Metal Moved like Butter

We're working on a sample of a Forged Iron Bracket to hold a lighting fixture.

The project started like this:













Cami the Interior Designer needs 4 brackets for lanterns that will hang in a circular stair well.  The wall is slanted inward.
Below is her original idea for a bracket.

We send her a sketch based on what we can fabricate and what we think will function.  The bracket must cover a j-box on the wall, and must allow for wiring to be threaded thru its strut, and must hold a hanging lantern.  Here's our 1st sketch (below)

Charming.  Cami loved the loop on the end.
But too long, won't fit.  The circle needs to be about 12" dia to have
any visual punch, and that would mean the arm would be almost 40" long.
Back to the drawing board.  Here's our next sketch below.



We remembered that the wall is slanted inward.  That needs to be accounted for in the design.  And the wiring issues.

Dana to Luis the foreman/fabricater:  Let's make it interesting from all angles.
As you're walking up the stairs, down the stairs, think about all lines of sight.

Luis to Dana J:  If she likes that loop so much, let's repeat it in the design.
And fatten it, and manipulate it like a strap of leather.  With thick, hand forged
ties.

Dana J to Luis:  How about a sample?
Here's our Sample photos.  Dropping it off to the Designer Lady today.
Wish us luck.