Sunday, February 24, 2013

Creating Beautiful Art Installations With Metal Fabrication

By Arah Sho


The scope of metal fabrication is not restricted to yielding strong foundations for infrastructures. In fact, metal fabrication is also greatly utilized in the art world. Some industrial companies offer metal fabrication services for aspiring sculptors who need assistance in bringing their vision to life but know nothing about welding and cutting metals. Whether you're making petite art installations or larger-than-life installations, metal fabrication companies could help you work on your masterwork with ease and convenience.

Metal fabricators help artists make awe-inspiring and world-class sculptures and art installations, from the design phase to the execution of their project. The metal fabricators often combine conventional workmanship with high-tech equipment to transform plain sheets of aluminum, bronze, stainless steel and titanium into marvelous works of art. Most significantly, they translate the artist's dream into reality, straight off the blueprint or sketches.

The steel fabrication of sculpture covers design, layout and engineering, welding, traditional 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 or gas welding, is the most common welding and cutting process used on metal fabrication. This ancient process still finds wide use in today's industry. It can be tricky, however, for people inexperienced in oxy-acetylene welding and cutting. Do not fret though because metal fabricators can guide you about dealing with oxy-acetylene appropriately when creating your masterwork as well as the proper use of fillers on welded metals.

If you're a budding artist who would like to experiment in using mixed media and metal for sculptures but not used to the principles of metal fabrication, you could always request the help of fabricators. You can also depend on fabricators to apply a finish on your masterpiece that will be able to withstand the elements.




About the Author:



No comments:

Post a Comment