How to Choose the Right Size for a Garden Sculpture
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Garden Decoration Sculpture
Metal Art Steel Pebble Art Decoration Sculpture Mirror
Metal Art Steel Pebble Art Decoration Sculpture Mirror is a mirror polished stone form built to order in our Shenzhen workshop.
Product Overview
What This Piece Is
Metal Art Steel Pebble Art Decoration Sculpture Mirror is a mirror polished stone form built to order in our Shenzhen workshop.
Stone forms group into clusters, which lets a scheme be extended later without the first pieces looking incomplete.
Every piece is fabricated for the position it is going into rather than picked from a fixed range.
The minimum order is one piece, the size is set by your drawing rather than by a catalogue.
Metal Art Steel Pebble Art Decoration Sculpture Mirror view 2
Key Benefits
Why Buyers Specify This Piece
- The mirror polished surface picks up sky, planting and passing people, so the piece changes through the day instead of reading as one fixed object.
- Height, width and base detail for this stone form are set from your drawing, so it is proportioned to the space instead of being the nearest standard size.
- One stone form is a full order. A single project in gardens and courtyards does not have to wait for a container quantity.
- Stone forms group into clusters, which lets a scheme be extended later without the first pieces looking incomplete.
- Fixing points and the anchor pattern for this stone form are drawn before fabrication, so site work is bolt down rather than improvisation.
- Photographs of the finished stone form standing in the workshop are sent for approval before it is crated.
Application Scenarios
Where It Is Installed
Set on a lawn, in a planting bed or on a courtyard paving grid, on a concrete pad or a levelled base plate.
Installed in a park, on a plaza or at a landscape entrance, where the piece has to survive public contact and read from a distance.
Who It Is For
The People Who Order This
- Private clients commissioning a single mirror polished stone form for gardens and courtyards
- Architects matching a stone form to a material palette that already uses metal
- Facility and estate managers replacing a tired feature in gardens and courtyards with something that needs no repainting
- Landscape architects specifying a mirror polished stone form as the focal piece for gardens and courtyards
Problems It Solves
What This Piece Removes From the Project
- A poorly polished mirror surface shows the weld lines and a wavy reflection. Grinding the seams flat before polishing is what removes both.
- Freight damage to a mirror polished surface is the most common way a stone form project goes wrong. The crate is built around the geometry rather than bought as a standard box.
- A stone form specified late has to fit dimensions that are already fixed. Working from your drawing means the piece adapts instead of the scheme.
- Suppliers who subcontract the finishing cannot answer for the surface. The metal here is cut, welded and mirror polished under one roof.
Technical Features
How It Is Constructed
- Faceted or rolled organic form with a flat concealed bearing face
- Mirror polished by hand through successive grits until the reflection is undistorted across the whole surface
- Base plate and anchor pattern for the stone form issued as a drawing before the foundation is poured
- Weld seams placed on the lines of the stone form so they read as edges rather than repairs
Specifications
Recorded Specification
| Finish | Mirror polished |
|---|---|
| Form | Stone Form |
| Category | Garden Decoration Sculpture |
| Size | Made to your drawing |
| Minimum Order | 1 piece |
| Placement | Outdoor |
| Packing | Foam lined plywood crate built to the finished geometry |
| Origin | Shenzhen China |
Dimensions, weight and lead time for this stone form are confirmed with the quotation, because it is built to your drawing rather than to a garden decoration sculpture catalogue size.
Materials
What It Is Made From
- Stainless or galvanised fixings sized for this stone form and supplied with it
Manufacturing Process
How It Is Made
1
Drawing approval
2
Cutting
3
Forming
4
Assembly
5
Finishing
6
Packing
Customisation Options
What Can Be Changed
- Overall height, width and depth of the stone form set from your drawing or from the dimensions of gardens and courtyards
- Your own branding applied to the stone form for resale as OEM or ODM work
- The metal grade stepped up where the piece is going within reach of salt or treated water
- Proportions adjusted so the stone form reads correctly from the approach distance in parks and public plazas
Comparison
How It Compares With the Alternatives
Compared with A cast or moulded reproduction
A reproduction repeats a fixed size. This stone form is built to your dimensions, which is the whole reason to commission one.
Compared with Buying through a trading company
A trader passes drawings along and adds a margin. Here the stone form is drawn and built by the same people you are talking to.
Use Guide
Looking After It Once It Is Installed
- Fingerprints show on a mirror surface. A neutral detergent wash and a dry microfibre cloth is all it takes.
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Guides That Apply To This Piece
Design Guide
Installation Guide
Foundations and Fixings for Outdoor Sculpture
The base plate and the anchor pattern cause more delays on site than anything else. They are also the easiest part to get right in advance.
Design Guide
Planning a Sculptural Water Feature
Water turns a sculpture into a system. Decide the effect, the grade and the plant room before the form is finalised.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can this be made in a different size
Yes. Metal Art Steel Pebble Art Decoration Sculpture Mirror is made to order, so the height and width are set from your drawing or from the dimensions of the space. Send the position and the height you have in mind and the quotation follows those figures.
What is the minimum order quantity
One piece. There is no container minimum, which is why single projects in gardens and courtyards are a normal part of the workload here.
Will the mirror finish show the welds
Not if the seams are ground level before polishing starts. Every weld on a mirror piece is dressed flat first, which is why the reflection stays undistorted across the joint.
How is a stone form this size packed and shipped
A plywood crate is built around the finished geometry with foam on every mirror polished face. Large stone forms are split into sections at joints chosen during design, trial assembled in the workshop, then marked so they go back together in the same order on site.
What do you need from me to quote
The position, the height or overall size you want, and any drawing, render or reference photograph you already have. For gardens and courtyards a photograph of the space is often enough to start.
What is the lead time
Lead time depends on the size of the stone form, the mirror polish and how much design work it needs, so it is confirmed with the quotation rather than promised in advance. Send the brief and the schedule comes back with the price.
Quote This Piece for Your Project
Send the position, the height you want and any drawing you have. The quotation comes back against your figures, not against a catalogue size.