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.
Corten Steel Sculpture
Large Modern Garden Art
Large Modern Garden Art is a Corten weathering steel heart form built to order in our Shenzhen workshop.
Product Overview
What This Piece Is
Large Modern Garden Art is a Corten weathering steel heart form built to order in our Shenzhen workshop.
Heart forms are chosen for photo points in parks, malls and wedding venues, where the piece has to work as a backdrop.
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.
The minimum order is one piece, the size is set by your drawing rather than by a catalogue.
Large Modern Garden Art 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.
- Height, width and base detail for this heart form are set from your drawing, so it is proportioned to the space instead of being the nearest standard size.
- One heart form is a full order. A single project in gardens and courtyards does not have to wait for a container quantity.
- At large scale this heart form is trial assembled in the workshop, then split into transportable sections with the joints placed where they will not be seen.
- Heart forms are chosen for photo points in parks, malls and wedding venues, where the piece has to work as a backdrop.
- Anything about this heart 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 heart 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
- Public art planners and municipal teams siting a heart form in gardens and courtyards where it will take public contact
- Galleries and trade buyers reselling Corten steel heart forms into their own local projects
- Main contractors who need the heart form, the base plate and the crate quoted as one package
- Private clients commissioning a single finished heart form for gardens and courtyards
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.
- Freight damage to a finished surface is the most common way a heart form project goes wrong. The crate is built around the geometry rather than bought as a standard box.
- A heart form specified late has to fit dimensions that are already fixed. Working from your drawing means the piece adapts instead of the scheme.
- Suppliers who subcontract the finishing cannot answer for the surface. The Corten weathering steel here is cut, welded and finished under one roof.
Technical Features
How It Is Constructed
- Symmetrical compound curve with a concealed internal frame carrying the load
- Fabricated throughout in Corten weathering steel with matching filler where the material is welded
- Edges and arrises detailed for the contact a heart form gets in gardens and courtyards
- Internal frame sized to this heart form rather than taken from a standard section list
Specifications
Recorded Specification
| Material | Corten weathering steel |
|---|---|
| Form | Heart Form |
| Category | Corten Steel Sculpture |
| Size | Made to your drawing |
| Minimum Order | 1 piece |
| Placement | Outdoor |
| Packing | Foam lined plywood crate built to the finished geometry |
| Origin | Shenzhen China |
Dimensions, weight and lead time for this heart 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 heart 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
- Overall height, width and depth of the heart form set from your drawing or from the dimensions of gardens and courtyards
- Lighting designed into the heart form with the cable route concealed
- Your own branding applied to the heart form for resale as OEM or ODM work
- The Corten steel grade stepped up where the piece is going within reach of salt or treated water
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 An imported gallery piece
A gallery heart form arrives as it is. Working direct with the workshop means the size, the surface finish and the base for gardens and courtyards are decided before anything is cut.
Compared with A general metal fabricator
A fabricator can weld a heart form but rarely has the polishing capacity. On Corten steel the surface work is where the piece is won or lost.
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
Design Guide
Installation Guide
Foundations and Fixings for Outdoor Sculpture
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.
Process Guide
How a Custom Sculpture Is Made From Brief to Crate
Every stage of a commission, what can still change at each point, and what is locked once it passes.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can this be made in a different size
Yes. Large Modern Garden Art is made to order, so the height and width are set from your drawing or from the dimensions of the space. Send the position and the height you have in mind and the quotation follows those figures.
What is the minimum order quantity
One piece. There is no container minimum, which is why single projects in gardens and courtyards are a normal part of the workload here.
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 heart form this size packed and shipped
A plywood crate is built around the finished geometry with foam on every finished face. Large heart 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 heart 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.