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You step outside for coffee and come home with a story.
A flower stand spilling onto the sidewalk. Music drifting through an open window. Dinner squeezed onto a tiny table, with another chair somehow found. New York has a way of turning an ordinary day into something you want to keep.
This tray captures that exuberance in brilliant red and bold white lettering. NEW YORK, NEW YORK fills the glass, with “the Wonder City” tucked beneath it like a promise. The artwork’s weathered details lend it the charm of a beloved discovery, something you might find in an old shop and carry home without a second thought.
Handcrafted in our New York studio using the French tradition of decoupage, each piece brings the artwork beneath luminous bent glass. Individually signed by Ben, it is a small celebration of the city where we create.
Let it bring a flash of red to a stack of art books, hold the jewelry from an evening out, or serve something sweet with an afternoon espresso. It is an invitation to make a little room for delight, even on the busiest days.
Give it to the friend who always knows a place, the person beginning their New York chapter, or the one who still lights up at the mention of the city.
Food safe, with a felted underside. Wipe clean. Suitable for hanging with a plate hanger or displaying on a gallery easel. Each tray arrives with a folded card explaining the time-honored decoupage process.
Style #: DPQ-168
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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.
The decoupage tray is lovely -- great weight, finished perfectly. But receiving it was the real serendipity: it was (clearly) shipped IMMEDIATELY, arrived so quickly; the box itself was festive with its colorful stickers; inside, the cushioning was substantial -- there was no way this glass tray was going to get damaged, and then the interior box in which the tray was secured was wrapped like a present, so pretty.
Would I recommend the glass decoupage items based on how lovely mine is? Absolutely! But I would also recommend anything from Ben's Garden because it's clear how seriously + carefully they take their items, their delivery, and their customers.
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