planing a big oak tree

Written By Robin Wade

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I'm just now getting around to posting these pics of the outdoor work we did last week.  The mornings were amazing, and we seem to find any excuse to get outside during these extra beautiful days.

After just receiving these big oak tree recently, we were anxious to see what was under the wrapping.  As you can see, this tree was more than a little rough around the edges.  But I'm finding that what used to be considered nothing but scrap or the cheapest pulpwood very often can become our most prized pieces when we are all through with them.

Stay tuned. . .

planing a big oak tree

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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