Spring Collection

In the early 1980s, Sol LeWitt and his family bought a rustic farmhouse in Spoleto, Italy. While in Rome looking for new dishes, he and his wife, Carol, discovered that the maiolica pottery they so admired was made locally, almost in their backyard, in Deruta. Italy. The craftspeople in Deruta were continuing the more than 600 year old tradition of creating maiolica, a technique of applying a glossy base glaze whitened with tin oxide onto fired clay pottery. Vivid, hand-painted colors are then added and the pieces are fired again.

LeWitt designed his own dinnerware in Deruta and these same pieces are now available through Artware Editions in the full range of colors the artist intended. Each piece is made by hand by the same artisans who for generations have kept this proud and classic Italian tradition alive. This dinnerware is lead-free and dishwasher safe.

If we do not already have it in stock. the fabrication time is approximately 12 weeks.

Originally designed as a limited edition sculptural piece, cast in heavy polyurethane resin, the David Shrigley Swan has been blown up, literally. This inflatable swan may be missing the graceful curves true to a classic swan, but with its hand-drawn blank expression and erect white neck, it knows exactly what it is, it is a "Ridiculous Inflatable Swan-Thing." Named lovingly by David Shrigley himself, the statuesque swan stands at 35 inches tall and comprises all that is to love about Shrigley's charismatic work, while also being pool-ready.

From our partners at Third Drawer Down Studio. 

The porcelain plate series by Kehinde WIley includes six designs featuring details from paintings spanning 2008-2012. The six different faces -- 3 male and 3 female -- are cropped against colorful, vibrant backgrounds so the plates are equally decorative and functional. The back of each plate has easy holes for hanging, and they are microwave and dishwasher safe.

Each coupe plate is 10.75" and shows a stamped signature on the verso. The plates are individually boxed.

The porcelain plate series by Kehinde WIley includes six designs featuring details from paintings spanning 2008-2012. The six different faces -- 3 male and 3 female -- are cropped against colorful, vibrant backgrounds so the plates are equally decorative and functional. The back of each plate has easy holes for hanging, and they are microwave and dishwasher safe.

Each coupe plate is 10.75" and shows a stamped signature on the verso. The plates are individually boxed.

The DISH series of porcelain plates by the Patella Brothers features 13 different silk-screened designs. Each trompe l'oei design has a distinct narrative told through a serendipitous combination of objects that feels surrealist or dreamlike. The Patella Brother's combined background in photography and sculpture explores new perspectives and altered visions of the ordinary, and the DISH series has brought this interest into the realm of the everyday object.

Each design is sold separately, or you can purchase the complete set of 13 designs. A 10% discount is given for the purchase of any 6 or more plates; a 15% discount is given for the complete set. Each plate is signed, stamped, numbered and dated. Food-safe ink; dishwasher safe.

This set of four cork board coasters by Louise Bourgeois shows the reproductions of fabric pages from the artist's Ode À La Bièvre book. The set comes in a custom box for easy gifting and storage.

Made in collaboration with the artist's studio and our partners at Third Drawer Down Studio.

Artists who have participated in this collection include Peter Doig, Julian Schnabel, Jasper Johns, Tracey Emin, Karen Kilimnick, Barbara Kruger, Tracey Emin, Yoshitomo Nara, Jeff Koons, Cindy Sherman, Ed Ruscha, Kehinde WIley, Yayoi Kusama, Ryan McGinley, and Rirkrit Tiravanija.

The Artist Towel Series features limited edition towels by an incredible selection of internationally known artists. They are 100% cotton, machine washable and because of their large size are great for a variety of uses including the beach, the bath, a picnic, or as a tapestry to hang on your wall.  

Artists who have participated in this collection include Yayoi Kusama, Ed Ruscha, John Baldessari, Peter Doig, Julian Schnabel, Jasper Johns, Barbara Kruger, Tracey Emin, Yoshitomo Nara, Jeff Koons, Cindy Sherman, Ed Ruscha, Kehinde Wiley, and Rirkrit Tiravanija and more.

