<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3c.org/TR/1999/REC-html401-19991224/loose.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title></title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=unicode"/> <link href="NEWstyle.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet"/> <meta content="Frozen Music,Composed Glass Jewelry,Mercedes Brugh,fused,melted,necklace, earrings, tie tack,cufflink,lapel pin,purse hook,purse hanger,custom,logo,trademark,hallmark,name,Indiana Artisan,Wholesalecrafts,Niche,magazine,ACRE,American Craft Retailers Exposition,Logansport Indiana,glass nail files,wine stoppers,bottle stoppers,keepsake,ashes,memorial" name="Keywords"/> <meta content="Intricate glass" name="description"/> </head> <body> <div id="container"> <div id="logo"> <a href="index.html"> <img height="125" hspace="0" src="images/spacer.gif" width="230" border="0"/> </a> </div> <div class="topText" id="nav"> <a href="wholesale.html">Wholesale</a> | <a href="retail.html">Retail</a> | <a href="corporate.html">Corporate</a><!-- | <a href="custom.html">Keepsake</a> -->| <a href="trophies.html">Trophies</a> | <a href="artist.html">Artist</a> | <a href="tech.html">Technique</a> | <a href="showing.html">Showing</a> | <a href="subscribe.cfm">Subscribe</a></div> <div id="subcontainer"> <div id="side"> <table width="140" align="center"> <tbody> <tr> <td height="70"> <a href="gallery1.html"> <img height="70" src="images/1.jpg" width="70" border="0"/> </a> </td> <td height="70"> <a href="gallery2.html"> <img height="70" src="images/2.jpg" width="70" border="0"/> </a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td height="70"> <a href="gallery3.html"> <img height="70" src="images/3.jpg" width="70" border="0"/> </a> </td> <td height="70"> <a href="gallery4.html"> <img height="70" src="images/4.jpg" width="70" border="0"/> </a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td height="70"> <a href="gallery6.html"> <img height="70" src="images/6.jpg" width="70" border="0"/> </a> </td> <td height="70"> <a href="gallery5.html"> <img height="70" src="images/5.jpg" width="70" border="0"/> </a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td height="70"> <a href="gallery7.html"> <img height="70" src="images/7.jpg" width="70" border="0"/> </a> </td> <td height="70"> <a href="gallery8.html"> <img height="70" src="images/8.jpg" width="70" border="0"/> </a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td height="70"> <a href="gallery9.html"> <img height="70" src="images/9.jpg" width="70" border="0"/> </a> </td> <td height="70"> <a href="gallery10.html"> <img height="70" src="images/10.jpg" width="70" border="0"/> </a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="text" align="center" colspan="2">Click above to browse by color.<br/><p align="center"> <a href="http://www.in.gov/indianaartisan/index.html" target="_blank"> <img height="75" src="images/Indiana_Artisan_LogoB&W.png" width="75" border="0"/> </a> </p></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div id="mainContent"><!--BEGIN TYPING HERE--><h1>Technique </h1><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> <font size="3"> <br/> <img height="340" alt="squill drawing" src="images/squill 340h.jpg" width="86" align="right" border="0"/> </font> <font size="3">It all starts with my original drawing, which I create using Computer Aided Drawing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> CAD is the compulsive's friend,&nbsp;allowing for screaming detail.&nbsp; </span>Each drawing includes my &quot;MB&quot; hallmark, unless it has two pieces like cufflinks or two sides like a wine stopper.&nbsp; Then each piece is slightly different and the hallmark is in one piece only.&nbsp; Sort of a &quot;where's Waldo?&quot; thing.</font> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"></p> <p> <font size="3"></font> </p> <font size="3">Drawings take twenty or more hours to perfect.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Once I'm satisfied with the drawing, I etch the drawing into the metallic coating on dichroic glass.</font> <p></p><p> <font size="3"></font> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> <font size="3">Then I cut other pieces of sheet glass and stack the pieces like a sandwich. I carefully fuse them at 1450&deg;F to achieve a nice melt without turning the cut shapes into blobs. Finally, the schedule I use to cool the glass tempers it.&nbsp; Each piece fuses in its own way.<br/><br/></font> <font size="3"></font> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> <font size="3">I use my old goldsmithing skills to forge my dangle ear wires left and right.&nbsp; They are more secure than standard French wires.<br/></font> </p></div> <p></p> </div> <div class="text" id="footer">1315 E. Market Street, Logansport, IN 46947 | 574.739.2125 | <a href="mailto:Mercedes@FrozenMusic.net">Mercedes@FrozenMusic.net</a></div> </div> </body> </html>