Fairthorne.ca
Our products are handcrafted from the finest quality yellow brass and we recently incorporated aluminum into our work. We purchase large coils of brass sheet, cut it with handtools and bandsaws, then shape it using a traditional silversmithing method with hammers and anvils, mixed in with more modern equipment, ie: brakes and spin lathes. To join the metal, we solder, weld or rivet. Each piece is polished and brushed on buffing lathes and some pieces are air-brushed with specially formulated paints.
Our work has evolved over the years, from untreated, highly polished brass, to protective coatings to eliminate the necessity of cleaning and more recently is now coloured using an air-brushing technique, which has brought a whole new dimension to our work.
