How a Custom Sculpture Is Made From Brief to Crate
Every stage of a commission, what can still change at each point, and what is locked once it passes.
Solid Wood Sculpture
Solid Wood Carving Floor Decoration Large Sculpture Design A
Solid Wood Carving Floor Decoration Large Sculpture Design A is a hand finished solid wood solid wood sculpture built to order in our Shenzhen workshop.
Product Overview
What This Piece Is
Solid Wood Carving Floor Decoration Large Sculpture Design A is a hand finished solid wood solid wood sculpture built to order in our Shenzhen workshop.
Every piece is built to the dimensions of the space it is going into rather than to a catalogue size.
Solid wood is carved from one block, so the grain runs through the form instead of being printed on it.
The size is set by your drawing rather than by a catalogue, a sketch, a render or a dimensioned drawing is enough to start a quotation.
Solid Wood Carving Floor Decoration Large Sculpture Design A produced by Xinhengda Sculpture in Shenzhen
Key Benefits
Why Buyers Specify This Piece
- Hand carved from solid wood, so the grain and the tool marks belong to that one piece and cannot be repeated exactly.
- The final surface is worked by hand, so the form is refined against the eye rather than left as a machine finish.
- Height, width and base detail for this solid wood sculpture are set from your drawing, so it is proportioned to the space instead of being the nearest standard size.
- Lighting can be designed into the solid wood sculpture so it still reads after dark, with the cable route concealed inside the structure.
- At large scale this solid wood sculpture is trial assembled in the workshop, then split into transportable sections with the joints placed where they will not be seen.
- Every piece is built to the dimensions of the space it is going into rather than to a catalogue size.
- Because the solid wood is worked and finished in the same building, one team owns the surface from the first cut to the last pass.
Application Scenarios
Where It Is Installed
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.
Placed in a hotel lobby, on an arrival axis or beside a reception desk, where it is the first object a guest registers.
Used in a mall atrium, a retail entrance or a showroom, as a fixed point that shoppers photograph and navigate by.
Placed in a living room, a corridor or a private garden, at a scale that suits a domestic ceiling height.
Who It Is For
The People Who Order This
- Public art planners and municipal teams siting a solid wood sculpture in hotel lobbies where it will take public contact
- Galleries and trade buyers reselling solid wood sculptures into their own local projects
- Main contractors who need the solid wood sculpture, the base plate and the crate quoted as one package
- Private clients commissioning a single hand finished solid wood sculpture for parks and public plazas
Problems It Solves
What This Piece Removes From the Project
- Interiors that feel cold under a lot of stone and metal need a warm natural mass. A carved timber piece supplies it without looking like a veneer product.
- A purely machine finished piece reads flat. Hand finishing is what gives the surface its depth.
- Off the shelf solid wood sculptures are never the size parks and public plazas actually needs, so schemes end up compromised. Making this one to the drawing removes that compromise.
- Commissioning a single solid wood sculpture usually means a studio price and a studio lead time. Factory fabrication of one piece keeps both in range.
- Large solid wood sculptures are often quoted without the base, the fixings or the crate, and the budget moves after the order. Those are quoted up front here.
Technical Features
How It Is Constructed
- Built to the approved drawing with the fixing detail set before fabrication starts
- Hand worked final surface with the tool direction controlled across the form
- Fabricated throughout in solid wood with matching filler where the material is welded
- Internal frame sized to this solid wood sculpture rather than taken from a standard section list
- Base plate and anchor pattern for the solid wood sculpture issued as a drawing before the foundation is poured
Specifications
Recorded Specification
| Material | Solid wood |
|---|---|
| Finish | Hand finished |
| Form | Solid Wood Sculpture |
| Category | Solid Wood Sculpture |
| Size | Made to your drawing |
| Minimum Order | Quoted per project |
| Placement | Quoted per project |
| Lighting | Integrated lighting available |
| Packing | Foam lined plywood crate built to the finished geometry |
| Origin | Shenzhen China |
Dimensions, weight and lead time for this solid wood sculpture are confirmed with the quotation, because it is built to your drawing rather than to a solid wood sculpture catalogue size.
Materials
What It Is Made From
- Solid wood
- Integrated LED components where lighting is specified
- Stainless or galvanised fixings sized for this solid wood sculpture and supplied with it
Manufacturing Process
How It Is Made
1
Timber selection and drying check
2
Roughing out the mass from the block
3
Hand carving of the form
4
Detail carving and refining of the surface
5
Sanding through the grits
6
Oil or lacquer finishing to the agreed sheen
Quality Control
What Is Checked and When
- Moisture content checked before carving starts
- Block inspected for through cracks and unsound knots
- Carved surface reviewed for tool marks under angled light
- Finish coats checked for even sheen
- Base flatness checked on a level table
Customisation Options
What Can Be Changed
- Overall height, width and depth of the solid wood sculpture set from your drawing or from the dimensions of parks and public plazas
- Design developed from your sketch, render or reference photograph
- Your own branding applied to the solid wood sculpture for resale as OEM or ODM work
- The solid wood grade stepped up where the piece is going within reach of salt or treated water
- Proportions adjusted so the solid wood sculpture reads correctly from the approach distance in hotel lobbies
Comparison
How It Compares With the Alternatives
Compared with Engineered or veneered decorative panels
A veneer reads flat and shows its edges. A carved solid block holds depth and shadow from every angle.
Compared with A rented or temporary installation
Rental suits an event. For a permanent position in parks and public plazas the cost of two or three rentals already covers a solid wood sculpture that stays.
Compared with A cast or moulded reproduction
A reproduction repeats a fixed size. This solid wood sculpture is built to your dimensions, which is the whole reason to commission one.
Use Guide
Looking After It Once It Is Installed
- Keep away from underfloor heating outlets and direct radiators
- Wipe with a dry or barely damp cloth
- Re-oil an oiled finish when the surface starts to look dry
- Expect fine seasonal movement, which is normal in solid timber
- Clean gently and avoid abrasives that would cut through the worked surface.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Can this be made in a different size
Yes. Solid Wood Carving Floor Decoration Large Sculpture Design A 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.
Why solid wood rather than something cheaper
Solid wood is carved from one block, so the grain runs through the form instead of being printed on it. Interiors that feel cold under a lot of stone and metal need a warm natural mass. A carved timber piece supplies it without looking like a veneer product.
How much of this is made by hand
The forming, seam dressing and final surface are hand work. Only the cutting and the heavier forming are machine operations.
How is a solid wood sculpture this size packed and shipped
A plywood crate is built around the finished geometry with foam on every hand finished face. Large solid wood sculptures 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 parks and public plazas a photograph of the space is often enough to start.
What is the lead time
Lead time depends on the size of the solid wood sculpture, the hand finished surface 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.