Gates and fences, railings, forged beds, fireplaces. Every element is heated, drawn out and bent by hand on the anvil.
Every photograph is of a real commission, shot on site — no catalogue images and nobody else's projects.
A commission goes through the same steps whether it is a single hook or a two-metre run of fence.
A site visit and exact measurements of the opening, the stair or the room. You approve the drawing before the first bar is heated.
The iron goes into the fire and comes out hot. It is drawn out, spread and bent — one scroll at a time.
The elements are joined by welding. Where a weld shows, it is dressed back until it does not.
Finished for where it goes — indoors or out. Installed by the same workshop that forged it.
Metal Montaj EOOD is a blacksmith's workshop in Sofia, open since 2008. Everything is made to order and to measure: for that opening, that staircase and that room, rather than to stock sizes.
A small workshop means the person who takes the measurements is the same one who forges, and the same one who turns up to install. Nothing gets passed between companies if something has to be reworked.
Commissions range from a small coat stand to a full set of gates. The workshop takes visitors — call ahead.
Measurements, a photo of the spot, or just a rough idea — that is enough to begin. If you have already seen something in the work, point to it and we start from there.
Obelsko Shose 10, Sofia · visits by arrangement
