Stainless steel
Manufacture of stainless steel began in the late nineteenth century but it began to appear in gardens only in the late twentieth century. The early use was in making stainless steel sculpture - since most of them were abstract, this is a better word than 'statues'. The difficulty and expense of cutting, shaping and welding stainless steel was another reason for it being well-suited to abstract sculpture. The mirror-like quality and corosion-resistence of stainless steel has encouraged its use for water sculptures. It is much easier to make sculptures than statues in stainless steel.
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Stainless steel garden sculpture
Stainless steel has an interesting combination of strength with reflective brilliance. It is excellent in gardens but better suited to constructivist sculpture than to traditional casting techniques used for sculpture. Some surfaces reflect the sky and others reflect the vegetation. -
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Garden home office in stainless steel
Stainless steel can bridge the gap between garden furniture, garden sculpture and garden statues. This composition (Chelsea 2005) was designed as as a home office for a laptop owning 'road warrior' or 'bedouin' telecommuter. -
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Stainless steel leaf sculpture
A stainless steel leaf sculpture. The garden pond and green leafy background merit classification of the garden composition as installation art. The formal garden pool has slate black cladding.