This specific design is a 10ft tall Corten steel vortex of branches designed for the Auberge Esperanza, Cabo San Lucas. The twisted fire and water sculpture stands on the terrace of the western edge of the resort overlooking the Sea of Cortez, and has become a destination in itself for sunset photographs of the resort guests.

The sculpture may be sized for any residential or commercial application. Burners are separate from any sculpture but are designed specifically for each fire feature. They are always removable for servicing and may be customized to BTU’s between 50,000 and 500,000+.

Cast Bronze Branches – One of a kind

Southhampton Residence.

The iconic Firebowl was the first feature designed by Colombo for the Hotelier Andre Balazs in 2002. They are now all over the world in both residential and commercial applications.

The Firebowls with side mounted manual pilot ignition systems are nationally certified by Omni-Test Laboratories, and come in 45” 54” and 68” sizes, in mild, corten, and stainless steels, copper and bronze materials. You may also choose an electronic or manual pilot sub-grade ignition systems for an unobstructed 360 degree view, and we also offer a number of base options.

The design raises the simple fire pit into a sleek and elegant form, extending your seasons and bringing the outside in.

Available in all materials in custom sizes.

One of our simplest designs, can be made in any length from 3ft to 50ft or more, flat or curved, and in any material; mild, corten, and stainless steels, copper and bronze.

Burners are separate from any sculpture but are designed specifically for each fire feature. They are always removable for servicing and may be customized to BTU’s between 50,000 and 500,000+.

This one is a Corten Steel Rectangular Trough, 10ft long.

Available in all materials in custom sizes.

Made of vertical rods of stainless steel laced together, this style feature may be customized in many ways, in size and material, both as an insert inside a fireplace, or as a free standing piece on land or water.

Burners are separate from any sculpture but are designed specifically for each fire feature. They are always removable for servicing and may be customized to BTU’s between 50,000 and 500,000+.

Vertical Rods in Stainless Steel.

Designed here as a double sided indoor/outdoor fireplace in corten steel. A large scale acid etching of a tree is etched into the corten panel and filled with vinyl paint to permit exterior applications. The etching may be customized to most any high contrast photograph or design. The firebox is filled with a leaning branch insert which is optional.

Burners are separate from any sculpture but are designed specifically for each fire feature. They are always removable for servicing and may be customized to BTU’s between 50,000 and 500,000+.

Corten Steel Surround w. Branch Insert

Available in all materials in custom sizes.

A beautiful blossom for land or water. The lotus flower may be sized between 3 feet to 8 feet in diameter and in all materials. For applications over water, we recommend stainless, copper, or bronze only, no rusty steel, as it will color the water and clog the filtration system.

Burners are separate from any sculpture but are designed specifically for each fire feature. They are always removable for servicing and may be customized to BTU’s between 50,000 and 500,000+.

Rolled Stainless Steel Petals

The Bridge in corten steel at SteelStacks Bethlehem Campus.
ArtsQuest & NEA grant recipient.

Made for the Paul Hobbs Winery in Sebastopol, CA, this was our first job for Backen Gillam Architects and supervising architect Jessie Whitesides. It was a very successful project contrasting the blackened steel surround with a stainless insert. This feature also marked the first time we built a vertical burner which is it’s most striking and original feature.

This style may be reinterpreted in different sizes and materials. Burners are separate from any sculpture but are designed specifically for each fire feature. They are always removable for servicing and may be customized to BTU’s between 50,000 and 500,000+.

Blackened Mild Steel Surround w. Stainless Branch Insert

White powder-coated 54” diameter Fireball on a 3 legged stand. Created for Martha Stewart for a photo shoot on Fire Features, this curvaceous beauty is perfect for weddings and outdoor events. The cut-out design is customizable to most anything.

Burners are separate from any sculpture but are designed specifically for each fire feature. They are always removable for servicing and may be customized to BTU’s between 50,000 and 500,000+.

Firebowl w. Water Jet Cut Filigree Pattern.

Available in all materials in custom sizes.

The iconic Firebowl was the first feature designed by Colombo for the Hotelier Andre Balazs in 2002. They are now all over the world in both residential and commercial applications.

The Firebowls with side mounted manual pilot ignition systems are nationally certified by Omni-Test Laboratories, and come in 45” 54” and 68” sizes, in mild, corten, and stainless steels, copper and bronze materials. You may also choose an electronic or manual pilot sub-grade ignition systems for an unobstructed 360 degree view, and we also offer a number of base options.

The design raises the simple fire pit into a sleek and elegant form, extending your seasons and bringing the outside in.

Cantilevered Channel w. Water Spill & Fire Wall

Proposal for a memorial commemorating Charles Doig, 19th century architect of many of Britain & Ireland’s Whisky Distilleries.

The Candelabra, stainless steel

Stacked bronze rings in collecting pool.

Available in stainless steel, copper & bronze.

Cast Bronze Branch Wave

1/4” thick fins surround an elliptical 300,000 BTU burner.

Shown in corten steel. Available in all materials.

Press Restaurant in Napa, CA

Rolled Bronze Slab with Cast Bronze Nest and Egg Reliquary. 2013

Hollywood, CA

Leaning Branch Wall built on site.

