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
Modern Large Outdoor Garden Courtyard Rusty Art Statue
Modern Large Outdoor Garden Courtyard Rusty Art Statue is a pre weathered Corten weathering steel corten steel sculpture built to order in our Shenzhen workshop.
Product Overview
What This Piece Is
Modern Large Outdoor Garden Courtyard Rusty Art Statue is a pre weathered Corten weathering steel corten steel sculpture built to order in our Shenzhen workshop.
Every piece is built to the dimensions of the space it is going into rather than to a catalogue size.
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.
Modern Large Outdoor Garden Courtyard Rusty Art Statue 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.
- The patina is brought on in the workshop, so the piece arrives already the colour it will keep rather than bare steel that takes a year to settle.
- Height, width and base detail for this corten steel sculpture are set from your drawing, so it is proportioned to the space instead of being the nearest standard size.
- One corten steel sculpture is a full order. A single project in gardens and courtyards does not have to wait for a container quantity.
- At large scale this corten steel sculpture is trial assembled in the workshop, then split into transportable sections with the joints placed where they will not be seen.
- Every piece is built to the dimensions of the space it is going into rather than to a catalogue size.
- Anything about this corten steel sculpture that has to change for gardens and courtyards is settled on the drawing, where changes still cost nothing.
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 corten steel sculpture in gardens and courtyards where it will take public contact
- Galleries and trade buyers reselling Corten steel sculptures into their own local projects
- Main contractors who need the corten steel sculpture, the base plate and the crate quoted as one package
- Private clients commissioning a single pre weathered corten steel sculpture 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.
- Untreated weathering steel arrives silver grey and stains everything below it while it turns. Pre-weathering avoids both problems on site.
- Large corten steel sculptures are often quoted without the base, the fixings or the crate, and the budget moves after the order. Those are quoted up front here.
- Freight damage to a pre weathered surface is the most common way a corten steel sculpture project goes wrong. The crate is built around the geometry rather than bought as a standard box.
- A corten steel sculpture specified late has to fit dimensions that are already fixed. Working from your drawing means the piece adapts instead of the scheme.
Technical Features
How It Is Constructed
- Built to the approved drawing with the fixing detail set before fabrication starts
- Accelerated weathering carried out before dispatch so the colour is established on arrival
- 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 corten steel sculpture gets in gardens and courtyards
Specifications
Recorded Specification
| Material | Corten weathering steel |
|---|---|
| Finish | Pre weathered rust patina |
| Form | Corten Steel Sculpture |
| 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 corten steel sculpture 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 corten steel sculpture 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 corten steel sculpture set from your drawing or from the dimensions of gardens and courtyards
- The corten steel sculpture split into transportable sections where access to gardens and courtyards is restricted
- Lighting designed into the corten steel sculpture with the cable route concealed
- Your own branding applied to the corten steel sculpture for resale as OEM or ODM work
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 corten steel sculpture that stays.
Compared with A cast or moulded reproduction
A reproduction repeats a fixed size. This corten steel sculpture 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
- Leave it alone. The patina deepens on its own and needs no coating.
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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. Modern Large Outdoor Garden Courtyard Rusty Art Statue 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.
Will the rust run onto my paving
There is some run off while the patina settles. The usual detail is a gravel or dark stone margin under the piece, which absorbs it without showing.
How is a corten steel sculpture this size packed and shipped
A plywood crate is built around the finished geometry with foam on every pre weathered face. Large corten steel sculptures 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 corten steel sculpture, the weathered rust patina 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.