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Rick Owens Furniture — Rust Never Sleeps

At Carpenters Workshop Gallery in London, Rust Never Sleeps brings together a new group of furniture pieces by Rick Owens Furniture, curated by Michèle Lamy. The exhibition shows a series of sculptural furniture pieces that continue Owens’ long-standing dialogue with raw materials, weight and architectural form.

The title is borrowed from Neil Young’s 1979 song, transforming into a statement on endurance. Rust is not treated as decay, but as a living surface that records time and change. Patina, oxidation and wear are embraced, allowing each piece to show its own evolution. Wood, steel, bronze and leather are used in their most expressive states, often left imperfect and tactile, blurring the line between furniture and sculpture.

Rust Never Sleeps – Rick Owens Furniture
Presented by Carpenters Workshop Gallery
79 Barlby Road, W10 6AZ London

Till February 14, 2026
Tue-Wed 10am-6pm, Thu-Sat 10am-9.30pm, Sun 11am-5pm, Mon by appointment

One of the key pieces is the Antler Bed (2025), shown publicly for the first time. Made from recycled elm wood, the bed carries visible traces of its past life. The surface is uneven, organic and raw, with antler elements that give the piece an almost totemic presence.

Double Bubble (2025). Here, rusted steel is combined with graphite-coloured leather.

K Plug Table (2022) revisits a form first prototyped by Lamy from Owens’ sketches a continuous study in balance and bronze.

 Images: Carpenters Workshop Gallery // Rick Owens

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