Modern furniture, thoughtfully made.

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Alex Jaynes uses traditional woodworking methods to create modern, thoughtfully made furniture. A former NASA engineer, he strives to balance beauty with elegant function. His work blends the subtlety of Scandinavian and Japanese design with the Shaker tradition's aesthetics of simplicity, utility, and honesty.

 

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View fullsize @aingram_photos is now running @infinitystudioknox out of @weareabletrade. The man is obviously talented! Go book your session now at weareabletrade.com/photography . . . #knoxville #tennesseephotographer #themakercity #handmadefurniture #photograph
View fullsize Thanks for the shout-out @babaluknox! Also, Holy cow! Look at these amazing photos from @nvelop.photography . . #Repost @babaluknox ・・・ One of our guests put it best: There’s so much to look at! This renovation would not have been complete
View fullsize This has been a long time coming, and we are soooooo excited to take this huge step! . . #Repost @weareabletrade ・・・ It’s official, we’re opening next month with 16,000 sq ft of shared shop space in the old city! Head to weareabletrade.co
View fullsize @saturdayboxco and I had the privilege of watching @bapodesign and @kiteflightdesign at work last night. We got an intro course on bronze casting and came away with tons of ideas for future projects. I can’t overstate how awesome it is to have
View fullsize 1000 board feet of white ash. It’s possible I may need to go back for more before this project is done. Thanks @oldnorthdesigns for letting me use the truck, and thanks @saturdayboxco for helping load/unload.