Captain's Point Entrance Gate

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Custom Made Wrought Iron Candlelabras

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 In out imperfect world its hard for designers to find exactly the size they need. We made this pair of candlelabra out of 2 urns the client had.

Antique Wrought Iron Baluster Handrail

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These antique balusters were converted into handrails, we were able to add a couple of inches to bring them to code as well as match the 75 year old patina.

Antique Iron Gates Retrofitted to Entrance

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 These antique gates were found at a local market, the designer thought they would be perfect for the clients entrance but wasnt sure how to have it done. Creative Iron figured out how to hang,install, and make operatable while still mantaining the original style and patina.

Wrought Iron Fireplace Accessories

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 From decorative corbles, firescreens, log holders and tools, we can fabricate most anything for your indoor or outdoor fireplace.

Fryling Porch Handrails

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Wrought iron handrails add style and curb appeal to your home.

Iron Front Door Grills

 

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 Wrought iron door grills add security as well as improving curb appeal.

 

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Roston Iron Driveway Gate

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Leohr Brushed Metal Canopy Bed

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Chain Wine bottle Holder

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Acid Wash Coffee Table

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Custom Wrought Iron Walk Gate

Custom Wrought Iron Fire Basket

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 This was a custom fire basket we fabricated for a local designer, We weren't real sure how it was going to turn out , but the end product was HOT!

Rough Cut Slab Top on Organic Iron Base

 

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 This was a fun piece we did awhile back, it's a real organic, whimsical table used for a salt water aquarium. We had a log smith cut a 2" slab of oak for the top, notice the bark still on the front edge.

Repurposed Fence Casting Fire Place Screen

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 This was a section of antique fencing we repurposed as a fireplace screen. We cut off the useless parts, added feet, sanded off the scale and laqured it.

Fisburne Iron Gate

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 We reproduced this exactly for our customer, They had just bought the house and did not know who the builder or the iron guy was, He found us and 2 weeks later they had the identical gate for the other side of the house.

Curved Iron Patio Railings

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 We have the tools, talent and knowlege to complete most any design pattern you may want..

Custom Case Opening Iron Screen

 

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 The Designer and Builder had an a problem figuring out how to cover the case opening to this workspace, to the left it drops 20 feet into the living room. The iron screen we built adds a architectural element and saftey.

Decorative Iron Railings

 

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 Notice the small details on this small section of interior iron railing, the forged wall tabs, the hammered forged iron pickets, forged fishtailed handrail.

 

Hagee Contemporary Cable Raling

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 Our customer had a problem finding someone who was capable of building this curved iron interior handrail, We came out and made the template, dry fitted it, brought it back to the studio and welded it up..

Forging Iron Scrolls

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Wrought Iron Juliet Balcony

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Custom Iron Foot Railing

 

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 This custom iron foot rail was commissioned by us for an uptown Charlotte Condo, it was finished in oil rubbed bronze.

Custom Iron Window Box

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 Iron window boxes are a beautiful addition to the curb appeal of your home, but most big boxed stores offer iight wieght, small, un actractive options. We can created iron planters to compliment your your homes style.

Sonny's BBQ Patio Railings

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 An out of state  contractor found us and had us duplicate this iron gate for the Sonny's BBQ in the Arborreatum Shopping center. The brick wall was cut out the we used the existing railing to cap it, the gate was fabed by us and matches the the existing gate.

Swimming Pool Railings

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Arched Custom Iron Fireplace Grill

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 This metal fireplace screen was custom made by us for a subdivision fireplace. They needed a way to prevent unwanted fires at unwanted times. We were able to make something visually appealing as well as functional.

Custom Iron Vanity Base

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Modern Iron Table Base

 

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 Clean, simple lines make this iron table pop, a designer came to us with a 60" 3/4 thick piece of glass and couldn't find a contemporary base to hold it. We were able to accomplish both goals.

 

ABANA

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 Creative Iron Designs is now a menmber of ABANA - Artist-Blacksmith's Association of North America, Inc.  A 30 year old organization dedicated to the resurgence of the "lost" art of blacksmithing.

Bodden Railings with Trellis

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A fence makes more than a good neighbor..

Wood Pickets Transformed to Iron

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 This was an interior handrail that we replaced the wood pickets with wrought iron pickets, notice the detail of the iron shoe at the bottom of each picket.

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Iron work doesn't need to be scrolly and fussy, sometimes less is more.

 

Farnham Galvinized Table with Mahogony Iron Benches

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 This patio required a custom table to fit the long narrow shot gun style porch, We made this top out of Galvanized with rivets, iron base and custom mahogany wood tops for the benches.

 

Forged Iron Chandilier

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 This fixture is 2 and a half feet tall, and was VERY plain, we added hand forged acanthus leaves down the edges and at the top and bottom, accented them in bronze and it really transformed this entrance with out  buying a new fixture.

Custom Iron Canopy Bed

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X Factor

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This Custom iron base is being used as a workstation in a designers studio, It was made of 1-1/4" square stock and with a raw sanded finish.

Less is More

 

 

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In this case, these sleek simple handrails do the job without alot of fuss.. Made of Square stock and finished in satin nickel.

Antique Iron Gate and Custom Trellis

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 We created this walk through trellis for our client who had this antique gate, it was 10 feet tall and 6 feet wide, it was all finished in aged rust with clear coat.

