In Iceland, town still shaken by volcanic eruptions tries to recover

Vignir Kristinsson smiles as two women, the only customers all morning, enter his gift shop filled with handmade things of oak.

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After perusing decorations ranging from animals to kitchen cutting boards, one woman bought a small black-stained tree.

‘After decades of making cabinets for a living, Kristinsson, 64, said his daughter persuaded him to turn his passion for woodworking into a business. Five years ago, he and his wife opened the shop in Grindavik, a coastal town of 3,800 people about 50 kilometres (30 miles) southwest of Iceland's capital, Reykjavik. Business was good.