at OK Foundry
Architectural & fine-art castings
If it was cast before, we can cast it again.
We reproduce the cast iron that landmarks can’t do without — and engineer its best ideas into the stairs, railings, and posts going up now.
Who we are
Engineers, artists, and foundrymen.
We care about one thing: cast metal, done right. For two decades we’ve pointed that at architectural and fine-art castings — and at optimizing sand casting to make them sharper, truer, and more affordable than anyone expects.
Behind the focus is more than a century of foundry experience. Engineers tune the tooling and the process; artists model the forms in clay and wood; foundrymen pour the iron, bronze, and aluminum — the same metals O. K. Foundry cast in 1947, with sharper methods.
Two ways with iron
Bring it back, or build it new.
Cast iron is the rare material that’s beautiful and structural at once — the right answer both for the landmarks we restore and the stairs, railings, and posts going up today.
Restore the past
For landmarks and historic property, we reproduce lost or failing iron — from a casting, a drawing, or a photograph — matched to the original and made to outlast it.
Build for now
For new work, we engineer cast iron into modern solutions: a staircase you can design, cast, and install fast; an illuminated riser that turns an LED into a luminaire; railings and posts that carry the load and the look together.
Where to begin
Start with what you have.
Every project begins with something in hand — a piece of iron, a drawing, a design, or a line in a spec. Find yours; it’s the way in.
An original to match
You’ve got the piece — a broken finial, a missing fence section, one surviving casting. We mold straight from it: no pattern, no tooling, cost-effective down to a single casting.
A drawing or a photograph
The original’s gone, but you have the record. A sculptor models it back, or a pattern maker cuts it — matched to the original and made to outlast it.
A design, or a stair to raise
You’re building new. We cast iron that’s beautiful and structural at once — stairs, railings, posts, panels — to your drawing.
Something proven
Spec a casting that’s already drawn and tested — treads, risers, posts — and we make it to order.
Start here
Tell us what you’re building.
A landmark to match or a stair to raise — bring us a casting, a drawing, or a photograph, and we’ll cast it in iron, bronze, or aluminum, at a foundry in continuous operation since 1912.