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We'll be friends forever — a promise that outlasts distance, decades, and every season of life in between. This tray sets those simple words in vintage typeset on a natural cream background, the kind of understatement that says exactly enough.
In the French tradition of découpage, the bent-glass tray is handcrafted in our New York studio and individually signed by Ben. It is food safe and wipe clean, the back side felted, and it is just as at home hung with a plate hanger, standing on a gallery easel, or holding a few treasures by the door. A folded card explaining the time-honored découpage process accompanies each piece.
Give it to the friend who has been there through all of it, and let it stand for the years already shared and the many still to come.
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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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