Hand-Forged Steel Tree Trellis

One Trellis, Two Purposes

Hand-forged steel branches and terra-cotta pots transform a blank exterior wall into living garden art.

Sometimes the most useful designs can also become art. This client wanted a wall-mounted trellis that could hold four-inch terra-cotta pots while bringing an organic shape to the space.

Built Around the Vision

For this project we:

• Built the tree from one-inch

  and three-quarter-inch solid round stock

• Heated the steel in the forge and shaped it by hand over the anvil

• Hammered the trunk and individual branches to create an organic, natural appearance

• Formed a steel ring at the end of each branch to hold a four-inch terra-cotta pot

• Designed the finished piece to mount securely to the exterior wall

  
  

FROM STEEL TO LIVING ART

What we like about projects like this is the chance to use different tools and traditional metalworking techniques to create something both useful and artistic. Once the pots were added and filled with ferns, the steel tree transformed a blank wall into a living piece of garden art.

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