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Floor Lamp “Warm Home”
I began designing this lamp from an entirely individual perspective of a floor lamp. I was missing a lamp with a square shade. I wanted to add a forged element and some glass to the shade so light would radiate into a space in a controlled way. /I was missing a floor lamp with a […]
Terrace chair, Garden chair or indoor chair
Terrace chairs or wrought iron garden chairs usually considerably differ from indoor chairs. Outdoor chairs are often loungers for us to lay down in with a good book or enjoy a pleasant company at a garden party. It is different with indoor chairs. They are set around a dining table and their back rest usually […]
Copper and iron forging
Copper and iron forging in my smithy Color of metal is very important in forging as it indicates the temperature of the workpiece. For this reason, it is essential that it is dark inside a smithy because it makes it easier to determine the color of the heated metal. There used to be a rule […]
Wrought iron bench Gothic
Gothic elements in modern furniture Gothic is a term that denotes the art of the late Middle Ages, between the 12th and 16th century. It originates from the Italian word gotico, and it came in use in the 16th century. It described the raw, barbaric culture and art, and so it had pejorative meaning. Today […]
The process of creating a new product
In my study I keep a plain notebook, a soft-lead pencil and an eraser. When I get an idea for a new product or just a detail that I don’t yet know how to incorporate, I sketch it in my notebook. I always add the date and a few notes to the sketch because this […]
Iron industrial bench
How I designed iron industrial bench I love the strong and raw look of old locomotives, the many rivets on railway bridges from the 19th century, and empty halls of old industrial buildings. The time of industrialization of the western world brought the typical look of the infrastructural structures and other buildings, such as industrial […]
Wrought iron garden chair
Simple clean lines of wrought iron were decorated at intervals with a spiral that is produced by rotating a square iron rod around its axis. I twisted it once and then straightened it. In the spirit of the classicistic view, I didn’t want to go over the top with accessories so I decided to add a flat iron strip that wraps the front legs of the chair. This wrought iron chair is the creation of my thoughts about the iron home décor which should be simple and gentle.
Wrought iron coffee table Zig zag
I wanted to create an iron table that would be a simple, yet different, blacksmith work; something would stand out in a room. The corners of my Ram table have decorative elements. This gave me an idea of a simple embellishment at the sides between the legs of the table. First I tried with a […]
Blacksmith nails
One of the basics of forgery is the making of nails. When I started acquiring the skills of this craft, I wanted to begin with the basics. I wanted to make my own blacksmith nails. As many times before I encountered a problem – I didn’t have the tools to make nails so I had […]
