Cardine Studios specializes in hot-forged architectural ironwork, a centuries-old process that produces the most durable and intricate metal pieces available.

Unlike modern fabrication shops that use cold form “wrought iron” or “cast iron” processing, hot-forged ironwork relies on heat, hammer, anvil and a lot of talent to create details that are impossible to replicate any other way.

Working the metal like “hot clay,” the artist transforms the cold, hard metal into a delicate, flowing and smooth product that lends endless opportunity for design. Whether it’s a fence that follows the curve of a building, an ornate gate with free-flowing designs or a fixture that branches like a tree, within the proper hands the process truly defies the original nature of the medium.

What’s left is an extremely durable, eternally lasting and uniquely beautiful piece of work that will grace generations to come.