Ran down to Phil Campbell this morning

Written By Robin Wade

phil campbell alabama devastated treeRan down to Phil Campbell this morning

In advance of next weekend's Oprah (producer) & Brooklyn Phil Cambell's visit to Phil Campbell Alabama - who will be here to video a short segment for her (Oprah Network show), I met with local videographer Andrew Reed.  We confirmed what Phil Campbell Police chief Chief Merrill Potter information regarding an alleged tornado killed tree just across from City Hall.  This big ole oak, which is still standing, lost it's entire limb structure. 

I've been wanting to build a piece of furniture from a downed tree (from the tornado), to help the "I'm with Phil"

campaign in bringing support and funds to try to rebuild this desperate city.It's really amazing what "Brooklyn Phil" Campbell and all the Phil Campbell's have done to raise awareness to this local community.  I'm honored and look forward to helping out in this small way.

Above, videographer Andrew Reed interviews the selected devasted tree.

Ran down to Phil Campbell this morning

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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