From transforming used skateboards into handcrafted furniture to building a mobile workshop inside a shipping container, Daniel Barousse lives by a simple principle: You can be a consumer or a creator.
Through his business, Barousse Works, the Lafayette native turns discarded skateboards into functional art — chairs, tables, bowls and heirloom pieces made entirely from skateboards, often preserved for their sentimental or historical value.
In January 2025, Barousse completed a workshop built inside a shipping container. The mobile workspace has traveled as far as Costa Rica and is now back in Lafayette, allowing him to work almost anywhere…