HOLIDAY GIFTS for home
British-born artist Martha Freud founded her eponymous studio practice in 2008. Known for the slogans that she embeds into her creations, Martha’s delicately constructed ceramics balance a uniquely fragile beauty with her own touch of playful irreverence, and feature in the most stunning homes and hotels around the world. She can customise the vases with the saying or names of your choice, making them the perfect gift to give for the holidays and more.
Frida Kahlo. The Complete Paintings. (by Taschen)
We love Taschen’s oversized artbooks and we love the work of Frida Kahlo, so this book is absolutely on our list to Santa. Among the few women artists who have transcended art history, none had a meteoric rise quite like Mexican painter Frida Kahlo. One of the key figures in Mexican revolutionary modern art, she was also a pioneer of the politics of gender, sexuality, and feminism. This XXL monograph combines all of Kahlo’s 152 paintings with rarely seen photographs, diary pages, letters, and an illustrated biography.
Karimoku X Be@rbrick rosewood edition
We are obsessed with Be@rbrick and this stunning, limited edition rosewood design, created in collaboration with Karimoku, is truly a statement piece.
“People are tired of meaningless, fake stuff – things without stories,” said Pope Valley-based artist, potter, and sculptor Richard Carter, creator of Carter and Co. “People want a story, and they want to meet makers.” Everything at St. Helena’s Carter and Co is beautiful, special, artisanal, handmade, environmentally sensitive, and unique.
Ettitude makes organic bamboo bedding, bath, and sleep essentials that are gentle on your skin and our planet; we especially love their bamboo sheets that are the perfect level of silky soft without being slippery. Sleep soundly in the most divine sheets knowing you’re also doing good for the earth.