Corten Steel Sculpture and How the Patina Really Behaves
What weathering steel does over its first years outdoors, what it does to the paving underneath, and what to detail at design stage.

Weathering steel sculpture for landscape: warm, unpainted, maintenance free mass that settles into its own colour.

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What weathering steel does over its first years outdoors, what it does to the paving underneath, and what to detail at design stage.

The single most common regret is a piece that is too small. Here is how to get the scale right before anything is fabricated.

The base plate and the anchor pattern cause more delays on site than anything else. They are also the easiest part to get right in advance.

Every stage of a commission, what can still change at each point, and what is locked once it passes.
No. Weathering steel is alloyed so the first oxide layer seals the plate underneath. The colour deepens and then stabilises, which is the whole point of the material.
There is run off while the patina settles. The standard answer is a gravel or dark stone margin under the piece, detailed at design stage, which takes the run off without showing it.
No, and sealing it changes the appearance permanently. If you want a sealed look it has to be agreed before the piece is weathered, not afterwards.
Send the position, the height you have in mind and any drawing you already have. A proposal, a price and a lead time come back against those figures.