You want it, we make it
Thanks for stopping by my store. I’m Jeb, the innovator behind Redwine Wood Design. I’m a trained engineer, Eagle Scout, and nature enthusiast. My passion is using sustainably sourced materials to design and build unique pieces of art. I work with materials in such a way that irregularities and flaws are accentuated as focal points, rather than treated as problems to sand away.
I was raised in the foothills of Georgia where I spent my free time roaming the mountains; hiking, climbing, and falling in love with this planet. I first began exploring the medium of woodworking in college as a reprieve from my studies. My left brain was so overwhelmed with math and science that I desperately needed a creative outlet. Time in my shop became a way to cope while developing my talents. Creating was therapeutic and the result was something beautiful.
By the time I graduated in 2020, I knew I didn't want to be an engineer, and my time in conservation work out west had shown me the freedom of being a wanderer. I left Georgia and moved into a truck with one of my best friends to travel the United States rock climbing, job-hopping, and looking for a place that felt like home. Life has a way of rewarding impetuousness with adventure; not two weeks into our trip, I sustained a bad fall while climbing in Rocky Mountain National Park. I dug deep to endure a two-mile one-legged hop down a scree field, but I still had hope that the injury would only be a minor inconvenience to my plans. However, at the hospital, I learned I would be in for a long recovery and had to return to Georgia to heal. I was not going to sit idle, so I pulled myself together, and hit the shop with a vengeance. I spent every day crutching around and working obsessively to further develop my craft. After two months of dedication, I made my first sale, and Redwine Wood Design was born.
I'm currently based in Alamosa Colorado; a tiny town nestled in the San Luis Valley by the Rio Grande, surrounded by towering peaks of the Sangre De Cristo Rockies. My passion for conservation compels me to use only sustainably sourced materials. That means I harvest only dead, dying, or doomed wood. The concept of Wabi-Sabi, the Japanese discipline of finding beauty in imperfection, speaks to me and I celebrate the imperfection of my materials. My art is a parallel of life; our flaws are what make us unique, and individual. I want people to look at my work and remember that imperfections are part of the human condition, they are growth opportunities, and they are what make us beautiful.
