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Brooklyn-based Artist and sculptor Malia Jensen has created some interesting functional art for the home, exclusively for Artware Editions. Drawer pulls and door handles cast in bronze and patinated bronze are shaped like human tongues, ears and hands. The unique hardware is made in only 100 editions of each.
Tongue Pulls, 2013, polished bronze:
Tongue A (small): 7/16″ h. x 1 1/8″ w. x 1″ d.
Tongue B (small): 3/8″ h. x 1 1/8″ w. x 1 1/2″ d.
Tongue C (large): 5/8″ h. x 1 5/8″ w. x 1 7/16″ d.
edition of 100, each
Small: $175 each
Large: $200 each
Existing hardware can accommodate a drawer up to 1/2″ thick. Hardware can be replaced to accommodate drawers of different depths.
Ear Pulls, 2013, polished bronze:
Round: 1 1/2″ x 7/8″ x 7/8″
Pointy: 1 1/2″ x 3/4″ x 7/8″
edition of 100, each
Existing hardware can accommodate a drawer up to 1/2″ thick. Hardware can be replaced to accommodate drawers of different depths.
$180.00
Hand Handles (based on Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel), 2013, patinated bronze:
installed dimensions: 1 1/2″ h. x 6 3/8″ w. x 1 1/2″ d.
edition of 100 pairs
Existing hardware can accommodate a drawer up to 1/2″ thick. Hardware can be replaced to accommodate drawers of different depths.
$600.00
Shop for these and other items by Malia Jensen here at Artware Editions.
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