St. Luke Missionary church

Jul 27

This table came from an oak tree that provided shade to the St. Luke Missionary Church for over 120 years. Several years ago, it became a risk to the church and had to come down. We cut the 45" wide log into slabs, debarked each with a draw knife, and stacked them to air dry for years. We recently took them to the kiln for a month of the final cure. For several months we've been turning this historic slab into a functional piece of furniture. You might be able to see the ribbon that was awarded at the Arts Alive juried art competition recently.

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

St. Luke Missionary church

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Tennessee Valley Museum of Art artists reception