Sunday 24 February 2013

Metal Fabrication For Outdoor Sculptures

By Arah Sho


Metal fabrication is not restricted to creating major steel foundations for buildings. In fact, it is heavily used in art marvels too. Some companies provide metal fabrication assistance for budding artists who have a vision but don't know yet how to operate complex soldering equipment and machineries that are essential in fashioning intricate steel art installations. Whether you are doing petite and fragile sculptures to enormous industrial ones, steel fabrication providers are always ready to lend a helping hand to aid you in completing your next work of art.

Steel fabricators work with artists from planning the latter's project to the design execution. The fabricators combine traditional skills and modern machinery to transform plain sheets of titanium, bronze, aluminum and stainless metal into eye-dotting creations. Most significantly, they translate the artist's vision into actuality, straight from the artist's blueprint or sketchbook.

The steel fabrication of sculpture covers design, layout and engineering, welding, conventional machine cutting, sawing, as well as plasma and torch cutting. Metal bending, cold and heat forming components, securing nuts and bolts, polishing, and finally, polishing, sandblasting and the application of coatings are also done in conjunction with the steel fabrication process.

Oxy-fuel welding, also recognized as gas welding, is the main welding and cutting procedure utilized in metal fabrication. it is an ancient welding process that is still used in the industry in a broad range of applications. Correct handling of oxy-acetylene welding and brazing machines would be taught by the metal fabricator to the artist during the fabrication procedure, otherwise, the fabricators will be doing the metal fabrication themselves. Utilizing fillers during the welding process will also be exhibited to the artist.

If you are an up and coming artist who'd like to dabble in creating enormous sculptures or mixed media installations, then you can seek the help of steel fabricators in carrying out your project design. These metal fabricators also know how to apply final touches to your art to make it last a lifetime and have the capacity to resist elemental changes and graffiti paint.




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