Hammered Iron Pool Gate

 

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 While adding privacy this iron pool gate in a south Charlotte home really makes a statement with the hand hammered steel, ornate hinges, and monogramed speak easy. The finish is a acid wash with lacquer.

 

Burnett Iron Porch Railings

The elengant curves of these iron handrails really made a grand entrance to the stone patio on this Charlotte home. 

 

Burnett Iron Porch Railing

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 The elengant curves of these iron handrails really made a grand entrance to the stone patio on this Charlotte home.

Repurposed Bird Bath

 

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 This piece was was made from two 20" plow discs as well as a piece of inch and a half piece of re-bar from a bridge that was demolished here in Charlotte,N.C. It can be used as a bird bath or feeder or a personal fire pit.

Twig Iron Mirror Frame

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 This Iron mirror framed is being used in a cabin in the mountains of North Carolina, we made it to simulate branches and leaves, everything was cut and bent by hand.

Brushed Aluminum Bar Front

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 In one of the local uptown Charlotte condo we re faced this bar front with an aluminum facade, the pattern was hand applied using a grinder. The corner and end pieces were accented by chrome rivets, giving it a contemporary urban feel.

Repurposed Iron Gate Fireplace Screen

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 A Local Charlotte Designer hired us to transform this vintage iron gate into a functional piece of art as a fireplace screen, with a couple of modifications and additions it now adds additional beauty to the room.

Selin Forged Iron Handrail

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 This unique one off handrail was a truely a great project, our client gave us full liberty with the design. At the top of the stairs, is a beautiful art deco sconce, and thats where the "lines" for the railing were created.

Grape Leaf Driveway Gate

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 We made this driveway gate to match some existing railings  that we already on the home, most appointments that have ever been made  have been reproduced at some point and can be matched up to an existing design.

Gothic Iron Church Window Grill

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 A Senior Community commissioned us to to finish their chapel entrance window, We meet with the staff and Board and sketched out a couple of ideas, after approval it only took one week to make and have it installed.

Bliss Dance

 

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 This is our version of Marco Cochrane's "Bliss Dance", of course its not the nearly the magnitude nor the scale of his amazing sculpture he did for Burning Man 2010 in Black Rock desert. It does not due true justice to his art form, but it is a beautiful piece to say the least. She was gracefully cut from 1/4" metal plate by hand. it was commisioned from a friend who attended.

Wrought Iron Scroll Work

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 We were trying to figure out how to incorporate some iron into this foyer entrance. Our client wanted something to blend with the iron work on the front door, but wasn't sure how to do it. The ceilings were 12 foot and there was a lot of room in the archway so we created this scroll pattern.

Iron Tree Trellis with Gates

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This iron gate and trellis was built for a back drop at a photography studio here in charlotte.

Funky Forged Handrail

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 This hand rail was forged out of 5/8" solid bar, it was all free form, with no real rhyme or reason, it was used next to an iron gate, and that's were the idea came from.

Wrought Iron Ivy Trellis

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In the front gardens of Presbyterian Hospital stands these two wrought iron trellises we created.  They are 8 feet tall and 6 feet wide and have stems, vines and leaves all made of metal. The leaves were cut and forged to a realistic shape.

Custom Iron Sink Vanities

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 This bathroom  received "best design", We worked with the Designer and Builder to come up with a solution for the curved walls, since a standard box sink would not work. We made a template of the wall and and made the base to fit, later the granite fabricator did the same and brought the tops. The wrought iron really makes a nice bold statement.  We we able to use a similar picket that matched the wrought iron on the foyer staircase. 

Iron doggie bowl

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One of our customers wanted something other than a typical wire holder for her dog bowls, so we created this decorative iron stand. We used some castings from a coffee table as the legs and cut out a 8" hole so the stainless steel bowls would be recessed. we finished it in a gun metal finish and lacquer.

Iron Bone fish

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This was a fun little sculpture we fabricated it is three dimensional, it was cut out of 1/8" metal with a plasma cutter and we used concrete nails for the teeth. 

Sunshine

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We were inspired by another artist from a local gallery, we took the concept in a different direction and came up "Sunshine". She is 3/4 scale and made up of 400 washers, at the present time she  is waiting to be completed with a great base of some sort and a finish. 

FlatIron Kitchen and Tap House

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In downtown Davidson is a new restaurant called the Flatiron Kitchen &Tap house. We were a part of it by working with the owners and architects to build 3 - 8 foot by 8 foot wrought iron screens made up of circles and ovals, to mimic a architectural element of the flatiron building in NYC. All the components were hand made, and then an acid wash finished was applied.

Roston stemware rack

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this was a custom 50 piece stemware holder that needed to fit a specific space and was unable to find, we were able to build and install this piece in less than a week.

Bird's Nest Drum Table

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This table was  influenced by a french metal artist, we took the concept and interpetated it our way. We used 200 feet of 3/8" and 1/4" solid round stock to make the Nest. it was finished in a satin laquered rust.  The drum was rolled by us out of a 4x8 sheet of steel.

Fortney Balcony

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We created this balcony from an emailed photo idea to an installed reality in 8 days! The top scroll is all hand forged.

Mooresville Town Square

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 We built these really cool light fixture towers at the entrance of Mooresville Town Square for Myers & Chapman general contractors last year.  They are 4’ x 4’ and stand 14' tall.

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