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.
Garden Decoration Sculpture
Stainless Steel Parisian Dancing Girl Sculpture
Stainless Steel Parisian Dancing Girl Sculpture is a mirror polished stainless steel human figure built to order in our Shenzhen workshop.
Product Overview
What This Piece Is
Stainless Steel Parisian Dancing Girl Sculpture is a mirror polished stainless steel human figure built to order in our Shenzhen workshop.
A figure gives scale to a large open space, because people read it against their own height immediately.
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.
Stainless Steel Parisian Dancing Girl Sculpture 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.
- 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.
- The final surface is worked by hand, so the form is refined against the eye rather than left as a machine finish.
- One human figure is a full order. A single project in retail and mall interiors does not have to wait for a container quantity.
- A figure gives scale to a large open space, because people read it against their own height immediately.
- Because the stainless steel is worked and finished in the same building, one team owns the surface from the first cut to the last pass.
- Anything about this human figure that has to change for retail and mall interiors is settled on the drawing, where changes still cost nothing.
Application Scenarios
Where It Is Installed
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 human figure in villas and private residences where it will take public contact
- Galleries and trade buyers reselling stainless steel human figures into their own local projects
- Main contractors who need the human figure, the base plate and the crate quoted as one package
- Private clients commissioning a single mirror polished human figure for retail and mall interiors
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.
- A poorly polished mirror surface shows the weld lines and a wavy reflection. Grinding the seams flat before polishing is what removes both.
- A purely machine finished piece reads flat. Hand finishing is what gives the surface its depth.
- Off the shelf human figures are never the size retail and mall interiors actually needs, so schemes end up compromised. Making this one to the drawing removes that compromise.
- Commissioning a single human figure 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
- Figurative form with the balance point engineered into the base plate
- Mirror polished by hand through successive grits until the reflection is undistorted across the whole surface
- Hand worked final surface with the tool direction controlled across the form
- Fabricated throughout in stainless steel with matching filler where the material is welded
- Internal frame sized to this human figure rather than taken from a standard section list
- Base plate and anchor pattern for the human figure issued as a drawing before the foundation is poured
Specifications
Recorded Specification
| Material | Stainless steel |
|---|---|
| Finish | Mirror polished and Hand finished |
| Form | Human Figure |
| Category | Garden Decoration Sculpture |
| Size | Quoted per project |
| Minimum Order | 1 piece |
| Placement | Quoted per project |
| Packing | Foam lined plywood crate built to the finished geometry |
| Origin | Shenzhen China |
Dimensions, weight and lead time for this human figure 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 human figure 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
- Proportions adjusted so the human figure reads correctly from the approach distance in villas and private residences
- Finish changed between mirror, brushed and coloured coating on the same human figure
- 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 rented or temporary installation
Rental suits an event. For a permanent position in retail and mall interiors the cost of two or three rentals already covers a human figure that stays.
Compared with A cast or moulded reproduction
A reproduction repeats a fixed size. This human figure is built to your dimensions, which is the whole reason to commission one.
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
- 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
Installation Guide
Design Guide
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Design Guide
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the minimum order quantity
One piece. There is no container minimum, which is why single projects in retail and mall interiors 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.
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 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 human figure this size packed and shipped
A plywood crate is built around the finished geometry with foam on every mirror polished face. Large human figures 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 retail and mall interiors a photograph of the space is often enough to start.
What is the lead time
Lead time depends on the size of the human figure, 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.