too much "character", or "be yourself"

Written By Robin Wade

Showing off, being too loud, getting too much attention generally aren't attractive attributes.  But, if it's natural and honest, in my book it is more easily forgiven.  This conference table has plenty of character.  But, it's all nature made.  The worms added character in the legs with lots of beautiful irregular "stippling".  And there are several holes in the top, primarily from branch areas that rotted a bit before we got it to the kiln.  I'll be getting plenty of pics of this one, and let you be the judge.  Maybe next week.

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.
robinwadefurniture.com
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