This Texas-Inspired Glassware Puts The 'Giddy' In 'Giddy Up'

Renowned photographer Douglas Friedman recently teamed up with 200-year-old Viennese glassmaker Lobmeyr to create a dynamic new glassware collection inspired by West Texas. Lobmeyr’s craftsmanship merges with Friedman’s artful edge in a carafe and six tumblers emblazoned with cowboy motifs that take cues from the photographer’s Marfa ranch. A tumbler scene of the desert, windmills and Texas skyline, for example, evokes the panoramas seen from his property, while a mustachioed cowboy on the carafe bears a striking resemblance to Friedman himself. “Every one of those glasses reminds me of home,” he observes.

Lobmeyr’s famed attention to detail also comes into play: Some of the illustrations wrap around the glasses to create multidimensional scenes that shift at every angle, interacting with the opposite side. “The paintings seem to glow on the glass,” Friedman says, “and the crystal is so light it practically floats out of your hand.” Find the collection exclusively on Abask.