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LIMITED CANBY TWO-TONE
For Fall 2012, we release a tasteful twist on the classic Canby frame. Limited to 250 pieces, the Two-Tone pair alternates European Walnut and Quilted Maple woods for a truly dynamic look. The four-ply...
View ArticleSCRAP SURF
For Experiment No. 3, Shwood founder Eric Singer teamed up with some friends to create a unique wooden surfboard. Singer and company processed and shaped a functional, one-of-a-kind board using only...
View ArticleADX
As lovers of craft, we know how lucky we are to live in a builder city. Operating our business in Portland has allowed us to collaborate and exchange ideas with some of the best creators around. For...
View ArticleTyphoon “White Lighter” Teaser
If you caught the debut video of the MAKERS series, you may have noticed that fellow Portlanders Typhoon lent us the song “Summer Home” from their latest EP, “A New Kind of House,” for the background...
View ArticleGuns & Roses
Shooting a gun underwater sure does look cool, but seems essentially useless until you see the result: flower-shaped hollow-point bullets. There really is beauty in everything. Learn more from firearm...
View ArticleBEAM & ANCHOR
Continuing the MAKERS series, Shwood pays homage to some of Portland’s most innovative crafters, artists, builders, writers, and designers that inspire the experimental creators in us all. Part 2...
View ArticleShwood Select S/S 2013 Lookbook
Our new video lookbook provides a peak at the upgrades and changes that we’ve made to our Select line. The new Shwood Select Collection ups the ante by adding an Aircraft-grade Birch core to the...
View ArticleHoliday Customs
We kinda have a thing for motorcycles here at Shwood. This latest installment of our Makers series features Holiday Customs, a one-man custom motorcycle shop located in North Portland run by Jared...
View Article15,000 Volts
When we came across artist Melanie Hoff‘s new experimental wood art and accompanying stop-motion video, we were immediately taken. The process appears to involve placing nails into sheets of ply wood...
View ArticleThe Shwood Stone Collection
Following our tagline (and not-so-coincidentally the name of this blog), we’re proud to announce our latest experiment with nature: the Shwood Stone Collection. Fusing genuine slate with birch wood and...
View ArticleInternational Space Station Time-Lapse
This time-lapse video, taken by the crew of the International Space Station, is both incredibly humbling and awe-inspiring. The station, which orbits between 205 and 270 miles above the earth, provides...
View ArticleGoogle Street View Hyperlapse
Teehan + Lax Labs have created a new open-sourced tool in creating hyperlapse videos (videos using time-lapse techniques combined with moving camera angles) pulling the frames directly from Google...
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Waterfalls of the Columbia Gorge
Shwood Eyewear presents “Field Trip”, a series of exploration videos showcasing Oregon’s diverse and beautiful landscapes. With adventures ranging from mountainsides to coastal dunes, the series is...
View ArticleThe New Shwood Eugene
For the release of our new “Eugene” style sunglasses, we took to the streets (or road, rather) in a 1967 Shelby Cobra GT350 – a pair of the Eugenes in hand – and saw where it took us. The rural,...
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THE WILD IS CALLING
The Wild Is Calling is a video project based around encouraging people to get outside and explore. Created by Shwood film contributor, Joe Stevens, the video features a motorcycle racing through...
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New Shwood for Pendleton Collection
We teamed up again with fellow Oregon-brand Pendleton Woolen Mills to release a limited edition collection of two styles of sunglasses. Featuring temples laser-engraved with signature Pendleton...
View ArticleShwood Fifty/Fifty Collection
We recently launched our new collection of premium acetate and wood sunglasses over at shwoodshop.com. To accompany the release, we created a video that embodies the spirit of adventure that these...
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