How to Choose the Right Size for a Garden Sculpture
The single most common regret is a piece that is too small. Here is how to get the scale right before anything is fabricated.
Garden Decoration Sculpture
Modern Metal Large Polished Water Feature
Modern Metal Large Polished Water Feature is a stainless steel water feature built to order in our Shenzhen workshop.
Product Overview
What This Piece Is
Modern Metal Large Polished Water Feature is a stainless steel water feature built to order in our Shenzhen workshop.
A water feature adds sound as well as sight, which is what makes a courtyard feel separated from the street beyond it.
Stainless steel is the workhorse of outdoor sculpture because it carries its own corrosion resistance instead of relying on a coating.
The minimum order is one piece, the size is set by your drawing rather than by a catalogue.
Modern Metal Large Polished Water Feature produced by Xinhengda Sculpture in Shenzhen
Key Benefits
Why Buyers Specify This Piece
- Fabricated in stainless steel, so the surface you approve is the surface that stays, with no paint film to fail.
- Height, width and base detail for this water feature are set from your drawing, so it is proportioned to the space instead of being the nearest standard size.
- One water feature is a full order. A single project in gardens and courtyards does not have to wait for a container quantity.
- At large scale this water feature is trial assembled in the workshop, then split into transportable sections with the joints placed where they will not be seen.
- A water feature adds sound as well as sight, which is what makes a courtyard feel separated from the street beyond it.
- Photographs of the finished water feature standing in the workshop are sent for approval before it is crated.
- The crate is built around the finished geometry of this water feature, with foam contact on every finished face.
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.
Who It Is For
The People Who Order This
- Main contractors who need the water feature, the base plate and the crate quoted as one package
- Private clients commissioning a single finished water feature for gardens and courtyards
- Architects matching a water feature to a material palette that already uses stainless steel
- Facility and estate managers replacing a tired feature in gardens and courtyards with something that needs no repainting
Problems It Solves
What This Piece Removes From the Project
- Coated sculptures fade and flake where sun and rain hit hardest. Stainless steel removes that maintenance line from the budget.
- Getting a water feature into gardens and courtyards is usually harder than the design assumed. Access is checked before the piece is built, not on delivery day.
- Off the shelf water features are never the size gardens and courtyards actually needs, so schemes end up compromised. Making this one to the drawing removes that compromise.
- Commissioning a single water feature usually means a studio price and a studio lead time. Factory fabrication of one piece keeps both in range.
Technical Features
How It Is Constructed
- Internal pipework, pump chamber and drainage detailed into the form rather than added afterwards
- Fabricated throughout in stainless steel with matching filler where the material is welded
- Drainage and vent holes positioned so water leaves the water feature instead of sitting inside it
- Panel divisions set out from a developed flat pattern so the stainless steel meets without being forced
Specifications
Recorded Specification
| Material | Stainless steel |
|---|---|
| Form | Water Feature |
| 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 water feature 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 steel
- Stainless or galvanised fixings sized for this water feature and supplied with it
Manufacturing Process
How It Is Made
1
Cutting the sheet to the developed pattern
2
Forming and rolling each panel
3
Welding the panels into the finished form
4
Grinding and levelling the seams
5
Polishing or texturing to the specified finish
6
Cleaning and passivation before packing
Quality Control
What Is Checked and When
- Material checked against the order before cutting
- Seams inspected after grinding
- Surface reviewed under raking light
- Base plate and fixing points checked to the drawing
- Workshop trial assembly before crating
Customisation Options
What Can Be Changed
- Overall height, width and depth of the water feature set from your drawing or from the dimensions of gardens and courtyards
- Proportions adjusted so the water feature reads correctly from the approach distance in gardens and courtyards
- Finish changed between mirror, brushed and coloured coating on the same water feature
- Base detail changed between a flush plate, a plinth and a direct planting bed fixing
Comparison
How It Compares With the Alternatives
Compared with Cast stone or GRC
Cast stone reads heavy and chips on the edges. Stainless steel gives a thinner profile, a cleaner line and a surface that survives handling.
Compared with A cast or moulded reproduction
A reproduction repeats a fixed size. This water feature 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 water feature is drawn and built by the same people you are talking to.
Use Guide
Looking After It Once It Is Installed
- Rinse with clean water and dry with a soft cloth
- Neutral detergent for marks and fingerprints
- Keep iron filings and construction dust off the surface
- No abrasive pads on finished faces
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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. Modern Metal Large Polished Water Feature 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.
Why stainless steel rather than something cheaper
Stainless steel is the workhorse of outdoor sculpture because it carries its own corrosion resistance instead of relying on a coating. Coated sculptures fade and flake where sun and rain hit hardest. Stainless steel removes that maintenance line from the budget.
How is a water feature this size packed and shipped
A plywood crate is built around the finished geometry with foam on every finished face. Large water features 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 water feature, the surface finish 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.