thick walnut slab

Written By Robin Wade

  

 

In 2006 I cut a few walnut logs into 8" thick slabs.  Really just to test how long it would take them to air dry - before going into the kiln.  As well as what kind of shape they were in (cracks, etc).  Well, after four years, I sent left them in the kiln for a month and just received them back yesterday.  Although they are fairly dry, they are not down to the 7% moisture content that we need for our normal furniture manufacturing processes.  But, it should be fine for a few things like a small sculpture, legs or areas that don't require much joinery, etc. 

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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