Found We found this story really inspiring: 28-year-old amateur photographer, Nick Risinger, traveled over 60,000 miles and took 37,000 photographs to piece together the largest true-color photograph of the stellar sphere ever. Photographed mostly in the Western U.S. and South Africa, the project is best experienced via the interactive website that features a full spherical version of […]
The Wild Is Calling from JOESTEVENSMEDIA on Vimeo.
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 backroads in the Columbia River Gorge. If you look closely you can see the rider sporting a pair of Shwood Canbys in cherry! Even […]
A History of the Sky from Ken Murphy on Vimeo.
The idea was this: take a photo every 10 seconds for a year and create a stop-motion video. But rather than string them together end to end (which would not only be unwatchably long, but would do little to reveal the changes that occur over longer periods of time), San Francisco “tinkerer” Ken Murphy set up a […]
Myoung Ho Lee photographs solitary trees framed against white canvas backdrops in the middle of natural landscapes. To install the large canvases, which span approximately 60 by 45 feet, the artist enlists a production crew and heavy cranes. Minor components of the canvas support system, such as ropes or bars, are later removed from the […]
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 4 features Tim Aaron, a craftsman of world class custom bamboo fly fishing rods. Tim shares his insights on making these functional works of art and why his lifestyle fits into […]
