diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 01497967..1c5cfa39 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 
 ### Unreleased
 
+- Add more utility functions to the `Artifact` trait [#673](https://github.com/gakonst/ethers-rs/pull/673)
 - Return cached artifacts from project `compile` when the cache only contains
   some files
 - Add support for library linking and make `Bytecode`'s `object` filed an `enum BytecodeObject`
diff --git a/ethers-solc/src/artifacts.rs b/ethers-solc/src/artifacts.rs
index fce6eb78..b55be734 100644
--- a/ethers-solc/src/artifacts.rs
+++ b/ethers-solc/src/artifacts.rs
@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ pub struct Contract {
 }
 
 /// Minimal representation of a contract's abi with bytecode
-#[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq)]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq, Default)]
 pub struct CompactContract {
     /// The Ethereum Contract ABI. If empty, it is represented as an empty
     /// array. See https://docs.soliditylang.org/en/develop/abi-spec.html
@@ -577,7 +577,7 @@ pub struct CompactContract {
 }
 
 impl CompactContract {
-    /// Returns the contents of this type as a single
+    /// Returns the contents of this type as a single tuple of abi, bytecode and deployed bytecode
     pub fn into_parts(self) -> (Option<Abi>, Option<Bytes>, Option<Bytes>) {
         (
             self.abi,
@@ -598,6 +598,20 @@ impl CompactContract {
     }
 }
 
+impl From<serde_json::Value> for CompactContract {
+    fn from(mut val: serde_json::Value) -> Self {
+        if let Some(map) = val.as_object_mut() {
+            let abi = map.remove("abi").and_then(|val| serde_json::from_value(val).ok());
+            let bin = map.remove("bin").and_then(|val| serde_json::from_value(val).ok());
+            let bin_runtime =
+                map.remove("bin-runtime").and_then(|val| serde_json::from_value(val).ok());
+            Self { abi, bin, bin_runtime }
+        } else {
+            CompactContract::default()
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 impl From<Contract> for CompactContract {
     fn from(c: Contract) -> Self {
         let (bin, bin_runtime) = if let Some(evm) = c.evm {
diff --git a/ethers-solc/src/config.rs b/ethers-solc/src/config.rs
index c88f4395..69feb75c 100644
--- a/ethers-solc/src/config.rs
+++ b/ethers-solc/src/config.rs
@@ -218,25 +218,38 @@ impl SolcConfigBuilder {
 pub type Artifacts<T> = BTreeMap<String, BTreeMap<String, T>>;
 
 pub trait Artifact {
+    /// Returns the artifact's `Abi` and bytecode
     fn into_inner(self) -> (Option<Abi>, Option<Bytes>);
+
+    /// Turns the artifact into a container type for abi, bytecode and deployed bytecode
+    fn into_compact_contract(self) -> CompactContract;
+
+    /// Returns the contents of this type as a single tuple of abi, bytecode and deployed bytecode
+    fn into_parts(self) -> (Option<Abi>, Option<Bytes>, Option<Bytes>)
+    where
+        Self: Sized,
+    {
+        self.into_compact_contract().into_parts()
+    }
 }
 
 impl Artifact for CompactContract {
     fn into_inner(self) -> (Option<Abi>, Option<Bytes>) {
         (self.abi, self.bin.and_then(|bin| bin.into_bytes()))
     }
+
+    fn into_compact_contract(self) -> CompactContract {
+        self
+    }
 }
 
 impl Artifact for serde_json::Value {
     fn into_inner(self) -> (Option<Abi>, Option<Bytes>) {
-        let abi = self.get("abi").map(|abi| {
-            serde_json::from_value::<Abi>(abi.clone()).expect("could not get artifact abi")
-        });
-        let bytecode = self.get("bin").map(|bin| {
-            serde_json::from_value::<Bytes>(bin.clone()).expect("could not get artifact bytecode")
-        });
+        self.into_compact_contract().into_inner()
+    }
 
-        (abi, bytecode)
+    fn into_compact_contract(self) -> CompactContract {
+        self.into()
     }
 }