The death of a tree

Written By Robin Wade

On my way to work this morning, I was driving South on Wood, and the very capable city street crew was hard at it, taking down one of the wonderful old oaks in Wilson Park.  Friday a massive limb fell.  Fortunately nobody was hurt.  The downed limb was hollow, and now revealed an unhealthy tree.  One that was risking the community.  Although it's sad to see this old friend go, it has served us well, and is time.

Is this friend heading for the landfill, or could there possibly be more service in it's future?  Stay tuned.

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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