walnut benches in the works

Written By Robin Wade

For a Southern business that prides itself in unique, one of a kind pieces, the work around here for the past couple of weeks has gone against the grain.  We were between custom jobs and to see if we could get our labor costs down a bit, we made a dozen walnut benches.  Each is still quite unique;  Some with flowing grain, one with a dimensional joint holding a big crack together.  Some are 18" high for dining table use, other's shorter.  They are coming along quite nicely.  THe pic to the left shows the progress we made thru the end of the day Friday.  I'm thinking the construction of the benches might be complete Monday, or certinly Tuesday, then we can start the finishing process.  Walnut Benches

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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