two maple coffee tables in the works

Written By Robin Wade

two maple coffee tables in the works

two maple coffee tables in the worksI've made a few of these "flowing grain" tables over the past couple of years.  Not many, primarily because the process takes a particularly long time, doesn't always come out just right, and, obviously, in the case of a dining table, the diner would end up with a severe case of knocked knees.

But lately, we've been back at it, and I just can't get enough of 'em.  These two maple coffee tables, both have the flowing grain pattern down one side.  We just completed sanding them yesterday, now ready for inspection and a couple of days of finishing. 

The maple looks a little dull here, but has been turning out quite amazing after finishing.

two maple coffee tables in the works

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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