Giovanni Raffaelli

A real Tuscan tradition in Wrought Iron

 

THE MAKING

The making of our products follows the ancient traditions.
The art of forging iron is ancient and there are only few artisan who still work the iron with passion and love according to experiences passed down from the past to the present.
We can also make our products as shown by our customers drawings.
The process of wrough iron is divided in several phases:

First phase: before proceeding to the creation of any object it is
always necessary to draw the measures of the height, length, breadth and any other necessary data.

Second phase: the iron is cut to the measures wanted. It is heated to the forge (fireplace to heat the iron) to the temperature of 1000 C When the iron is hot, comes set down on the anvil and hand worked with the hammer or with the pneumatic hammer for the decorations.

Third phase: the pieces forged are joined together with the welder or with nails and, if the project need it, they are hand incised.

Fourth phase: The structure is finished. The last rifiniture is brought. In particular, sandblast (to clean the rag remaining from the working and imperfections).
The painting can be carried out with epossidic painting. If the structure is destined to outside (for example a gate), exhibited to the weather, rain, etc, we proceed with metallization (sandplasting and zincification) to avoid damages.
However all of our pieces are protected with a protection enamel .

Fifth phase. Finally the structure is ready to to be sent or sold.

 

Some of our paintings

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GIOVANNI RAFFAELLI
Via Capannori, 132 - 55016 Porcari (LUCCA) Italy  - Tel. +39 0583 298180 Fax +39 0583 298197
E-mail: info@giovanniraffaelli.com