These are the carpenters turning wood into gold
Miniot proves that a family of artisans can thrive in a world of plastic
http://www.theverge.com/2014/5/8/5621902/miniot-case-iPad-iPhone
It smells like sawdust. I'm in the middle of a residential street
just outside of Amsterdam, yet the nostalgic whiff of high-school
woodshop is unmistakable. I'm looking for the factory that makes
Miniot's expertly crafted wooden iPhone and iPad cases â but there
isn't one. Instead, at my destination stands a large but otherwise
unremarkable family home, indistinguishable from its neighbors. No
signs, just the sweet earthy scent of freshly cut lumber.
[...]
It's like wood jewelry.
Elijah
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and fine work in more than one sense of "fine"