Thinking Ovals

Apr 3

close up of 3" thick oval solid walnut top

Ya, i suppose in some area this ole dog is slow to change. My saws cut, and I seem to have preferences for straight cuts, well at least in the past. Now, after almost seven years of furniture making, i'm actually building my first oval table top. And even more astonishing - i'm enjoying it!

I wiped this unfinished oval tabletop with mineral spirits to "appear" somewhat finished for the pics. In process is this one, and it's mamma.

Dimensions: 64" x 38" 3" thick
Mama: 85" x 47" 3" thick

My plan (for this and future pieces) to build and finish the tops, and allow the customer to choose from completed (or not) legs and heights, and table type.

I'd love to hear what you think about Oval. I'll be sure to post some pics of the completed top, hopefully on some of the leg options before long.

Unfinished oval walnut top, appearing somewhat finished for this pic.

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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