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Love often enters quietly. In the middle of an ordinary life, it changes the light. Inscribed beneath glass are the words, “Once in a while, right in the middle of an ordinary life, love gives us a fairytale.” They belong to weddings, anniversaries, and the ordinary mornings that become a life together.
This tray gives rings beside the bed, letters on a desk, or keys by the door a home of their own. Its vintage script is composed on a warm cream ground, layered beneath bent glass, and finished by hand in our New York City atelier. Ben signs every piece.
Decoupage is a centuries-old French technique built on patience: paper laid beneath glass, varnish applied by hand, and every layer given time to settle. We have practiced this work in New York since 1992. Food-safe and wipe-clean, with a felted back, the finished piece is made to hold a small piece of who you are.
Rest it flat, hang it with a plate hanger, or display it on a gallery easel. A folded card telling the story of the time-honored decoupage process accompanies every piece.
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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.
My wife and I came across this piece in a shop we love in Richmond. The sentiment on it is absolutely lovely: the piece itself is very well made and it made a wonderful, unique and very special gift for our daughter who also loved it
this is so beautiful, as was the wrap! very 1st gift for my sons engagement! ty bens garden :)
The gift wrapping was also incredible
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