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'Nature is the artist'

Robin Wade pats one of several tall stacks of wood that stand as testaments to his patience.
"This has been drying for two years," Wade said of the 4-inch-thick pieces.
That patience played a huge role in the formation of Robin Wade Furniture, a factory where Wade makes and sells unusual pieces that he considers art, furniture and a nod toward conservation all rolled into one.
The wood inside his South Seminary Street factory didn't have far to travel.
Wade found the wood from a fallen tree in the area. Northwest Alabama and nearby parts of Tennessee and Mississippi provide his…