resin – Product by Process

Schwood eyewear process and unique material choices.

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Based in Portland, Oregon Shwood creates handcrafted wooden eyewear using fine exotic hardwoods. Shwood’s in-house manufacturing process merges precision technology with classic skilled craftsmanship to create a timeless art form. Every step from veneering and precision lens cutting, to shaping and finishing is conducted in our own Portland-based workshop to promise an entirely handcrafted eyewear piece. Inspiration is easily found but rarely encapsulated. Schwood new stabilization process freezes the beauty of nature in time and preserves natural elements in their current state. Using high-pressure resin casting and their hand-made processing technique, they’ve…

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Discarded Wood-Shavings chair

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“It’s no surprise to learn that hardwood furniture factories aren’t the most sustainable of operations. But it is a shock to hear just how wasteful. According to two students at London’s Royal College of Art, as much as 80% of the timber used in the average factory ends up in the trash, in the form of wood chips and shavings. So for every chair produced, nearly the same amount of wood ends up discarded. Marjan van Aubel and Jamie Shaw see no reason for the waste. As part of a group…

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Persol sunglasses

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MAde by hand is the title of this great looking movie about PErsol Sunglasses, a real craftsman work .