our first friday event keeps getting better

Written By Robin Wade

I love downtown florence, al's first friday event.  Art, artists, music, authors.  We are in the midst of some wonderful talent. Seems like each one is better than the last, and I really love that our residents seem to be appreciating it as well.  Another awsome turnout.  So fun to see the streets packed for an event (in addition to Handy).  OK, it's not Handy yet, but I do see the potential here.  Linda and I were glad to finally get an autographed copy of Debbie Wilson's book "Brushing away the tears".  Can't wait to "wade" in.  Losing a brother so early, and to difficult circumstances .  .  .  is difficult.

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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