MSU Showing delivery yesterday

Sep 13

Wednesday local intern James Thigpen and I delivered a trailer (half) full of various pieces of our work for a showing that began today at the Mississippi State College of Architecture. The work seemed to be warmly received. Even by the student's that carried these monsters up the stairs. James mentioned how interesting it was watching the architecture students approaching each of the pieces of nature's slab / art / furniture.

Interesting how architects seem to get my work better than any other segment that I've been able to pin down. I might be able to add architecture students to this group.

I'm hoping to get back for the reception in a couple of weeks.

Mississippi State University School of architecture setup for a showing that begins Thursday.

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

MSU Showing delivery yesterday

Music from a Tree

Martha Stewart likes RWF!!!!!?