Forged metal fence

As soon as the ancient people built their own housing, there is an urgent need - to protect it from enemy invasion. The first fence was probably a pile of stones piled up around populated territrii, and a wooden stockade, completely blocked the house from the outside world, many centuries later evolved into a fine grid ... My home - my castle now in vogue private housing. Every homeowner wants to do something original: set fancy bars on the windows or fence to protect your home with an unusual pattern. Exquisite wall can become the pride of the home owner, especially if it is made of wrought iron. Having a good house, is not worth saving are not arrays. Artisan crafts mediocre design and poor performance will spoil the mood, not only you, but passers-by. Refer to these professionals - and you can get a range of jewelry for your home: from the gate and the gate, combined with patterned sections of the fence, before consonant with their windows, balconies arrays on roofs. All this will give your dwelling a unique individual style, elegant look and will perfectly fit into the urban environment. If you have decided to restrict ourselves to window bars, remember - before you challenge no less serious. After all, a prestigious facade - that person any company office. Looks much nicer box with a noble forged bars: once there is a desire to stop, detain her own opinion, and this is the first step to ensure that the potential client has gone exactly to you. Let us return to the fence, which should be beautiful and at the same time powerful and strong. This is the first milestone on the way to your castle. And the natural desire of every homeowner - to demand that the lattice is not only aesthetic but also the protective qualities. When choosing decorative items should be avoided, which will help to climb over the fence. It is reasonable to place a sharp upper edge of the elements with a frequency that does not allow to put between the legs. The traditional version of such a fence is not uncommon in the historic center grid consists of vertical bars in the style of a spear. When placing the fence should not forget about the Russian reality: after all, and decorative objects made of colored metal can fall prey to our excessively enterprising citizens. It makes sense to take care that the lower edge of the grid was recessed into the ground - so you can prevent digging. Neva masterpieces "I want to roses in the unique garden, where the best in the world consists of fences ...", - Anna Akhmatova wrote. The richness and variety of artistic metal capital of the North has no equal. And, speaking of the lattices, we should mention at least a few masterpieces in St. Petersburg. The fence of Summer Garden ... 36 pink-and-ash columns topped with vases and urns, interspersed with links of iron, black and gold lattice, which was built in 1770-1784 under the project YM Felten and PE Yegorova. Links of the lattice, amazing ease, severity and harmony, Tula forged by blacksmiths, and granite columns - the creation of masons from the village Putilova, located near St. Petersburg. But the wall of the Temple of Resurrection. Quaint and very beautiful picture of forged links with a large floral ornaments typical of early modernism. The links are located between the monumental cylindrical column with a beautiful decor. All familiar to the Ostrovsky Square Square. It is surrounded by a fence with a simple pattern, whose links are attached to cylindrical uprights. On top of the grid - bits of spades. The fence was installed in 1873 simultaneously with the monument to Catherine II, rising in the center of the square. Twenty-nine identical lion, holding in his teeth heavy iron chain, lined the waterfront of Sverdlovsk. They sit on pedestals square trampling upon the foundation of pudostskogo stone. In St. Petersburg, many stone and cast-iron lions, but in such numbers they are represented only in the fence. For lions, separating them from the house is worth a simple lattice of vertical rods. In 1850, the project engineer SV Kerbedza built the first permanent bridge across the Neva. Originally it was called the Annunciation, and since 1855 - Nikolaev. Today it bears the name of Lieutenant Schmidt. On the bridge was installed on an interesting pattern grille, designed by architect AP Bryullov. The composition was introduced allegory sea elements: a series of open-work iron sections between transparent stand, the pattern in the form of the trident of Neptune palmetto from two sides fantastic seahorses with tails, woven into floral design. Internal rack space is filled with figures of vessels of different height and shape. Very beautiful lattice Foundry Bridge. Cast iron section between the same racks are made from the drawings of architect KK Raha. In the figure the lattice we see a tendency, common to architecture of the second