AWFS Las Vegas 2011

Written By Robin Wade

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I always enjoy speaking with experts in the areas that I'm particularly interested in.  These days, it's so easy to receive advice.  Seems like everybody has an opinion on almost any subject.  Although it might seem a bit like an older/maybe obsolete paradigm, the business/marketing model of the trade show is hard to beat.

In the woodworking world, every two years that Atlanta IWF show has been the one to attend in the US.  For the past few years, AWFS has held a nice show as well in Las Vegas.  This is the first one that I've had the opportunity to attend. 

Really great to meet with other wood workers as well as the industry experts in each of the varied niches. 

AWFS Las Vegas 2011

 

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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