First Friday Find - Florence Alabama

Written By Robin Wade

 

  

Finding a new, possibly up and coming artist at First Friday is becoming a regular occasion.  July's downtown First Friday event uncovered another.  It was a pleasure meeting Carl Brackin and learning about his photography work.  Carl is working on his Masters in Photography.  I am totally intrigued by every facet of his work.  Catching the moving fire of a local fire dancer, the salt and wax treatment of the work, along with the amazing, unique symbolism within each piece is stunning.  Carl's got it going.

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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