upcycled glasses

Oregon’s wooden eyewear maker Shwood just premiered their latest (and already sold out) collaboration with San Francisco streetwear label HUF. I know what you’re thinking, another streetwear collab., whoopie. I say think again my friend, this one is actually doing something different! Sticking to shwood’s eco-friendly ethos, they’ve found a way to combine forces by melding each other’s physical products into one. These glasses are made from old broken HUF skateboard decks resulting in a unique wood treatment they’re calling “six-ply fade.”

This piece, along with everything else in their collection, is crafted entirely in Shwood’s Portland, Oregon woodshop. This particular one-of-a-kind pair of sunglasses was created out of curiosity, just to see what was possible. While not the most cutting-edge approach to the upcycle movement, you can’t help but appreciate the thinking behind it.

The team at shwood also just launched a neat little “inspiration site” called Experiment With Nature. Give em a look, here.