Tim Kohchi, Sam Kretschmer, Nic Spitler – October, 2008

Private Residence in Sagaponack, NY 2014

Sebastopol, CA

Blackened Steel Firebox w. Rusted Grass Insert
Built on site
Tim Kohchi, Jeff Mase – September, 2006

St. Regis Deer Crest Resort, Park City, UT

Built at Staloff Bros., Jersey City, NJ
Tim Kohchi, Nic Spitler – October, 2009

Firebowl w. Branch Insert. Tessler Residence, East Hampton, NY

Firebowl w. Woven Base. Ghiradelli Square, San Francisco, CA

Mild Steel Gas Firebowl with Lip

Tarlow Residence, Shelter Island, NY

Firebowl with Base & Branch Insert. Saide Residence, Southampton, NY

Firebowl w. Branch Insert Prior to Rusting. Saguro Ranch, AZ

Sebastopol, CA

Built on site
Tim Kohchi, Jeff Mase – September, 2006

68L Corten Steel Firebowl with Lava Rock

Firebowl w. 3 Legged Base. Ina Garten Studio, Easthampton, NY

Firebowl w. Branch Insert. Braufman Residence, Southampton, NY

Disclaimer: Powdercoat is not permanent color; it will fade and burn off over the years.

Weinberger Residence, Waverly, PA

Disclaimer: Powdercoat is not permanent color; it will fade and burn off over the years.

Double corten cut-out wall with sheeting water.

Available in all materials except mild steel, in custom sizes.

Rectangular trough.

Available in all materials in custom sizes.

Stainless branches.

Available in all materials in custom sizes.

Double sided elliptical and rotating mirrors mounted in-line on steel rods, ball bearings, and sub-merged concrete pilings. The piece is a visual folly that creates the illusion of windows opening from one landscape into another.

Available in custom sizes.

It’s a spare room. It’s a tent. It’s an inflatable bed. It’s a raft. Actually, it’s all that and more.

Currently in the design phase, this inflatable, plug-in “tent” will come with a dock for your ipod, electrical outlets, a mini-projection screen that doubles as a clothes rack, LED lights, a fan, a mylar mirror, and even a pair of bedside tables – all packed into a small, swanky carry-on.

A modern adaptation of the ancient tent shelters used by Arab nomads for centuries, the Bedouin Bedroom’s compact shape combined with its lightweight yet durable construction maximizes strength while providing longevity and low-maintenance. And its state-of-the-art design and fabric means simple assembly and complete versatility.

Hollow cast white (Tomasil) or yellow (Silicon) bronze
beach rocks.

Fanned Fins in Stainless Steel

Laser-Cut Steel

Corten Steel Square Dish w. laser cut-outs and branch insert.

Stainless Steel Fireplace Branch Screen.

Circular Screen w. Vertical Burner.

Cylindrical Branch Features

Laser Cut Corten Panel

Fanned Fins in polished bronze

Corten Steel Corners w Firebowl

Stainless Oval Table w. Bowl Impressions & Central Flame

Classic Rumford Style Metal Fireplaces

Rolled Corten Panel

Laser Cut Corten Panel

Galvanized Steel Rock Cages & Frame

Curved Stainless Steel Rods w. Steel Orbs

Corten Steel Fire & Water Feature w. Wheat Cut-out & Collecting Pool

Corten Steel Arc w. Curved Bench

Corten Steel Panel w. Acid Etched Tree

Music Reactive Fire Element in Shallow Collecting Pool

Vertical metal reeds in a Shallow Collecting Pool.

Two Square Panels w. Laser Cut Pattern

Artistic collaboration inspired by the artist Robert Kelly, conceived by Greg Yale, and realized by Elena Colombo.

Reflective Panel in Rolled Corten Steel

Rolled & Stacked Stainless Steel Funnel

A cantilevered corten steel arc installed at SteelStacks, Bethlehem, PA. Commissioned by ArtsQuest in conjunction with The National Endowment for the Arts Placemaking Initiative.

The ‘Bridge' Fire Feature represents a physical and spiritual arc between Bethlehem Steel’s past production of the country’s most noted steel spans, and the future of the site as a revitalised cultural mecca. The Bridge as a tactile metaphor is fitting for the 21st Century Town Square site, which will now act as a bridge between the industry of the past and the art of the future. Pointed in the direction of the once continually burning, iconic blue flames that indicated steel was being poured, a thin blue line of flame, running the length of the arc, acts as a torch lighting the mill’s familiar burners.

Beginning eight feet up, out of the reach of the public, a slot in the structure houses a specially designed burner, allowing the flame to be viewed from underneath as well as from above. The flame begins invisibly, then rises incrementally to the full height of eighteen inches at the top of the arc, diminishing to nothing at the tip. The burner is lit using a reliable, exterior-rated electronic ignition system, the controls of which are housed within the base of the sculpture, out of sight and reach of the public.

The Bridge in corten steel at SteelStacks Bethlehem Campus.
ArtsQuest & NEA grant recipient.

Bronze Reed Sculpture

Corten Steel Panel w. Acid Etched Tree

1/4” thick corten steel fins surround an elliptical 300,000 BTU burner

Stainless Steel Strip Fractal

68L Corten Steel Bowl
w. Single Flame Burner

Double Corten Cut-Out Wall w. Sheeting Water

Molded Concrete Tile for Patios, Walls, Floors, Retaining Walls etc.

The landscape inspires to create a large scale exterior ornament. This 30 ft. diameter disc is anchored to concrete pilings under the sand to stay put in heavy tides, and provides individual tide pools for lounging, floating and collecting. The tide comes in, fills the pools and recedes so the individual bowls remain filled with water. The largest bowls should accommodate two people. This design can also be made from a variety of materials: steel, bronze, stone and on a smaller scale. It can function as a fountain with its own water source if a natural coastline is not available.

Cade/Plumpjack Winery, Oakville, CA

Firebowl w. Drink Rail and Safety Screen – Hyatt Century Plaza, Los Angeles, CA

Firebowl w. Branch Insert. Cappelli Residence, Shelter Island, NY

St. Regis Deer Crest Resort, Park City, UT

Built at Staloff Bros., Jersey City, NJ
Tim Kohchi, Nic Spitler – October, 2009