Keyway Journal

Introduction to our latest Designs.
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Introduction to our latest Designs.

Stark Designs with High Contrast The Undercover, Access, and Safari designs will have people stopping to ask 'Where'd you get that?!', Check them out...

adhesivesFinished. Perfected.

Finished. Perfected.

Good things come to those who work. It has taken us quite some time to perfect our finishing technique, but it's safe to say that we are now very happy with the way things are looking!

Custom design options!

Currently, we only offer custom designs on our Virga Case models. In the near future, we will be releasing a line of designs that you can get for your BackBoard, Virga, or Adhesive, as well as cust...

Virga - Customer Special

Every once and a while we put together one of our wood iPhone cases, the Virga, with a custom style. Here is one of the units from the last little while that really stood out.  Including 45 indiv...

Packaging Design Showcase

We get quite a few looks for our packaging design, so we thought that we would outline some of the design details for those who have not seen the box in person! Follow us on Twitter to stay up to ...

The Gadgeteer Review

The Gadgeteer's custom unit that we showcased in an earlier blog post has found its new home! That home is on the back of The Gadgeteer's writer, Julie Strietelmeier's, iPhone 4S! Follow the link ...

Luigi Sardo Collection - Version 2 Prototype

Here is another sneak peek of our work-in-progress for the Luigi Sardo Collection. This is a laser-cut genuine leather inlay in East Indian Rosewood. The finished product came out very nicely and ...

Polish Coat of Arms - Custom Inlaid BackBoard

Here is a peek at our latest project. This is a custom BackBoard featuring the Polish Coat of Arms. The eagle is made up of a single piece of engraved Maple. The eagle's crown is a small piece of ...

Magic 96.7 - Afternoon Drive BackBoard

The Magic 96.7 custom BackBoard has to have been one of the more difficult ones we have pulled off. The vector file we were given had a thin white border around each letter AND the maple leaf. We ...

Croatian Coat of Arms - 2nd Edition

Here is our second request for a Croatian Coat of Arms. This version is made up of a Maple body with Purpleheart inlay. The depth of the inlay coupled with the varying grain density in the Purplehe...

Doing a custom job for 'EXPRESS'

We had a request to make a custom unit for an employment company called Express. Here are a few pictures of the Bolivian Rosewood BackBoard we made them for an iPhone 4.

Big things are coming! :D

Recently, we have started a collaboration effort with the home-grown fashion designer, Luigi Sardo, who is launching a new line of Footwear and accessories this Fall.  We will be working with them...

The Gadgeteer review unit.

 Here is another unit we sent out to the great review site The Gadgeteer. This is one of the most complicated inlays we have done to date. This photo shows Maple lettering, inlaid with an East Ind...

Reviews4i custom Unit

Our friends over at Reviews4i contacted us and asked for a sample unit to review. We wanted to do something special for them so we made them these unique pieces! The one on top is Maple inlaid int...

Croatian Coat of Arms

 We had a request for a custom job. The Croation Coat of Arms, walnut inlaid into East Indian Rosewood, for an iPhone 4S -Black. No problem! Enjoy :)

Finally!

 Alas! We produce some real products! These cuts are unlike the prototypes we had cut by the contractor in that they are perfect! If you want something done right you have to do it yourself. These...

Just a Teaser :P

Another peek into the latest Keyway projects. We are currenty exploring the limitations of our designs, laser cutter, and our steady hands. At this point, we are NEARING the limitations, but still...

Packaging is comming along!

We are slowly getting to a point where we are happy with the design. We arn't sure about the final material that's going to be used, but that can be changed afterwards. Here's a shot of a pile of ...

Engraving Art Testing

Here we've got a piece of artwork from Bill Russell (www.billustration.com) engraved into a few test pieces. This will probably be one of our first engraved models that we release down the road. ...

First REAL package prototype.

Very exciting! The laser is here and cutting up a storm. We are throwing together more packaging prototypes than we can keep track of. Check out the latest work-in-progress (Looks pretty close to ...

Website Progress.

We are not going live quite yet, but here is a WIP shot of the website's layout. Look good???