
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

Art 101 | The Art of Everything: What is Mixed Media?
In an age where disciplines blend and artistic boundaries dissolve, the term mixed media has become something of a catchall—at once precise and elusive. It describes an approach rather than a style...
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Nina Takesh | Collector Profile
Nina Takesh is a renowned interior designer and content creator based in Los Angeles. Her journey into design began while building her own home from the ground up in Los Angeles, revealing a passio...
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Catherine Lucky Chang | Playful Wonder
In her latest series, Playful Wonder, Catherine Lucky Chang embarks on an innovative journey into the realm of pulp painting. Conceived during a two-week artist residency at the Penland School of C...
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Katy Degroot | Collector Profile
Katy Degroot is a digital creator turned fashion brand founder. With over 10 years of experience in the beauty space, Katy transitioned into entrepreneurship and launched her fashion brand, Thirty ...
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Color Play, a continued series by Michael DeSutter, was originally conceived as a means to focus on specific elements the artist employs in order to convey movement in his works. Previously, when d...
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Domino | Eric Wareheim | In the Press
Domino Magazine recently featured the Los Angeles Loft of comedian, actor, chef and tastemaker Eric Wareheim. The stunning design serves as a space to highlight the things he loves - mid-century...
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