First Amendment Awareness Month

Written By Robin Wade

1st amendment awareness monthUNA hosting two upcoming speaking engagements to honor First Amendment Awareness Month.  I can't believe I'm going to be out of town for Pulitzer Prize winning native Hank Klibanoff's talk on the 23rd.  His forward thinking understanding as well as ability to communicate the subject of civil rights issues in the south and beyond is so desperately needed and appreciated.  This discussion should be taking place, and as far as I can tell isn't to any significant degree around here.

If a local would like to attend Hank's talk on the 23rd, and post what they learn here on my LOGblog, it would be very much appreciated. (A few pics digital pics would also bea helpful). Just email me at robinwadefurniture@mac.com if you are interested.

In the mean time, I'll be attending Gene Policinski's talk on the 19th, and look forward to sharing my findings.

First Amendment Awareness Month

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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