Hawthorne Stair Railing
Hand-forged balustrade for a 1924 craftsman bungalow. Scrollwork matched the original plaster ceiling medallion, then distressed to read as 100 years old.
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The Work · Portfolio
Iron, fire, and four hundred hours of patience.
A working archive of the railings, gates, sculptures, and architectural pieces we’ve forged by hand since 2009. Every project below was drawn, heated, hammered, and finished inside our 4,200 sq ft shop outside Portland.
Selected work · 2019–2025
Recent commissions, sorted by craft.
Filter the archive by what you’re looking for. Each piece includes the brief, the materials we pulled, and the techniques that made the silhouette land. Click through for shop photos, drawings, and process notes from the floor.
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Driftwood Lane Driveway Gate
A 14-foot arched estate gate, hot-punched pickets with hammered collars. Designed to survive Cascade wind-loads and look good doing it.
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An 8-foot standalone sculpture commissioned for a winery tasting room in Hood River. Corten body, brushed brass core, installed on a basalt plinth.
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Truss-and-tie entry canopy for a restaurant rebuild. Pre-assembled in shop, craned in over a single Saturday, and dressed with reclaimed fir purlins.
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A 9-foot dining table base inspired by a vintage farrier’s anvil. Hammered blackened legs, hand-rubbed oil finish on a 3-inch live-edge walnut top.
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A pair of security grilles for a chapel restoration. Forged in the original 1908 pattern, with a hand-pierced rosette and traditional leaded-bronze solder.
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Our approach
How every project moves from sketch to steel.
The same three moves, repeated for every commission since we lit the forge in 2009. No mystery, no middlemen — just drawings we believe in, fire we can hold, and finishes we’d put in our own homes.
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Draw it on paper first
Every commission starts with hand-drawn elevations and a full-scale cardboard mockup in the shop. We don’t believe in CAD-only work — you can’t feel a radius on a screen.
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Forge it hot, finish by hand
Coal forge, hand hammer, hydraulic press when the steel is thick. No CNC shortcuts on visible surfaces. We tap-test every weld and grind every joint flush before it leaves the shop.
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Install it ourselves
We don’t subcontract the install. Three smiths and a truck, on-site, with the same drawings we built from. If something doesn’t fit, we cut it on the trailer and weld it before lunch.
Currently booking
Have a piece in mind? We’re taking commissions for winter 2025.
Slots fill about four months out. Send us your inspiration, a rough dimension, and the roughest possible budget — we’ll tell you honestly whether we’re the right shop for it.