WIRE + RUST

Concrete artifact panel with exposed steel lattice, aggregate texture, and oxidized surface by The Concrete Anomaly.
Oxidized concrete artifact panel with exposed steel and flowing rust patina by The Concrete Anomaly.

WIRE + RUST turns a condition normally treated as material failure into the subject of the work.

Steel lattice and rebar is embedded, then deliberately revealed as grout is eroded from the surface. Acid, water, and oxidation carry rust through the surrounding concrete, leaving mineral stains, exposed aggregate, and fractured surfaces.

Across the two panels, the same process produces two distinct records—one held within measured lines, the other breaking into a dense field of exposed wire and stone. The work exists between concrete wall sculpture and architectural artifact: controlled in construction, but shaped by reactions that cannot be repeated exactly.

eroded grout, exposed steel, acid + oxidation

Weathered concrete artifact with embedded rusted steel grid and mineral staining by The Concrete Anomaly.
Experimental concrete artifact panels with exposed steel reinforcement and oxidized surface testing in the studio by The Concrete Anomaly.
Close-up detail of weathered concrete surface with exposed steel reinforcement and oxidized mineral texture by The Concrete Anomaly.
Weathered concrete artifact panel with exposed steel reinforcement and oxidized mineral staining by The Concrete Anomaly.
Concrete wall artifact with exposed rusted steel grid and weathered mineral surface by The Concrete Anomaly.

Anomaly Series
2025

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