The esteemed craftsman George Nakashima once said that each plank of wood can have only one ideal use, and that it’s up to the woodworker to find that use. Once found, the woodworker’s duty is to create from that one plank an object of utility. When he’s finished, if nature looks upon it and finds it made well, he’ll know he’s created an object of beauty.

Since 2009, we’ve been moving and shaking to the drumbeat of utility and the bass line of beauty by producing some of the loveliest, most thoughtfully designed hand-assembled wooden accessories on the market.

We take pride in producing everything in-house. All the work takes place in our workshop nestled here in Portland, Oregon – from the concepts dreamt up by our designers to the fine woodworking done by our millers to the finishing touches applied by our production team.

It’s truly a unified team effort to take that roughshod plank of wood to a functional piece of hardware for your high tech gear and accessories. Over the past six months, we’ve been hard at work designing, testing, designing some more, fashioning prototypes and finalizing three brand new iPhone 6 cases to compliment the release of iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus.

We’re excited, proud and simply tickled to introduce this new line. Not only are they visually stunning, showcasing hand-oiled Oregon Claro Walnut and Eastern Hardrock Maple, they’re also our thinnest and most durable cases to date.

Our additive design process ensures that the materials we employ are used for their best qualities. That’s to say that we build around the device to ensure that each case fits your device like a glove to the hand.

These wood cases are seamlessly constructed and feature our signature precision corner joints for increased strength and protection. They combine a full screen cover of premium vegetable-tanned leather with an ultra-thin (we’re talking an 0.070 inches kind of ultra-thin) self-adhering back plate. Our bumper features the only all-wood frame on the market and adds a healthy splash of style. Beyond superior protection, we’ve expanded our vision to include increased versatility – the wood and leather case also doubles as a stand for easy-peasy video viewing.

Just as the iPhone has been evolving constantly in dimensionality and its applications, Grovemade has been changing and adapting to bring you the best user experience possible.

Written by Edmund Sandoval. Edmund is a member of Team Grovemade, a writer, a medium to deep thinker and the founder and sole member of the Amateur Flâneur Society.