
Only Way Is Up
Sculpture
Based in Los Angeles, CA
Established in 2021, OWIU Goods formed as a collective of artists during the height of the pandemic. Founded by Amanda Gunawan and Joel Wong and already well known globally as a full-service architecture and design firm, Only Way Is Up relished the opportunity to engage in smaller scale projects. Each collection is inspired by wanderlust and the ever changing color palette of natural landscapes. Hand sculpted from beginning to end, each piece reflects the aesthetic philosophy that narrative context creates value beyond the simple material itself. The thought that a carefully made object can be its own meditation. OWIU believes that the work is more than clay and glaze–each piece reflects a place, an emotion evoked by nature, and memory fixed as still-life.
In the Journal

Tania Sarin | Collector Profile
Tania Sarin is a Los Angeles-based style expert, content creator, and brand builder known for her effortlessly cool, editorial aesthetic across fashion, interiors, and lifestyle. Since launching he...
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ARCH DIGEST | CAROLINE PINNEY | In The Press
Take a step inside the family-fueled home of Tappan artist Caroline Pinney with Architectural Digest. In a recent move to Austin’s Cherrywood neighborhood, Pinney chose a character-filled 1950s ho...
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Art 101 | Figurative Art: Origins, Evolution, and Enduring Importance
Prologue, Terry Miura, 2005 Figurative art, defined broadly as any art that represents real-world subjects, is one of the oldest and most resilient forms of artistic expression. In the context of...
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Lukas Gage | Collector Profile
Step inside the home of actor and new collector Lukas Gage. Known for The White Lotus, Fargo, Overcompensating, Lukas is also a writer who originally hails from San Diego. When designing his first...
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Forbes writer Natasha Gural joined Tappan founder Chelsea Nassib for the opening of our NYC pop gallery. Sharing her experience with specific works featured in the exhibit, Gural highlighted Tappan...
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Born and raised in Malaysia, the koi seen across artist AOTH's paintings were deeply influenced by her Chinese heritage. Working from her Denver studio, her process—which she calls “dream paint...
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