John Kenn Mortensen uses common post-it notes as his canvas for creating otherworldly drawings. His works show an intriguing world inhabited by frightening monsters and surprisingly bold children. Ma...
Friends of Shwood, Shadows on Stars, recently put out a new music video that features some great shots of our glasses. Other friends, Palmas, released a remix of a track by Radiation City who we rece...
Here at Shwood we are always looking for artists that push the envelope within there craft. Ripo is a great example of this with his stunning large and small scale works. I first stumbled upon the ar...
Rashad Alakbarov creates stunning art installations with shadows. By simply combining light with everyday objects, Alakbarov casts shadows of cityscapes, faces, text, and even watercoloresque imagery...
No matter where you live, adventure is much closer than you think. New experiences, unknown surroundings, and exciting opportunities are just waiting to be discovered. Sometimes all it takes is a bit...
We were pretty excited to see Justin Vernon of Bon Iver wearing the Shwood Bushmills shades yesterday: We were also excited to discover the Bon Iver Deluxe video series. Directed by cinematographers ...
Resident woodworker and artist Greg Bemis decided to paint mural in the Shwood workshop. Check out his process… Visit Greg’s Tumblr page here: crayonspaghetti.tumblr.com Video: Joe Steven...
Rob Mulholland is a contemporary sculptor and installation artist based in Scotland, United Kingdom. The Vestige installation boasts six life sized mirrored figures installed at the David Marshall V...
Shwood Mixtape #3 is here! Featuring 10 more Portland bands that we love, there’s a little bit of something for everybody here: Blouse massages your 80′s post-punk nostalgia, AgesandAges ...
Three brothers find inspiration from a recent clear cut by their home in Vermont. Scavenging scrap wood to build a surprisingly skateable obstacle, they have a fun session in the backwoods of Manches...
We ventured out to Forest Grove, OR with rapidly-up-and-coming Portland band Radiation City to visit the botanical garden that they help maintain when not on tour. Surrounded by budding rhododendrons...
Shwood has joined forces with BUSHMILLS Irish Whiskey and Boston, MA boutique, Bodega on a limited run of Shwood’s “Canby” frame style, crafted from genuine BUSHMILLS Irish Whiskey barrels. Limited...
Remed is a french artist known for his brightly-colored large-scale murals and canvas works. His style is instantly recognizable and uses strong shapes and visual images to draw the viewer in. I firs...
Excellent Portland indie-folk band Y La Bamba‘s new record “Court the Storm” is comes out February 28th on Tender Loving Empire. Until then, check out this video or listen to the w...
Definition: Refraction : re·frac·tion – [ri-frak-shuhn] The change of direction of a ray of light in passing obliquely from one medium into another in which its wave velocity is different Marku...
A beautiful music video put together by the creatives at Oh Ya Wow. The project was painstakingly filmed using stop motion frame by frame in real world settings. They used light with long exposure te...
“Rabbit Island is a remote, 90-acre, forested island located in Lake Superior, Michigan. I lived on the island for over a month in the summer of 2011 breaking ground on a sustainable artist res...
Bartholomäus Traubeck gives trees a voice with this modified record player. By analyzing wooden disks the record player creates a unique soundtrack for every tree. Check out more of his work at traub...
Zander Olsen takes point of view photography to the woods with an inspiring sequence of images. “This is an ongoing series of constructed photographs rooted in the forest. These works, carried ...
Combining simple projections with long exposure photography, Jim Sanborn creates uniquely powerful images. Featured images are part of the “Topographic Projections and Implied Geometries Series...
We’re very proud to bring you the second installation of Shwood Mixtapes. Featuring some incredible bands that also call Portland home, this compilation cuts across Stumptown’s diverse in...
It’s no secret that the Shwood crew is obsessed with Oregon. We rep this place with everything we’ve got, right down to engraving it on the glasses. So when a video like this comes alon...
We have the utmost respect and appreciation for people who can’t help but to find new ways to do old things, and legendary bluesman R.L. Burnside did just that throughout his music career. Watc...
Here at Shwood we are always on the look out for artists and creatives who are doing what they love in an interesting way. Connor Annal is a perfect example of this with his amazing illustration styl...
Combining his carpentry skills with his love of nature, Patrick Dougherty utilizes primitive techniques of building to experiment with tree saplings as construction material. Since beginning in 1980...
Shwood has joined forces with fellow Oregon-based company Pendleton Woolen Mills on a limited run of Shwood’s “Canby” frame style. Crafted from Oregon-grown Cherry wood, the frames feature laser en...
For October’s monthly “First Thursday” gallery openings we made our way over to Breeze Block Gallery in downtown Portland. We were rewarded with some amazing art from a variety of l...
Bud and Jon from Portland-based experimental-pop band AAN introduced us to the field by the freeway on Mississippi Avenue’s less traveled south end. A serene, grassy field that abruptly runs in...
Many people believe print is dead. Here at Shwood we beg to differ as we are always creating new physical things with our hands, and printed matter is no different. Creating a zine is an awesome way...
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