A hand in a deep burgundy sleeve holds aloft an ornate porcelain plate rimmed with delicate gold filigree, its center glowing with warm apricot against a soft sage green ground. Handwritten text in blue script appears near the plate's edge, while the composition merges still life with portraiture in a contemplative, witty collage of domestic pleasure and quiet sophistication. Bound with 52 pages of 70lb paper, lined or unlined, behind an anti-scuff matte cover with wraparound artwork, made to order. Notes and sketches kept behind an independent artist's work, not a plain composition cover.