The Artist Towel Series features towels by an incredible selection of internationally known artists. They are 100% cotton, machine washable and because of their large size are great for a variety of uses including the beach, the bath, a picnic, or as a tapestry to hang on your wall.

Artists who have participated in this collection include Peter Doig, Julian Schnabel, Jasper Johns, Tracey Emin, Karen Kilimnick, Barbara Kruger, Tracey Emin, Yoshitomo Nara, Jeff Koons, Cindy Sherman, Ed Ruscha, Kehinde WIley, Yayoi Kusama, Ryan McGinley, and Rirkrit Tiravanija.

The Artist Towel Series features towels by an incredible selection of internationally known artists. They are 100% cotton, machine washable and because of their large size are great for a variety of uses including the beach, the bath, a picnic, or as a tapestry to hang on your wall.

Artists who have participated in this collection include James Rosenquist, Glenn Ligon, Peter Doig, Julian Schnabel, Jasper Johns, Tracey Emin, Karen Kilimnick, Barbara Kruger, Tracey Emin, Yoshitomo Nara, Jeff Koons, Cindy Sherman, Ed Ruscha, Kehinde WIley, Yayoi Kusama, Ryan McGinley, and Rirkrit Tiravanija.

The Broken Juice Glass is a limited edition set of four different glasses conceived by Roy McMakin, exclusively for Artware Editions. For this edition, the artist has taken the simplicity of four small glasses and imposed on them a complex reworking of the aphorisms “THINGS CHANGE” and “CHANGE THINGS”. Because of their transparency and shape, McMakin is able to use the seriality of the glasses to play out a conceptual progression: the first glass is clear, on the second the phrasing is shown in its entirety on the front of the glass, and on the third and fourth the text is printed in a band around the glass but appears to be illegible. One must perfectly line up the fragmented text (a greater challenge from the third to the fourth) from the front through to the back of these to make sense of the parts. When the glasses are full, the front text appears incoherent but as the glass empties things change and all is clear.

McMakin’s art practice explores how functionality influences meaning within the medias of sculpture, photography, design, and architecture. He has had recent solo exhibitions at such prestigious venues as the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; Henry Art Gallery, Seattle; and Matthew Marks Gallery, New York. He lives and works in Seattle.

This set of four bone china plates by Louise Bourgeois features imagery from collages taken from the artist's fabric book, Ode à l'oubli. The collages were made from fragments of the artist's domestic life, including old clothing and household items.

Each plate is individually boxed and made in collaboration with the artist's estate, The Easton Foundation, and our partners at Third Drawer Down.

Jeff Koons's Tulips coupe service plate is a 12.5" limited edition porcelain plate fabricated by the famed porcelain maker Bernardaud in Limoges, France. It is packaged in a presentation box and is dishwasher safe but not microwaveable.

‘‘It is about a calendar year and how we may perceive different things within the course of a year. You can look at the Tulips painting or the sculpture Tulips and maybe it will make you think of Spring. I have always enjoyed flowers. Since taking art lessons as a child, I have had flowers in my work. I always like the sense that a flower just displays itself. The viewer always finds grace in a flower. Flowers are a symbol that life goes forward.’’

This 100% linen kitchen or tea towel features a digital print from the always popular Scottish artist David Shrigley. We always recommend all the kitchen towels as excellent gifts, but don't forget about the possibility of framing them as art.

Made in collaboration with David Shrigley and our partners at Third Drawer Down Studio.

Robert Lazzarini's work often recreates and then subverts everyday objects thereby confounding the viewer's expectations and challenging ideas of perception. For this edition, which was originally conceived for the Peter Norton Family Christmas Project, the artist used complex non-linear distortion and composited attributes of different cups and saucers to arrive at an archetypal object. He first drew the cup and saucer using three-dimensional modeling software and then found a well-proportioned spoon and laser-scanned it directly into the computer. He next applied multiple sine wave patterns along different axes through these virtual objects. After finishing the virtual modeling stage, Lazzarini created a series of rapid prototypes reproducing the rendering in 3D form. Designed to be viewed from all angles, Teacup becomes a visual anomaly placed among everyday items, evoking a melancholic, otherworldly quality.

