thick walnut rounds - fresh out of the kiln

Written By Robin Wade

thick walnut rounds fresh from the kilnthick walnut rounds

Several unique cuts and slices, primarily of walnut recently returned home from the kiln.  A few of the 6" thick walnut rounds were in the mix.  These are so rare for us, that I'm going to save them for something quite special.  But to be honest, at this point, I don't have much of a clue just what to do with them.  If you have any thoughts of what to do with these thick walnut rounds within somewhat of a modern aesthetic, I'm all ears.

thick walnut rounds

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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