RE: https://mastodon.social/@iFixit/116755674669127290

I think this is hilarious. I run a very small scale electronics buisness in the US and all of the new tariffs really hit me hard. I've searched high and low, and the ONLY electronic component that I've been able to find from a domestic manufacturer that is competitively priced is whole rolls of surface mount resistors. Everything else, I order from China. The tariff is usually about 33%, give or take. Nobody from china ever offers to pay it. I guess the makers of this phone couldn't find domestic parts either.

Here's what I'm working on today. It's a tree that looks like it grew from circuit board traces. It starts with a solid block of walnut. I machine the tree out, pour epoxy into the hole, sand it and stain it, and put an LED backlight in the back.

I've always been fascinated by the idea of the singularity and what the world will look like as the line between nature and technology eventually gets blurred and disappears. This piece is one of my many interpretations of that idea.