the shape of the universe

Written By Robin Wade

the shape of the universeThe shape of the universe

It's amazing what we find in nature, and in life, if we just slow down and take a peak.  Last we took advantage of the wonderful weather, and worked outside planing a few more oak slabs that have recently been dried and ready. 

Throughout the day, as I stepped outside from time to time to check on things, I started noticing some interesting configurations in the natural edges of a few of the oak slabs.  Then, I began to pay more attention to the details of the edges, to see if there was anything I was missing.  There is was, the shape of the universe right in front of me.  I've gotta start paying more attention.

The shape of the universe

right here in this big oak timber slab.

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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