In order to suggest years of use, each cup is hand-finished by Lazzarini and features a small chip in the rim.

Craig Damrauer's "New Math Collection" includes kitchen towels, mugs and now this new durable cotton apron. featuring the artist's humorous text pieces in the form of equations. The apron features the phrase "Chef = Cook + Authority" and is 100% cotton, machine washable and has a front pocket.

Made in collaboration with the artist and our partners at Third Drawer Down Studio.

The Artist Towel Series features towels by an incredible selection of internationally known artists. They are 100% cotton, machine washable and because of their large size are great for a variety of uses including the beach, the bath, a picnic, or as a tapestry to hang on your wall.

Artists who have participated in this collection include Peter Doig, Julian Schnabel, Jasper Johns, Tracey Emin, Karen Kilimnick, Barbara Kruger, Tracey Emin, Yoshitomo Nara, Jeff Koons, Cindy Sherman, Ed Ruscha, Kehinde WIley, and Rirkrit Tiravanija.

This limited edition birch veneer tray features Roy Lichtenstein's work Bananas and Grapefruit 1 from 1972. It's size (17 3/4 x 23 2/3") is great for serving drinks or breakfast but it's also perfect on your display shelf with books or ephemera.

This 100% linen, screen-printed kitchen/tea towel features Katz's Tulips from 2014. Machine washable.

This linen, embroidered tea towel by Louise Bourgeois is great in the kitchen or as a hostess gift. Loosely translated, the writing on the petals reads "Loves me, loves me not (passionately, crazily, not at all, with love, a little, a lot."

Made in collaboration with the artist and our partners at Third Drawer Down Studio.

This set of napkins features 8 different Mimosa drawings from Donald Sultan's celebrated series. Each drawing is silk-screened and hand-embroidered on to sumptuous cotton. The flirty, sweet designs make lovely napkins for garden or dinner parties and come in a beautiful custom box which makes for easy gifting.

The Artist Towel Series features towels by an incredible selection of internationally known artists. They are 100% cotton, machine washable and because of their large size are great for a variety of uses including the beach, the bath, a picnic, or as a tapestry to hang on your wall.

Artists who have participated in this collection include John Currin, James Rosenquist, Glenn Ligon, Laurie Simmons, Peter Doig, Julian Schnabel, Jasper Johns, Tracey Emin, Karen Kilimnick, Barbara Kruger, Tracey Emin, Yoshitomo Nara, Jeff Koons, Cindy Sherman, Ed Ruscha, Kehinde WIley, Yayoi Kusama, Ryan McGinley, and Rirkrit Tiravanija.

This plastic, waterproof tablecloth is designed by Maurizio Cattelan and Pierpaolo Ferrari for Toiletpaper, the duos provocative, image-only magazine turned product purveyor. The tablecloth is coated with boiled linseed oil to ensure durability and features a variety of objects see in the matching metal dinnerware pieces. This includes severed fingers, plungers, and the like, to be expected from the art world's favorite pranksters.

Great for the outdoors and kids' craft projects.

This 100% linen kitchen or tea towel features a digital print from the always popular Scottish artist David Shrigley. We always recommend all the kitchen towels as excellent gifts, but don't forget about the possibility of framing them as art.

Made in collaboration with David Shrigley and our partners at Third Drawer Down Studio.

The Artist Towel Series features towels by an incredible selection of internationally known artists. They are 100% cotton, machine washable and because of their large size are great for a variety of uses including the beach, the bath, a picnic, or as a tapestry to hang on your wall.

Artists who have participated in this collection include John Currin, James Rosenquist, Glenn Ligon, Laurie Simmons, Peter Doig, Julian Schnabel, Jasper Johns, Tracey Emin, Karen Kilimnick, Barbara Kruger, Tracey Emin, Yoshitomo Nara, Jeff Koons, Cindy Sherman, Ed Ruscha, Kehinde WIley, Yayoi Kusama, Ryan McGinley, and Rirkrit Tiravanija.

