.  I wasn't really hungry.  Tried three soups.  They were all really good.  My fav was a she crab soup that was as good as I've had in Beaufort, Hilton Head or even Charleston.  And, to top it off, on the way out, each attendee gets a hand made, glazed little bowl, made throughout the year by local artists, and many new bowl artists.  I'm really blown away with this wonderful event.

Robin Wade
Robin Wade Furniture is a celebration of nature—a melding of a forward thinking commitment to the environment and a quiet, harmonious design aesthetic. From his "slow studio" in North Alabama, award-winning wood artist Robin Wade designs and crafts one-of-a-kind handmade furniture. Years before a piece is ready to enter a client's home or a gallery, the process begins—naturally—with the tree. Sustainably harvested, each specimen of hardwood is flitch sawn into natural-edge wood slabs, debarked by hand with a draw knife, and stacked to dry, usually for years, before the final cure in the kiln. From here, Wade and his team use both hand and power tools to bring Wade's vision to life, and then finish each piece with a hand-rubbed oil blend. Each organic furniture creation by Robin Wade Furniture balances the raw, natural beauty of environmentally, locally sourced hardwoods with minimally invasive, clean lines—a juxtaposition Wade calls both rustic and modern. “I haven’t yet found a better artist than nature,” he says.
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