things looking UP at the Las Vegas Market

Jul 31

Although clearly not a record setter, yesterday was an amazingly good first day of the show. The summer market is never up to par with the Vegas winter market. But, we had a seemingly continual stream of traffic throughout the day. And more than a few new friends and fans. Great beginning to the Las Vegas summer market.

I really love this super cool World Market Center. Feel's like I'm walking into a canyon in the middle of this Las Vegas desert. We are located on the fifth floor of building B (above).

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

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