Meet The Artist
John Derian Company Inc. was established in New York in 1989. Creating probably the most stunning decoupage plates, platters, paperweights, coasters and bowls all handmade in John’s New York City studio, the place a small workers of artisans help with production. He is understood the world over for his innovative and delicate style which infuses his extraordinary objets d’art and stationery, lighting, furnishings and other ephemera. Among the most popular gadgets in his East Village Aladdin’s cave is the signature decoupage — a traditional art using found pictures to brighten family objects — that he creates in his New York studio and seems to have single-handedly revived. Derian’s behavior of creating issues steered him towards the uncared for craft of reverse decoupage—the artwork of chopping and gluing pictures beneath glass. With his magpie taste, he is gathered collectively the most wonderfully eclectic assortment of old photographs, sort and vintage ephemera to adorn his char...