half of the XIX century: a mixture of styles. Thus, if square, enclosing each unit - a favorite motif of antiquity, the lush leaves, filling the grid, reminiscent of baroque decoration. In the center section of two mermaids are holding a shield with the emblem of St. Petersburg. Their tails are woven into decorative floral design. Gaps in the cast-iron columns are filled with fantastic sea creatures, down into the abyss of water. Unsurpassed artistic iron casting, reminiscent of fine lace work - features a lattice Song of the bridge. Figure made in the form of a fan, the main element of which are repetitive palmettos. The original effect can be seen while driving along Tuchkov bridge. Lattice fence of the bridge at first glance very simple. However, rods, square bars, are intertwined in some way, creates an unusual three-dimensional picture. Going over the bridge - and it seems that the fence blowing. St. Petersburg will soon turn 300 years old. During this time, urban metal decor has changed - and today much in need of restoration. Fortunately, in St Petersburg have skilled craftsmen capable of giving metal historical rebirth. Strict romance and elegant baroque oldest metal gratings are found in religious buildings in England, France and Italy - compared with the secular church architecture was at a much lower level of development. Romance lattice XI-XII centuries were collected from vertical bars, the spaces between them filled with symmetrically arranged flat spirals, a four-leaf clover and other patterns, not going beyond the frame of the lattice. Frames were made of flat tetrahedral rods, connected by ties and steel rods. In addition to the monumental Gothic church fence of iron bars were forged and subtle, refined grids for monstrance. Floral design of the gold to enhance the decorative effect. This blossoming of forged gratings in civil engineering relates to the Renaissance. In Italy, the widely deployed construction of mansions for the aristocracy - such a scale leads to economic and political crisis affecting the country in the XVI century. The pace of urban life weakens, and representatives of the higher nobility retreated to suburban residences. Appear unusual beauty fence, lattice balconies and walls inside the house, multiple decorative elements for private gardens and parks. The starting material for the manufacture of grids generally were rectangular, round and thin flat bars, as well as iron bands. In the era of the early Renaissance decoration were spiral, volute, wicker and sableobraznye leaves. Bars, usually crowned by a different simulated leaf. Lattice treated equally - there was no such thing as the front and back side. Gradually the decor becomes more complex: the lattice decorated with flowers and leaves, busts and figures, which are stamped or cast. Along with the old ways of combining the elements of the lattice (with links and cross bars) with time was used welding. Lattice were stained in bright colors, this tradition continued in subsequent stylistic eras until classicism. Lattice becomes more popular: they were allowed to reach the hitherto unseen effect - everyone can admire from the street rich mansions, and the landlord at the same time feel secure. In addition, the best models were themselves works of art. Dynamism inherent in the Baroque era, abolished the static vertical frame of the lattice, and came to the foreground complex moving patterns. Stems acanthus palmette, cartouches, volutes, flowers and leaves are alternated with each other, presenting great tangled thickets. Not to mention the exceptional effect of perspective grids. Thanks to the special arrangement of lattice gate, approaching the viewer to think that before it opens a passage into the deep, close the portal. In an age of rococo ornament is intricate lattice, disappear recent signs of partitioning and symmetry. Non-stop shoot, garlands of leaves, flowers and other motives for destroying a single lattice plane and go beyond it. By the end of XVII century, the horizontal and vertical lines are returned to their seats, architectonic grids once again becoming strong and clear. IN RUSSIA from the XVII century in large cities is unfolding construction of a palace and park ensembles, and many blacksmith shops go on making big and small fences. Old Russian masters are not only well known technology, but also had great artistic taste. They create fences and grates are not lost on any background, were expressive in the architectural environment, and the impression of both near and distance. It is interesting that since the XVII century wrought iron products are increasingly superseded by cast iron. But in the cast-iron lace patterns has its inexplicable charm. In his hand a talented professional - whether it be a blacksmith or a foundry - any metal becomes a "hand" and allows you to "sculpt" the finest product of the tie.