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Large Modern Outdoor Garden Decorative Metal Art Design C
Large Modern Outdoor Garden Decorative Metal Art Design C is a Corten weathering steel abstract form built to order in our Shenzhen workshop.
Product Overview
What This Piece Is
Large Modern Outdoor Garden Decorative Metal Art Design C is a Corten weathering steel abstract form built to order in our Shenzhen workshop.
An abstract form carries no fixed subject, so it reads as architecture rather than decoration and dates far more slowly.
Corten steel is alloyed so that the first layer of rust seals the plate underneath instead of eating into it, which is why the colour settles rather than keeps spreading.
Send the position, the height you have in mind and any drawing you already have, and a quotation follows.
Large Modern Outdoor Garden Decorative Metal Art Design C produced by Xinhengda Sculpture in Shenzhen
Key Benefits
Why Buyers Specify This Piece
- Made from Corten weathering steel, which develops its own protective rust patina and never needs painting.
- At large scale this abstract form is trial assembled in the workshop, then split into transportable sections with the joints placed where they will not be seen.
- An abstract form carries no fixed subject, so it reads as architecture rather than decoration and dates far more slowly.
- Anything about this abstract form that has to change for gardens and courtyards is settled on the drawing, where changes still cost nothing.
- Fixing points and the anchor pattern for this abstract form are drawn before fabrication, so site work is bolt down rather than improvisation.
Application Scenarios
Where It Is Installed
Set on a lawn, in a planting bed or on a courtyard paving grid, on a concrete pad or a levelled base plate.
Who It Is For
The People Who Order This
- Main contractors who need the abstract form, the base plate and the crate quoted as one package
- Private clients commissioning a single finished abstract form for gardens and courtyards
- Architects matching a abstract form to a material palette that already uses Corten steel
- Facility and estate managers replacing a tired feature in gardens and courtyards with something that needs no repainting
Problems It Solves
What This Piece Removes From the Project
- Architects want a warm, earth toned mass in a landscape without committing to a repainting cycle. Corten gives that without a coating system.
- Off the shelf abstract forms are never the size gardens and courtyards actually needs, so schemes end up compromised. Making this one to the drawing removes that compromise.
- Commissioning a single abstract form usually means a studio price and a studio lead time. Factory fabrication of one piece keeps both in range.
- Large abstract forms are often quoted without the base, the fixings or the crate, and the budget moves after the order. Those are quoted up front here.
Technical Features
How It Is Constructed
- Continuous developed surface with the panel divisions placed where they follow the form
- Fabricated throughout in Corten weathering steel with matching filler where the material is welded
- Panel divisions set out from a developed flat pattern so the Corten steel meets without being forced
- Edges and arrises detailed for the contact a abstract form gets in gardens and courtyards
Specifications
Recorded Specification
| Material | Corten weathering steel |
|---|---|
| Form | Abstract Form |
| Category | Corten Steel Sculpture |
| Size | Quoted per project |
| Minimum Order | Quoted per project |
| Placement | Outdoor |
| Packing | Foam lined plywood crate built to the finished geometry |
| Origin | Shenzhen China |
Dimensions, weight and lead time for this abstract form are confirmed with the quotation, because it is built to your drawing rather than to a corten steel sculpture catalogue size.
Materials
What It Is Made From
- Corten weathering steel
- Stainless or galvanised fixings sized for this abstract form and supplied with it
Manufacturing Process
How It Is Made
1
Plate cutting to the cutting list
2
Press forming and rolling of the plate sections
3
Full penetration welding of the structural seams
4
Grinding of welds so the patina forms evenly across them
5
Accelerated weathering so the piece ships already coloured
6
Internal drainage checks and base plate fitting
Quality Control
What Is Checked and When
- Plate thickness checked against the drawing
- Structural welds inspected before weathering
- Patina evenness reviewed across panels and weld lines
- Drainage and vent holes confirmed open
- Base plate hole pattern checked against the foundation drawing
Customisation Options
What Can Be Changed
- Proportions adjusted so the abstract form reads correctly from the approach distance in gardens and courtyards
- Finish changed between mirror, brushed and coloured coating on the same abstract form
- Base detail changed between a flush plate, a plinth and a direct planting bed fixing
Comparison
How It Compares With the Alternatives
Compared with Painted steel in a rust colour
A rust coloured paint film is an imitation that fades and peels. Corten is the real oxide layer and goes on deepening instead of failing.
Compared with A rented or temporary installation
Rental suits an event. For a permanent position in gardens and courtyards the cost of two or three rentals already covers a abstract form that stays.
Compared with A cast or moulded reproduction
A reproduction repeats a fixed size. This abstract form is built to your dimensions, which is the whole reason to commission one.
Use Guide
Looking After It Once It Is Installed
- Let the patina continue to settle for the first year on site
- Keep the base clear so water drains away instead of pooling
- Expect run off staining on pale paving and detail a gravel or dark stone margin
- Do not seal the surface unless a sealed look was agreed at the design stage
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Guides That Apply To This Piece
Buying Guide
Material Guide
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.
Design Guide
How to Choose the Right Size for a Garden Sculpture
The single most common regret is a piece that is too small. Here is how to get the scale right before anything is fabricated.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why Corten weathering steel rather than something cheaper
Corten steel is alloyed so that the first layer of rust seals the plate underneath instead of eating into it, which is why the colour settles rather than keeps spreading. Architects want a warm, earth toned mass in a landscape without committing to a repainting cycle. Corten gives that without a coating system.
How is a abstract form this size packed and shipped
A plywood crate is built around the finished geometry with foam on every finished face. Large abstract forms are split into sections at joints chosen during design, trial assembled in the workshop, then marked so they go back together in the same order on site.
What do you need from me to quote
The position, the height or overall size you want, and any drawing, render or reference photograph you already have. For gardens and courtyards a photograph of the space is often enough to start.
What is the lead time
Lead time depends on the size of the abstract form, the surface finish and how much design work it needs, so it is confirmed with the quotation rather than promised in advance. Send the brief and the schedule comes back with the price.
Quote This Piece for Your Project
Send the position, the height you want and any drawing you have. The quotation comes back against your figures, not against a catalogue size.