Iron Art 3
Iron art, generally speaking, is an art that changes rough objets made in iron (so called ironware) into art objets. However, iron art is not different from ordinary ironware.
The concept of iron art as early as many years ago, since the Iron Age, people began to process iron products. Some people will rely on this craft to earn momey for survival. We call them blacksmiths. Those who work on iron, or blacksmiths, will process very ordinary iron material into various objects, such as iron pans, iron spoons and kitchen knives used in our daily life for cooking as well as the scissors and nails used in daily life. Even swords and spears used in warfare can be qualified like ironware. Even though there is a little difference between ironware and iron art, the above products cannot be called iron art.

Later, with the advancement of science and technology, iron products are constantly being updated and polished. Not only are they more practical, they have also made great progress in appearance. It can even be called an artistic work which is the birth of iron art. Classification of iron art products is based on raw materials and processing methods.

Iron art can be divided into 3 categories: flat flower iron art, cast iron art and wrought iron art.

The single caracteristic of flat flower iron art is simply that it is made by hand. As to wrought iron art, we define and called so any iron products made in low-carbon steel type material and its pattern is completely made by mechanical means - shaped by hammering. About the cast iron art, itsmain caracteristic is the material. The main material of cast iron art is gray color iron material.  Cast iron art can have many patterns and shapes and are mostly used for decoration.

What is the predominant category among the above 3 categories of iron art?

The most used is the wrought iron art. The wrought iron products are generally made by molds, so the appearance is relatively rough but at reasonable price eventhough they are very easy to get stain.

The iron art production 

The production of iron art need few steps. The first step of iron art production generally involves in collecting raw materials and checking them. The main materials to be used include flat steel, square steel, welding rod and paint. Pay attention attention when collecting raw materials; it must follow some international standard qualities. After the raw materials are ready, the process can start following some steps. A professional designer can draw the sample using computer not by a simple drawing on paper since most of factories have adopted computerized modeling of iron product models. After designing the software model, the craftman can change the raw material into a final iron product art by following the pattern in computer template model. If the model of any iron art have different parts, they will connected by welding, then handed over to specialized staff for surface treatment and finally painted with high-grade anti-rust paint. Of course, the finished product must be handed over to the inspector for inspection.

Iron art is a craft but also a technique. The development of iron art has followed the continuous progress of science and technology. The iron products produced by people in the early days were only practical, but the iron art manufactured by modern people can be qualified as pure art for decoration. Therefore, the development prospect of iron art is still relatively optimistic and in continuous progress.