Woodwork - Jessie - and Breaking Bad

Sep 30

The Box Jessie Pinkman (breaking bad) might have made had he chosen a different "path".

After five years, one of the only shows we follow has come to an end. What a ride it's been. Last night was the last episode. And I think if it's summed up, or if the entire series is summed up in one word it would be "woodworking". Jessie could have followed a different path and found at least some degree of peace from "woodworking".

The "daydreaming" of being a woodworker (instead of . . .) kinda hit home. And, I can say from experience, it might have just worked.

The box. The beautiful little box (in his daydream) looked like wormy maple. The trim could have been walnut - obviously not sure.

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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