[JasonFruit]

That's a reasonable question, and one I asked myself. I considered some options:

- "Piece of art" didn't communicate engagement with the item as art

- "Work of art" is often used to mean a masterpiece

- "Artwork" is a neologism of the sort I avoid

Finally, "objet d'art" communicates appreciation as art, but not necessarily any artistic quality, and it's a phrase people use in this context.

While we're asking irrelevant questions, why are the majority of your comments questions and criticisms of trivial matters of wording? Obviously, we agree that words are important, but it's equally important to engage with the intended meaning of those words.