Custom Architectural Metalwork

Studio Notes:

Garden Structure

With the roof and the LED lights

With the roof and the LED lights

Asian themed garden structure

Asian themed garden structure


This features forged steel posts and back stays, bolted to a black concrete pony wall. The structure is being allowed to rust and acquire a warm brown patina, to fit in with the natural surroundings. A roof of sheet steel will be added as well as LED lighting to softly illuminate the underside of the curved roof. the roof will attach to the paired Larch 2″x2″ purlins.

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Work in progress: cantilevered roof car port

Cantilevered roof posts installed

Cantilevered roof posts installed


After working with an engineer and architect to make sure this would work, we are finally getting this functional sculpture up in the air. The 3 roof truss supports are out of bent 2×3″x3/16″rectangular tubing at 14′ long, bent to a 48′ arc and will go in today. There will be wood purlins across the 3 roof trusses and then a 14ga. steel roof screwed to it. We looked at the possibility of a glass roof, which I think would have looked spectacular, but it was pretty spendy and a lot of dirt to constantly clean made that idea unworkable. More to come as it gets done. There are 8 yds of concrete in the footing about 25,000 lbs.to keep it from falling over. Yah, that should do it!

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