Architect Phil Kean was in town for the open house

Written By Robin Wade

Master modern architect Phil KeanArchitect Phil Kean was in town for the open house

Master architect Phil Kean was in town for Rusy and Lisa's open house this weekend.  Sunday morning, Rusty and Phil met me at the Studio to check on progress of the 2012 New American (dining table) and desk.  These are the two (of the three) pieces that are in process.  Phil had a couple of great ideas that we'll incorporate into the modern design.  We are hoping to ship the tables to Winter Park next Friday, just before we leave for our High Point show.

Architect Phil Kean was in town for the open house

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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