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A quiet sentinel in glass. Poised, powerful, and beautifully still.
This isn’t just a tray. It’s a moment: a solitary Great Blue Heron caught mid-step along the marsh, rendered in painterly detail and sealed beneath luminous glass. Stillness becomes strength, and a simple surface becomes a story.
Individually handcrafted in our New York Studio in the French découpage tradition, this bent-glass tray blends old-world technique with Ben’s signature eye for the charming and unusual. Each piece is hand-signed by Ben, felted on the back for a refined finish, and made to last—food safe, easy to wipe clean, and endlessly displayable.
Perfect for serving aperitifs, organizing a desk, or standing upright like a nature print from a bygone era. It pairs beautifully with anything—except indifference.
A folded card accompanies each tray, revealing the rich, time-honored découpage process that turns a practical object into a collectible keepsake.
For naturalists, design lovers, and those who know elegance often speaks in whispers.
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Style#: DPI-103
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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.
Each tray is decoupaged by hand beneath the glass. A little care keeps the artwork beautiful.
Suitable for hanging with a plate hanger or standing on a gallery easel.
Beautiful graphic, excellent quality. Loved by the recipient.
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