In the studio
When you examine a piece in one of our railings, you're looking at something that didn't come from a box. Everything we do starts out as long pieces of raw stock straight from the mill.

One by one, each piece is cut and then heated in the forge to 1800°. Every component is shaped and formed to its specifications, based on an original design. We have hammers that weigh from 3 oz. for delicate work to a massive 100 lb air-driven forging hammer that strikes four times a second.

Things are slowly pieced together until the finished railing begins to take shape. All welds are dressed and sculpted smooth. From start to installation, it's a process that can sometimes take weeks or even months and each railing is a unique art piece.

~Matthew & Karine
in the studio
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in the studio

Hand-forged railings by artists & blacksmiths, Matthew & Karine Maynard - hand made in their blacksmith shop in central Kentucky.

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