The 2012 New American Desk

Written By Robin Wade
2012 New American Desk in progress
2012 New American Desk in progress
2012 New American Desk 3dv.
2012 New American Desk 3dv.

The 2012 New American Desk

Gosh, I guess it shouldn't be a surprise to me that things are moving along quite slowly, here at the "slow studio".  Seems like we are all running in high gear, but I was really hoping to have all three pieces for the Winter Park showhome completed this week.

Here's a mock up of the 2012 New American Desk.  All pieces are cut and sanded.  Hopefully sometime Monday we'll complete the dining table, and make good progress on this desk.

The 2012 New American Desk

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
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