It's Human Rights Day for Vietnam on May 11, 2012

Written By Robin Wade

http://xuandienhannom.blogspot.comIt's Human Rights Day for Vietnam on May 11, 2012

by Liz Mihaljevic, Zadar Croatia

Eighteen years ago, the United States Congress designated May 11 as Vietnam Human Rights Day to highlight our nation’s support for protecting and promoting basic freedoms in Vietnam.  Despite ongoing struggles, U.S. officials routinely make the point that America supports a strong Vietnam, and that if the government in Hanoi gives a greater say to its people, it will only make the country stronger.

It's Human Rights Day for Vietnam on May 11, 2012

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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