How to Buy True Wrought Iron Designs

Appreciation for wrought iron designs is returning, especially the products made by hand by true artisans like Lee Sauder from Germinal Ironworks in Lexington, Virginia and Carlos Galvan of Los-Factory in Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, Mexico.

With increasing recognition of the value of quality wrought iron designs, they are again becoming important to homeowners, interior designers, architects, and collectors, to name just a few.

photo credit: Rennett Stowe
When looking for wrought iron for your home or yard, be careful not to buy cast iron instead. Wrought iron is forged and hammered to remove impurities and then hammered into the desired shape by the artist. It will show marks of the artisan’s hammer.

Some of the advantages of true wrought iron are:

• Every piece is unique
• Each piece is built to last a lifetime
• Maintenance is easy
• The artist pays close attention to details

Your wrought iron pieces are an investment which will require minimum maintenance to retain it’s beauty for many years to come.

Is It Real Wrought Iron?

Check the piece over carefully and look for signs that it is cast and/or machined, instead of forged.  Check for seams that would be evident in cast pieces and other casting marks.  Examine the welded joints for weaknesses.  Weak welds can result in fatigue and allow moisture to seep in and the piece to rust.

Wrought iron decorative pieces won’t look mass-produced like cast iron pieces, because each piece is unique.  Run you hands over the piece you plan to purchase and feel for roughness, breaks, splits, or other flaws that would compromise the strength of the wrought iron and again leave an entry for rust.

If at all possible, ask about references from the particular artisan you wish to buy from.  Look at photos of their work and ask if you can talk to a former client.  If at all possible, visit the artist’s place of work, where the wrought iron designs are actually created.

Carlos Galvan of Jalisco, Tlaquepaque, Mexico, is one such renowned artist who has made custom works around the world.  Photos of his work can be seen at Los-Factory website.  For any information you might need, contact Arjan Los, the co-founder – with Carlos Galvan – of Los-Factory.

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