Derix features a studio environment integrating traditional and contemporary techniques for executing projects to any architectural scale. Many methods are innovative and hybrid processes specifically developed for a particular project.

Unlike commission designers in studios that must accommodate different design styles for their studio to survive, independent artists are free to express their ideas without regard to considerations of technique, process, or often even material. Whatever the artist requires to realize his or her work will be supplied by the studio in the form of technical innovation and expertise, materials, or craft virtuosity.

Most importantly, this arrangement frees the artist from the time consuming process of mastering these difficult techniques, as well as the tremendous concentration, effort and facilities often required for their execution. Besides fabrication of the work, the studio also handles the engineering involved in structural support, framing, packing, shipping, and installation. All project management and often financial and contract negotiations are performed by the studio. The artists remain artists, and dedicate their time to this end.

There are many techniques available, with new ones regularly adapted or modified from existing processes. This section will provide some images and descriptions of some of the basic techniques used in contemporary architectural art glass.

Acid Etching
Sandblasting
Lamination
Cutting