I am bringing sculpture and the ability to commission and own it, to everybody. Regardless of the size of your budget, you will receive the same highly personal and empathetic service.
In the past the process of commissioning a bespoke garden sculpture has been the preserve of the wealthy. Here though, everyone, people who would otherwise have little option other than a mass produced garden centre sculpture, will experience what is for many a truly profound creative and enriching life experience.
The service I offer you, is to make the sculpture that you have in your mind's eye. We shall design it together and you will be involved with every decision along the way as I make it.
Pricing
Every sculpture I make is different and unique, so there isn't just one price.
But, you will receive the same highly personal and empathetic service regardless of the value of your order.
Smaller scale pieces
Small scale sculpture up to 40cm
£350
e.g. a cat, owl at rest or a small scale person
Medium size up to 60cm
£500 to £700
e.g. a lamb, puppy, obelisk or sphere
Medium plus around 1m
£1,000 to £2,000
e.g. a dragonfly
Larger scale and highly detailed pieces
This is not so much about size as it is the level of detail
£2,500
e.g. a highly detailed dog, sheep or peacock also child sculpture
£6,000
For a highly detailed subject like a life size tawny owl in flight
Creation of a notable sculpture
Life size human sculptures start from
£7,000
For a cutting edge sculpture suitable for a show garden get in touch.
Multiple subjects in the same composition
e.g. one sculpture featuring a person, a child and a dog get in touch.
Small Scale, medium and medium plus examples
Small scale doesn't mean you have to compromise on drama or artistic appeal. Irrespective of your budget, I shall make your garden sculpture with as much artistry as I can muster.
The owl at rest on the left is an example of 'small scale' £350 plus delivery
the seal pup 'medium' £700 plus delivery
and the fairy 'medium plus' £1,500 plus delivery
A second medium plus example
There's always something really striking about making an insect at a much larger scale than life size.
A sculpture like the dragonfly in the photos is priced at
£1500 plus delivery.
An example of a highly detailed sculpture
This is a sculpture of a golden retriever and it is an exact portrait of a much loved family pet. She has an all weather coating and she will stand guard outside a front British door. You can have something similar based on your own pet whether a dog or other animal.
A sculpture like the dog in the pictures below is priced at
£2,500 plus delivery.
A second example of a highly detailed and large scale sculpture
The life size wooden peacock sculpture below, is an example of one way to add elegance to your garden. A cut above the average. That said, you can have any bird large or small in scale or stature. A peacock sculpture like the one in the photographs is priced at
£2,500 plus delivery.
I can make almost any figure in almost any pose for private gardens or public spaces
a life size human figure starts from £7,000 plus delivery
Once I've finished making your garden sculpture, you'll get the chance to see it through video and decide whether it meets your expectations or not. You decide whether to buy it or not - simple as that - every time
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The best starting point is to decide, what subject will make you smile every time you look at it. Then simply tell me Robert, and I shall guide you through the rest. You may be a garden owner or garden designer, either way you'll have a passion for design and commissioning a sculpture for the garden, isn't easy, there's a lot riding on it. Perhaps, you would like a sculpture to be really NOW. As an artificer, I positively encourage your design ideas. I can make your design or we can design it together.
Points to consider:
Eco Art and Design, it's all about natural ethical and sustainable, locally grown wood. Low carbon processes and handmade traditional or contemporary sculpture, designed and made by hand & eye alone. But, suitable for permanent outside installation.
Video design consultations and regular video progress updates, are included in the price.
You don't have to settle for something ready made, something that other people want you to buy, I will make what you really want.
It's largely about today's society, my sculpture is made from British grown 100% legal and sustainable wood. It's not just any wood, it consists of carefully chosen species, careful use of specialist techniques, heavily built and robust. For pieces that will be installed in the open and unprotected from all weathers, I coat the whole piece in a marine grade coating for extended longevity. The end result is a natural appearance and an air of real life, something only obtainable by using wood.
Why do I use wood and not bronze in my sculpture?
Wood is of course natural, but it is the only medium in my opinion that conveys a feeling of real life, when the sun shines it will warm and feel warm to the touch. This sense of life is especially important when making a sculpture of a person, bird or animal. Bronze was right for the Victorian period of industrialisation and Gothic splendour, concrete and steel were right for the modernist period of brutal architecture and science fiction, but today, the use of these (and other high carbon materials) are simply all out of date and some may even say irresponsible. It is fair to say the use of bronze, steel, iron or concrete, will last longer than wood and require no maintenance, so it comes down to what your priorities are.
Medium plus example
A statement piece of Garden sculpture.
Large scale statement piece garden sculptures. Really let your imagination go wild. British high impact garden sculpture and design.
This life size figurative sculpture was made from a single photograph. You may like to consider an Eco-friendly wooden figurative sculpture from your own family or simply your imagination.
This life size sculpture of a Kiwi Bird standing on a fern leaf, was entirely the idea of my client. The design was achieved through a consultative video design process where I advised on the practicalities, but essentially the whole concept and pose etc belongs to my client.
I guess for as long as there have been gardens, they have been ornamented. When we first think of garden sculpture, we either bring to mind the classical figures of ancient Greece or the ubiquitous garden gnome. The gnome has a place, and if you would like a wooden one, I'll make it for you, but I like to make individual one off pieces that have meaning and fit their locations and surrounding environment, but it goes much deeper than that. If you're looking for a sculpture to draw on the emotions, in my experience, a human figure can do that best. Wooden figures, have an air of real life about them, unlike bronze that is just dead metal.
Firstly, decide what's important to you, family animals, nature, flora etc. You can buy something already made, but in doing so, you end up with what someone else thought was good taste. Why not be involved with designing your own and have it made for you. Click here to find out more.
Oh yes you can. As an artificer, Robert of Ingrained Culture, will happily make sculpture to your design.
Robert of Ingrained Culture makes all manner of garden sculpture exclusively from 100% legal and sustainable British grown wood. It's all about climate crisis mitigation.
Well, it can be almost anything. Even some plants are sculptural. What makes you stop, look and think, what visually makes you linger for more than a few seconds? That would be a good place to start when thinking about what you would like as a garden sculpture.
No problem, just describe your sculpture design in words, and Robert of Ingrained Culture, will draw it, over and over again if necassary, until we get it right between us.
Every garden sculpture Robert of Ingrained Culture has made so far has been an exclusive one off.
Ingrained Culture uses a speacialist fine arts courier who will deliver anywhere in the UK.
As everything I make is different, there isn't just one price, so please click here to view the various price options
Certainly, fill in the form on this page and Robert will tell you how much it is to have your garden sculpture made. Free estimates and quotations.
Good! You will receieve from me regular video updates as your sculpture progresses, and give some demonstrations along the way. You'll always know at what stage the piece has reached as the making process continues.
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