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 Maps. What this means is that, through the T+L Labs website, it’s possible to create a custom hyperlapse of any point in the world that that [...]
Time-Lapse | Earth from Bruce W. Berry Jr on Vimeo.
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 the ideal vantage point to view entire continents of lights, thunderstorms and even the Aurora Borealis. You’ll never feel as small as when you’re [...]
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 hand poured pewter, we feel this is our most innovative product yet. Check out the video here and hop over to shwoodshop.com to see the [...]
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 and then running a current through the nails into the wood which results in flowing, almost tree-like burns branching out from the nails. See some [...]
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 Johnson. He walks us through the origins of his interest in motorcycles, what makes his bikes stand out, and shows off his bike [...]
