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22” tall ivory, titled “Spring” carved from legal ivory. Horace Greeley IV collection. The same piece is available in bronze.
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Presentation case for a set of engraved colts. By pressing a tassel the front of the couch slowly lowers as like a draw bridge to a music box tune of the Blue Danube, thus revealing a drawer for the colts. Horace Greeley IV collection.
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Swan Bed
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Brundege’s “SWAN BED #4” shown at just over 800 hours of construction, this is approximately 1/3 of the way to completion. The man hours it will take to create this bed are equivalent to the amount of man hours it takes to build a nice home. “Swan bed # 4” could be used as a prototype for future beds. Before this bed is assembled for the final time molds and patterns will be taken so it can be duplicated. Because this bed is possibly one of the most elaborate beds ever contrived in the history of art furniture, a section of this site will be updated as this bed nears completion. In the style of Art Nouveau and reminiscent of the romance in Pre-Raphaelite art, this magical bed has been a dream from Brundege’s childhood. As a child, he constructed magic boats with card board, each one became more intricate then the last. Brundege says, “With over 40 years of wood working experience, I’m putting all the techniques I know into the design and construction of this bed. This piece represents a great challenge for me. It is to be my masterpiece. My goal is simply is to create the most beautiful bed that I can.”
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Pine wood vanity with poly chromed finish the drapery is actually carved and painted. The vanity has many concealed and secret compartments. Secret compartments sometimes requiring a combination of movements is part of the mystic of Brundeges work.
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Celtic cross art work for client’s approval before cast into a memorial stone.
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Bronze time capsule for Wonders of Wildlife museum is on permanent display. By closing access door in back of capsule on the dedication ceremony the bobcat closed his eyes to awaken in a hundred years for the opening of the time capsule. Details Missouri’s history of human occupation from Indian to present day man plus a menagerie of woodland creatures and fauna can be found telling their stories for the viewers to discover in the piece.