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Dennis in front of Steve Rosenthal's office at the furniture factory.
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We stopped to visit a furniture factory. Steve and his wife came to Mexico for 6 months and have been there for 30 years. They are running this operation that started as a government project. Steve is explaining how they were advised by a government auditor to regularly burn all of thier business records.
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Some of the finished products. Local people are taught drawing and art skills to combine with the rich tradition of woodworking that goes back hundreds of years.
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The niche for this operation is skilled hand labor.
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All of the pieces are hand built and painted.
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One of the artists and her cow.
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Applying gold leaf.
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A cabinet that Dennis was interested in.
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A table honoring the chocolate plant. The entire shop was working on pieces for a big art/furniture show in Los Angeles.
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