Conrad Tengler Artifacts: Builder Blacksmith

Forged lighting and architectural elements bring an artisan’s touch to interiors.

Branch-like metal wall sconce with warm lights.
Custom metal chandelier above a staircase.

Conrad Tengler pendant chandelier commissioned by Revival

CHATTANOOGA. The demand for custom home fixtures has interior designers and architects partnering with artisans to enhance a home’s style.

Revival, one of Tennessee’s premiere design studios and furnishings shop, has been working with builder blacksmith Conrad Tengler and his design studio, Black Sheep Forge, for more than ten years. 

One of Conrad Tengler’s specialties includes iron-work chandeliers, such as the one pictured, that accents the Tudor home and grand staircase.

He also builds custom shelving, fireplace mantels and surrounds, sink pedestals, kitchen racks for hanging cookware, stairway balusters, and sconces of all types. He also takes commissions for exterior gates, trellises, fencing, lighting and artful embellishments.

The artist brings a sculptor’s attention to detail and form, with a decade of experience in ensuring function and ease of installation. Conrad can work from a client’s design sketch, or offer a design solution.

Sculptural fireplace tool set in forged metal.

Conrad Tengler design. Fireplace tool ensemble

Visit Conrad Tengler’s maker space in this Nashville Interiors feature with images from award-winning photographer Billy Weeks: Making Sparks Fly: Conrad Tengler’s Studio.

Conrad is a member of the Appalachian Area Chapter of Blacksmiths (AACB).

To commission a design element, contact Conrad Tengler at Black Sheep Forge, blacksheepforge@hotmail.com; 509-637-0736.

Bathroom with a round mirror and black-framed shower enclosure.

Custom shower door and mirror by Conrad Tengler

Curving staircase with detailed metal balustrades.

Inspired by an Italian design, Conrad Tengler created this metal stairwell design to be both stunning in form, and completely up to code.

Decorative metal chandelier above a dining table.

Conrad Tengler chandelier design collaboration with Revival (RevivalHome.com)

Custom metal exterior gate with flowing geometric lines.

Exterior gate design by Conrad Tengler offers a modern style that is clearly a custom, artisan design.

Branch-like metal wall sconce with warm lights.

Sconce lighting design and build by Conrad Tengler