Application
Public Art and Urban Landscape
Sphere and sculpture commissions for plazas, parks and civic landmarks
Industry Pain Points
What Usually Goes Wrong
- A commissioned piece has to survive weather, cleaning and public contact for decades with no repainting budget
- Fabricators who can weld a sphere often cannot hold a mirror reflection across a weld seam
- Large diameters have no standard tooling, so most suppliers quote only the sizes they already own dies for
- Freight, crating and site handling of a two metre sphere are usually left to the client to solve
What Buyers Ask For
- Any diameter built to the artist or studio drawing rather than to a catalogue size
- 316 or 316L for coastal and acid rain locations
- Seamless mirror reflection with no visible weld line
- Base plates, support posts and mounting details fabricated with the piece
Typical Scenarios
Where the Work Ends Up
Civic plazas and parks
Free standing mirror spheres and sphere groups placed as a focal point on lawn, gravel or paving.
Sports and leisure venues
Feature pieces built to a brand or sport shape, such as baseball, cricket and golf ball sculpture.
Transport and mixed use hubs
Suspended and rotating mirror pieces for atriums and entrance courts.
Memorial and campus commissions
Sphere on granite or steel base with a plaque and a fixed mounting detail.
Solution Flow
From Enquiry to Installed Piece
Requirement Analysis
Size, grade, finish, mounting, site exposure and destination are agreed in writing.
Drawing Development
Our 3D drawing team develops the panels from your drawing, sample or photographs.
Forming
Water pressure forming, mould pressing, spinning or plate work depending on the piece.
Welding and Seam Work
Seams ground back until the reflection runs across them unbroken.
Finishing
Polishing, brushing, sandblasting, plating, etching or sprayed RAL colour.
Packing and Freight
Crated and shipped by express, air or sea with carrier customs handling.
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Delivery Capability
What We Can Commit To
- Diameters from 19 mm to 5000 mm with 0.6 mm to 6 mm wall thickness
- AISI 201, 304, 316 and 316L, plus carbon steel, brass, copper, aluminium and corten
- Eight finishing routes including sprayed colour in any RAL reference
- 3D drawing team and in house artist team for OEM and ODM commissions
- Express, bulk air and sea freight arranged from the workshop
- 7 feet is the largest diameter shipped by conventional freight
Related Knowledge
Guides for This Application
Process Guide How a Mirror Polished Sphere Is Made Process Guide
Design Guide Specifying a Sphere for Your Project Design Guide
Shipping and Delivery Options Logistics Guide
FAQ
Public Art and Urban Landscape FAQ
Do you work directly with designers on this kind of project?
Yes. We cooperate with architects, real estate developers, landscape designers and interior designers, and we work with sculpture artists to create customised pieces to their needs.
What information do you need to quote?
Diameter or size, grade, wall thickness, finish, mounting method, any openings or patterns, and the destination country. A drawing or a photograph is enough to start.
Which grade suits this application?
304 for indoor work. 316 or 316L outdoors, and specifically in coastal cities and acid rain regions where the chloride and acidity in the air attack lower grades.
How is the work delivered to site?
Air express for samples and small orders, bulk air for medium and urgent orders, sea freight for larger pieces. 7 feet is the largest diameter that goes by conventional freight.
Next Step
Talk To An Engineer About Your Project
Describe the site, the size and the finish you have in mind and we will come back with a route, a price and a lead time.