Wrought Iron and Copper: Bendable Metals

A set of hand-forged Art Nouveau ironwork. Iron bars are heated and bent into intertwining botanical curves, with ends curled into delicate tendrils or fanning out into thin leaves. The uneven surface left by hammering and the forge welding marks at the joints are visible. The surface is deep charcoal with dark green or dark brown oxidation, non-reflective. It is used for stair railings, lamp frames, and door handles. Avoid: regular machine-bent ironwork, metals with bright plating and baked enamel, making ironwork into geometric straight lines and circles, making the surface so smooth that forging marks are invisible.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一組手工鍛打的新藝術鐵件。鐵條被加熱彎曲成纏繞的植物曲線,末端捲成細小的卷鬚或展開成一片薄的葉;可以看到鎚打留下的不均勻表面與接合處的鍛焊痕跡。表面是深炭色帶暗綠或暗褐的氧化色,不反光。它用在樓梯欄杆、燈具骨架與門的把手上。避免:使用機器彎製的規則鐵藝、使用亮面電鍍與烤漆的金屬、把鐵件做成幾何的直線與圓、讓表面平滑到看不出鍛打。