Compound X Shwood Party Recap

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Last Saturday Compound had a release party for their

collaboration with Shwood Eyewear. Naturally, the B.O.P. was on the scene. No

party pics this time around, in the B.O.P’s advanced age we’ve grown up. Oh yes

we have (or dudes keep staring into the camera--WTF it's a camera dude).
The colab (which can be found here).







Aside from the collaboration, Compound and Shwood commissioned

some dope local artists to show their take on wooden eye wear.
Jason Graham







Ren Sakuarai (my fav, mostly  ‘cause, you know, it’s a great conversation

starter hanging of your neck from a pair of Croakies).










Tyler Griffin







Martin Ontiveros









Zach Johnsen







Blaine Fontana (killer wood burning on the arms)







Eric Singer











Shwood's timeline from conception to present.













Sadly the Kanye stunna shades never dropped…(maybe they’ll

QS’em if they get enough fan mail).

Shwood Visit.

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Yesterday, Ira and I took a visit out to the Shwood offices and workshop to catch up with Portland's own emerging eyewear company.

You may have seen pieces from their handmade wooden eyewear collection in stores like Commonwealth, Union, and of course, Compound, as the brand is just beginning to take off.



We couldn't photograph too much during our tour of the workshop, as there's definitely a skill and process to protect, but we were able to snap a look at this awesome fish piece. Shcales, an 11-foot salmon, is made mostly of recycled eyewear materials. Rather than toss aside excess pieces from production, there's all kinds of recycled art and sculptures around the offices.





Stay tuned...


- Nick