Corten Feature to incorporate a log burning stove was manufactured as a single piece. the feature was fabricated and distressed before it could be installed. The process of manufacturing the patina sufficient for an interior living room was a skilled process, there was no time to leave the feature for six months to allow the rust process to mature naturally.Corten is only available in hot rolled sheet and has a carbon deposit on the surface. And the process of welding and grinding doesn’t allow the surface to rust quickly, so the feature had to be shot blasted which removed the scale and removed the grinding marks. DP Structures specialize in the design and manufacture of Corten Public realm sculptures and usually the dark brown patina forms over a few years left outside ( www.dpstudio.co.uk )

However for this interior piece the aim was to have a distressed dark brown finish within 2 weeks therefore a complex process of repeated rusting and polishing eventually ended with the required look and finish expected for a living room in Cambridge