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My Heart Is Full — the words you reach for when ordinary ones run short, kept beneath a dome of genuine French crystal. Vintage typeset rests on a warm cream ground, magnified into luminous depth by crystal that runs dramatically heavier and more brilliant than glass.
Each dome paperweight is individually handcrafted in our New York studio in the French tradition of découpage, its base softly felted and measuring a substantial 3.5" × 3.5" × .675". A folded card recounting the time-honored découpage process accompanies every piece.
Set it on a desk or shelf as a small, weighty reminder of everything and everyone that fills you up.
Style No. DPWI-5440
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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