Maïssa Toulet Playing Card Art Frame messynessychic independent home in Paris

independent home in Paris

Charming glazed ceramic Paris ashtrays

and companionship — qualities families wanted to reflect in their homes

and wanderers alike

Maïssa Toulet Playing Card Art Frame messynessychic independent home in ParisA poetic collage arranged within a shallow black frame. Inside, a scattering of playing cards floats against a black background, some face up with hearts, others turned to reveal patterned blue backs. Interspersed among them are small cut out illustrations: a woman in profile, a pair of clasped hands, a crow mid call, and the back of a womans bare shoulders. The composition feels both surreal and cinematic like fragments from forgotten love stories or