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Two hearts, one arrow — the oldest shorthand for love there is, here caught mid-flight and kept forever bright beneath brilliant French crystal. It's a small, glittering declaration for a desk or a nightstand, romance rendered in something you can hold.
French crystal produces that brilliant, sparkling effect and is dramatically heavier than traditional glass, giving this oval paperweight a reassuring heft. Drawn in Ben's signature eye for the charming and the unusual, it measures 3.5" × 3.5" × .675" and finishes with a felted back. A folded card explaining the découpage process accompanies each piece, and it arrives in a minimum case of two.
Keep one close as a token of a love worth anchoring, or give it to the sweetheart who holds your heart (and, now, your paperwork). A little crystal-clear devotion, weighty enough to stay put.
Style No. DPWI-5468
The French call it découpage, pronounced day-coo-pahzh. It flourished in the salons of 18th-century France, where paper, patience, and a steady hand turned everyday objects into works of art.
Ben honors the French technique, in reverse. The artwork goes on the underside of the glass, by hand, so you look through the glass to see it. Nothing sits on the surface. The image seems to float, lit from within, the way a pressed flower looks when you hold it up to a window.
Every design starts with something Ben discovered or created. A pattern he drew. A botanical plate or a scrap of antique paper carried home from a market in Europe, chosen because it meant something.
Decoupage is a science of perfection. Each piece is made slowly in our New York studios by a talented team of artists, patient and exacting, who will not settle for less than a perfect result. Each one is backed in felt, so it can rest safely on a cocktail table, and signed by the artist, Ben Busko.
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