Wrought Steel
Staircase Balusters
The Brief
Interior architect Naomi Osei-Bonsu needed forty-two balusters for a brownstone renovation — each one unique, but reading as a continuous rhythm when installed. No catalog piece would do. The client wanted the stair to feel like it grew from the building.
Material & Method
Low-carbon mild steel, hand-forged at 2,300°F. Each baluster was drawn and twisted individually before assembly — the variation in twist angle creates the organic rhythm. Final finish: a hot-wax blackening that deepens over years of touch.
The Hard Problem
The stair curved on two axes. Every baluster required a compound angle at both ends — calculated by hand, cut on the band saw, and corrected at the anvil. No two cuts were identical.
Copper, mid-patination.
Copper Sulphate wash, Day 3.
Oxidised Bronze
Wall Installation
The Brief
Gallery director Petra Voss-Lindqvist commissioned a permanent installation for the main wall of a new Chelsea space — twelve feet wide, eight feet tall, responding to the architecture without competing with it. The work needed to change character as the light moved through the day.
Material & Method
Silicon bronze cast in sand moulds, then hand-textured with a die grinder and patinated through seven stages — liver of sulphur, ferric nitrate, and a final beeswax seal. The surface holds three distinct tones depending on viewing angle.
The Hard Problem
The gallery wall was not flat — a 3mm bow over twelve feet. Each of the 340 individual elements was shimmed individually on installation day so the surface plane reads true from the designated viewing distance of six metres.
Forty Pages.
Every Decision Shown.
The Process Book compiles all case studies with technical drawings, material specifications, and finish charts — the complete reference for architects and developers specifying custom metalwork.
Staircase Balusters — Technical Drawings
Bronze Installation — Patination Sequence
Material Specifications — Alloy Reference
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Inside the Book
- Full case studies with technical drawings
- Material specification charts — steel, copper, bronze alloys
- Finish reference: patination, blackening, brushing, gilding
- Lead time and process timeline guides
- How to write a commission brief