Founded in 2018 by Ryan May and Tony Patschorke, Blacksmith Sawyer Co. grew from a side venture into a full-time shop shaped by the owners’ backgrounds in hands-on trades and design. The company is known for thoughtful, highly detailed work that carries a project from an early idea through finished fabrication and installation, serving designers and high-end residential and commercial clients.
Rock Ridge Forge LLCFounded in 1987 by Master Blacksmith Clayton H. Miller, Rock Ridge Forge LLC is a family-owned Jarrettsville shop that designs and fabricates custom architectural and ornamental ironwork. The Miller family works with clients from drawings, photographs, or samples, creating pieces for residential and commercial settings and restoring older metalwork in a drive-in sandblasting bay. Son Logan joined the business as an apprentice after college, carrying the family’s blacksmithing tradition into its next generation.JARRETTSVILLE, MD
Blackbird FabricationBlackbird Fabrication is a Coatesville, Pennsylvania architectural metalwork studio that designs, fabricates and installs custom metal features for commercial and residential spaces. Founded by industrial designer Adam Sayres, the studio combines computer-aided design with traditional metal craft, handling projects from restoration and modification to complex turnkey staircases. Its work includes a four-floor, 60,000-pound stair assembled inside Microsoft’s New York City headquarters and a curved cantilevered stair made to match an existing Chester Springs home.COATESVILLE, PA
Sawkille CoFounded by owners Jonah Meyer and Tara DeLisio, Sawkille Co. designs and makes distinctive furniture in Kingston, New York. Meyer, a RISD-trained artist with roots in painting and sculpture, developed the company’s seating vocabulary from early twig-and-root chairs into crisp contemporary forms, while DeLisio guides its creative direction and business. Their work draws on historic traditions alongside experimental and personal influences, with hand-chased silver details adding an especially unusual dimension to selected pieces.RHINEBECK, NY
SOMA Millwork & DesignSOMA began in 1999, when Clive Corfield and David Rootman started making furniture in Rootman’s garage. The Burnaby company has since grown into a nearly 12,000-square-foot shop, where a network of craftspeople develops custom work for residential and commercial clients. Corfield brings experience making fine furniture since 1973, while SOMA’s projects include carefully tailored millwork for Vancouver’s Shangri-La and Fairmont Pacific towers.COLUMBUS, OH