Stainless Steel or Fiberglass Resin for a Large Figure
Two completely different routes to a large sculpture, each with a form language it suits and one it fights.
Industry Application
Sculpture for Shopping Malls and Retail
Atrium centrepieces, seasonal installations and entrance pieces for malls, showrooms and flagship stores.
Pain Points
What Goes Wrong in This Sector
- Anything in a mall atrium is photographed constantly, so the surface has to survive being touched
- Installation windows are overnight and short
- Seasonal pieces need to be stored and reinstalled without damage
- A centrepiece has to read from three floors at once, not just from the ground
Customer Needs
What Buyers Here Actually Need
- Durable finishes that handle daily public contact
- Fast bolt down or suspension installation with no site fabrication
- Crates that survive being reused for storage between seasons
- Forms that work when viewed from above as well as from the floor
Delivery Capability
How We Answer Those Needs
Brushed, hammered and PVD finishes that hide handling far better than a plain mirror face
Fixings and anchor patterns drawn so installation is bolt down only
Plywood crates built around the geometry and strong enough to store the piece in
Sphere and ring forms that hold their shape from every viewing level
Suitable Ranges
Ranges That Suit This Sector
Recommended Products
Pieces Specified for Shopping Malls and Retail
Sphere Sculpture
Stainless Steel Mirror-Faced Large Sphere Design B
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Garden Decoration Sculpture
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Garden Decoration Sculpture
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Stainless Steel Ball
Stainless Steel Mirror-Faced Large Sphere Design A
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Stainless Steel Ball
Stainless Steel Titanium Gold Metal Hollow Decorative Ball Mirror
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Stainless Steel Ball
Stainless Steel Titanium Plated Gold Hollow Sphere Seamless Balls
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Stainless Steel Sculpture
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Animal Sculpture
Custom Animal Sculpture Garden Shopping Mall Park Forest Decorative
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Animal Sculpture
Size Modern Home Decorations Animal Flamingo Fiberglass Sculpture Statue
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How a Project in This Sector Runs
1
Custom Sculpture From Brief to Installation
The full route from a sketch on a napkin to a crated piece with an anchor pattern drawing. This is how most projects here actually run.
2
Mirror Polished Stainless Steel Fabrication
Why a mirror finish is a fabrication problem before it is a polishing problem, and how the seams are made to disappear.
3
Corten Steel Weathering and Patina Control
How weathering steel is fabricated so the colour arrives settled, the welds do not show, and the run off does not stain the paving.
Related Reading
Guides for This Sector
Comparison Guide
Maintenance Guide
Caring for a Mirror Polished Stainless Steel Sculpture
Very little is needed, but the wrong product used once can undo a finish that took days to achieve.
Buying Guide
Packing Sectioning and Shipping Large Sculpture Overseas
More sculpture is damaged between the workshop and the site than in twenty years of service. Most of it is avoidable.
Material Guide
Titanium Gold PVD Coating on Stainless Steel Wall Decoration
Why the gold on these panels is a vacuum deposited coating rather than paint, and what that means in a working interior.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do you work directly with shopping malls and retail or only through agents
Directly. Most enquiries come from the designer, the contractor or the operator, and the drawing conversation happens with our own design team rather than through a trading company.
Can you quote before the design is finalised
An indicative price can be given from a position, a height and a reference image. A firm price needs the design settled, because the material, the structure and the finish are what drive the cost.
What happens if the site access turns out to be tighter than expected
Tell us the real constraint as early as you can. Where access is restricted the piece is split at joints chosen during design, trial assembled in the workshop, then marked so it reassembles in order on site.
Who is responsible for the foundation
We issue the base plate and anchor pattern as a drawing. The foundation itself is normally cast by your own contractor to that drawing, which lets it cure while the piece is still being fabricated.
Working on a Shopping Malls and Retail Project
Send the position, the constraints and the programme. We will tell you what is realistic in which material before you commit to anything.