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I love your script, a small devotion to the beauty of the handwritten line, preserved in vintage typeset across a soft cream ground. Sealed beneath a dome of genuine French crystal, the words gain a brilliant, sparkling magnification and a weight ordinary glass could never manage; the felted underside gives it the settled feel of an heirloom. Each is individually handcrafted in our New York studio in the tradition of découpage, and it measures a substantial 3.5" × 3.5" × .675". A folded card explaining the process accompanies every piece. Set it on a writing desk beside the pens and the paper, a quiet tribute to letters, longhand, and the lovely permanence of a few well-chosen words.
Style No. DPWI-4627
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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