This 100% linen, screen-printed kitchen/tea towel features Katz's Rose Bud. Machine washable.

This porcelain plate features a detail from the work "One" by Gilbert & George which refers to the concept of Two Men, One Artist. Dishwasher and microwave safe. The verso shows details about the plate and the artist's stamped signature. Fabricated in Limoges, France in collaboration with the artists. Gift-box included.

A master of sleek geometric minimalism, Kate Shepherd wows with this set of ten multi-colored linen dinner napkins. Each individual creation vibrates with bold, contrasting shapes that overlap in ultramodern arrangements.

Complete with printed signature of the artist, this chic assortment comes in a custom gift box.

Cold wash recommended.

From our partners at WeR2.

This porcelain plate features a detail from the 1940 work, "Le Retour," by René Magritte. Dishwasher and microwave safe. The verso shows details about the plate and the artist's stamped signature. Fabricated in Limoges, France in collaboration with the artist's estate. Gift-box included.

This 100% linen kitchen or tea towel features a digital print from the always popular Scottish artist David Shrigley. We always recommend all the kitchen towels as excellent gifts, but don't forget about the possibility of framing them as art.

Made in collaboration with David Shrigley and our partners at Third Drawer Down Studio.

This Limoges porcelain espresso set includes 2 cups and 2 saucers featuring details from the work of Robert Mapplethorpe in a custom gift box. Fabricated in Limoges, France in collaboration with the artist's estate.

The subject of flowers illustrates Warhol’s serial principle perhaps more succinctly and yet more poetically than any other.  Thus, in depicting flowers, the natural potential of plants to proliferate is combined with their technical reproducibility as decorative motifs for mass production.

Although the fragile and ephemeral nature of flowers was transferred by Warhol to the realm of monumentality, an air of vulnerability and nostalgia also clings to his Flowers. In fact, his first flower pictures followed on directly from his Disaster series, in which he focused on media images revolving around death. Warhol’s Flowers can, therefore, also be seen in light of flowers as a symbol of fugacity and death.” - Dr Raphaël Bouvier, Curator, Beyeler Foundation

Our partners at The Skateroom, who collaborated with The Andy Warhol Foundation and The Beyeler Foundation to make this edition, donate a significant part of their profit to support social initiatives that make the world a better place.  For each edition sold, $180 will be donated to support Skateistan, a non-profit that uses skateboarding and education for youth empowerment in Afghanistan, Cambodia and South Africa.  This  amount is the equivalent of learning supplies for their Skate and Create programs worldwide for one week (including art supplies and basic skate supplies).

This item is part of a series of home products featuring a black and white graphic image from the American artist Alex Katz. Each Dessert Set includes one dessert plate with a matching cup and saucer. The underside of the plate features the product details and the artist's stamped signature.

Made in collaboration with Barney's and our partners at Art Production Fund.

The Artist Towel Series features limited edition towels by an incredible selection of internationally known artists. They are 100% cotton, machine washable and because of their large size are great for a variety of uses including the beach, the bath, a picnic, or as a tapestry to hang on your wall.  

Artists who have participated in this collection include Yayoi Kusama, Ed Ruscha, John Baldessari, Peter Doig, Julian Schnabel, Jasper Johns, Barbara Kruger, Tracey Emin, Yoshitomo Nara, Jeff Koons, Cindy Sherman, Ed Ruscha, Kehinde Wiley, and Rirkrit Tiravanija and more.

Jeff Koons's Split Rocker coupe service plate is a 12.5" limited edition porcelain plate fabricated by the famed porcelain maker Bernardaud in Limoges, France. It is packaged in a presentation box and is dishwasher safe but not microwaveable.

First conceived of in the late 1990s, the first Split Rocker was inspired by the artist's son's rocking horse and toy dinosaur, and is composed of the two animals' heads, which are split down the center and not quite conjoined into a single hybrid head. Live flowers color the sculpture, which is watered by an irrigation system within its stainless-steel armature. It was last exhibited in New York's Rockefeller Center in July 2014.