Beautiful curved lines on facade of the house or in elements of interior bewitch look of guests and speak about refined taste of owners. Choosing art forging for noble style of the house or giving, you do not hurry and attentively study all nuances.
For a start make the plan. Perhaps, you want the shod bridge on the site or banquette with forging elements for the living room? Ornament for roof or family crest on gate? Describe all the wishes to future product on paper or make schematical sketches.
Art forging happens two types: hot manual and cold. Cold hammering is carried out on the special machine without heating. Decor elements (curls, leaflets, etc.) at cold hammering are stamped on identical curves, to make any changes to the drawing on individual wishes it will not turn out.
If you want exclusive, choose hot forging. Hot forging is carried out by the master manually, metal heats up to plastic state in horn or the special furnace. Soft metal is given the form by means of forge tools. The products created on technology of hot forging are unique.
How to elect the master and workshop on forging
Each master has the portfolio of the executed orders. Considering photos, pay attention to the general quality of work whether some parts repeat or not.
At the calculation of portfolio on the website many masters borrow someone else's photos. The photo of simple plain elements mixed up with complex works has to guard: the true expert of the business will not spread unsightly works if it has options better. Surely you ask phones of the former clients personally to hear comment on the master.
Decide on the price. Factory works will cost much cheaper, but in them there will be no soul.
Ordering work from "house" smiths, demand specification of the account: what all sum consists of. Make the turnkey contract and decide on terms of works and also on options of non-compliance with terms.
Do not hesitate to invite the master specifically to the site or to the house that there was opportunity adequately to evaluate the amount of works and combination of product to other elements of interior.
Not superfluous will be to go on object of production of shod products. Many masters are engaged in blacksmithing that is called "by inheritance".
The equipment for hot forging reminds the Middle Ages: furnace, anvil, various nippers and figured knives. The modern equipment says that metal is simply bent on the machine or will collect design from purchased stamped samples.
Attention: always check availability of the sketch! All your wishes and interests have to be considered before the expert gets to work that there were no mutual claims.