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Victorian artists understood something timeless, something tender: that a single word, carved with devotion and ornamented by hand, could feel like a love letter. This tray revives that spirit. “LOVE,” rendered in sweeping nineteenth-century bookplate lettering, carries all the whimsy and romance of the era, each serif and scalloped curve echoing the craftsmanship of engravers who treated letters as miniature works of art.
Handcrafted in our New York atelier using the French tradition of decoupage, every bent-glass tray is laid by hand, polished to a warm glow, and individually signed by Ben. The natural cream backdrop lets the engraved lettering shine, its unique Victorian flourishes begging to be admired up close: the scalloped shading, the ornamental lines, the quiet drama of a word that still stops the heart.
Practical in use and poetic in spirit, the tray is food-safe, effortlessly wipe-clean, and felted on the back so it lands softly wherever it lives. Display it on a gallery easel, hang it as art, or let it anchor a vanity or bedside table. A folded card accompanies each piece, sharing the time-honored decoupage process that makes this craft so enduring.
A small object with a big sentiment, designed to bring a little more love into the room.
Style: DPI-238
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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.
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