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Solid Wood Sculpture
Solid Wood Carving Floor Decoration Large Sculpture Design B
Solid Wood Carving Floor Decoration Large Sculpture Design B 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 B 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 B 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.
- Fixing points and the anchor pattern for this solid wood sculpture are drawn before fabrication, so site work is bolt down rather than improvisation.
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
- Private clients commissioning a single hand finished solid wood sculpture for parks and public plazas
- Architects matching a solid wood sculpture to a material palette that already uses solid wood
- Facility and estate managers replacing a tired feature in parks and public plazas with something that needs no repainting
- Landscape architects specifying a hand finished solid wood sculpture as the focal piece 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.
- Getting a solid wood sculpture into parks and public plazas is usually harder than the design assumed. Access is checked before the piece is built, not on delivery day.
- 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.
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
- Panel divisions set out from a developed flat pattern so the solid wood meets without being forced
- Edges and arrises detailed for the contact a solid wood sculpture gets in parks and public plazas
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 Buying through a trading company
A trader passes drawings along and adds a margin. Here the solid wood sculpture is drawn and built by the same people you are talking to.
Compared with An imported gallery piece
A gallery solid wood sculpture arrives as it is. Working direct with the workshop means the size, the hand finished surface and the base for parks and public plazas are decided before anything is cut.
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 B 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.