Ed Bridges - The museum of Alabama

Written By Robin Wade

Ed Bridges with the Museum of Alabama

the museum of alabama - ed bridges

I thoroughly enjoy my second visit with master Alabama historian Ed Bridges with the Museum of Alabama.  I'm afraid he wanted to talk more about furniture, but I was hitting him from all sides with intriguing, and possibly controversial Alabama history questions.  He is the most knowledgeable local (Alabama) historian I've ever spoken with.  Quite amazing depth of understanding.

And, I'm so honored to have some some of my work showcased in this new Museum as well as used functionally, to allow visitors to enjoy the museum's other works and voices.

I'm looking forward to attending the grand opening ceremonies on August 26th and 27th, as well has sharing this off the wall furniture maker's story.

Ed Bridges with the Museum of Alabama

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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