Portfolio

Recent websites and tools we've built.

Every project here started with a specific studio or small business that needed better tools. These are examples of how Forge & Ember turns real workflows into working websites and systems.

Selected work.

A closer look at some of the sites, portals, and tools we've designed and built for real clients.

Painted Desires preview
Painted DesiresLive studio site & galleries

A full website and client gallery system for a boudoir and fine-art studio. The site supports private client access, online image selection and ordering, and a calm, reassuring experience for a very personal type of work.

  • Custom marketing site with service pages
  • Private client galleries with secure access
  • Online image selection and ordering flow
  • Built to match a trust-based client process
EmberPDA preview
EmberPDAIn active development

EmberPDA is a web-based personal digital assistant platform. It helps users keep track of tasks, projects, routines, reminders, and client work in one place, with tools designed first for our own internal use and then expanded for others.

  • Task, project, and reminder management
  • Calendar-style views for daily planning
  • “Chaos Engine” for turning brain dumps into tasks
  • Built as a full product, not just a client project
Visit emberpda.com (coming soon)View full case study →
Knotty Heart LeatherIn development

A brand and future e-commerce site for a handcrafted leather business specializing in kink-friendly gear and custom work. Forge & Ember will be designing the storefront and supporting systems around how the maker actually sells and delivers each piece.

  • Custom product catalog and layout (planned)
  • Photography-led product presentation
  • Square-powered checkout and in-person sales support
  • Brand and copy tuned to a niche audience
Storefront in development.
Your Project HereNow booking

Whether you're running a studio, a small service business, or an independent brand, we can help you move off generic tools and into a website or system that matches how you really work.

  • Custom websites & studio platforms
  • Client dashboards & delivery tools
  • Light automations for repeated work
  • Systems designed around your workflow

Every build starts with how you work today.

None of these projects began as “we just need a new website.” They started as problems: galleries that were hard to manage, clients that were hard to keep track of, or tools that didn't quite fit.

Once we understand your clients, constraints, and day-to-day reality, we can design a site or system that fits your work instead of asking you to fit into someone else's template.

What working together looks like

  • • An initial call to learn about your studio or business
  • • A simple outline of what we'd build and why
  • • Iterative design and build with regular check-ins
  • • A launch with real support, not a quick handoff

Have a project in mind?

You don't need all the answers figured out. Tell us what isn't working today, and we'll help explore what a better system could look like.