Read this article carefully before buying marble statues. You will save a lot of money!
When you plan to add a marble statue to your garden, you will first think about where to find a reliable marble statue supplier. Of course, this is not a big problem. You can easily find marble sculpture suppliers near you and get product catalogs by just picking up your mobile phone. However, products with different specifications will confuse you and make you confused about how to make the right choice. Next, listen to the honest advice from a factory with 30 years of sculpture experience.
3 Factors Affecting the Price of Statues
1. Size (mostly the height of the statue)
Size is one of the important factors that determine the price of marble. Different sizes will cause large differences in price.
Below is the price range for four sizes of sculptures.
- Small marble statues on the table
The statuette’s height is about half a foot – 1 foot. Because of its smaller size, the cost of marble and labor is relatively low. Excluding the works of certain brands or well-known artists, a statuette usually only costs $200 – $300.
- Marble bust
The general size of the bust is about 2 ft in height, at least no less than 2 ft. Excluding the works of certain brands or well-known artists, the normal price of a marble bust is $500-$600. If it is customized according to the image of a real person, the price may be $100 higher. This is also reasonable.
- Children marble statue
The size of children statues is a little smaller than life-size statues, usually 4 ft -5 ft tall. Statues of this height are generally used to make cherub statues, little boy statues or little girl sculptures, and the price is about $700-$900.
- Life-size marble statues
Life-size statues tend to be 6 ft – 8 ft tall. Modern craftsmen mostly use this size when replicating famous statues and ancient Greek mythological statues. If the statue does not wear too many accessories and props, the price of such a statue is about $1500-$2000.
2. Material
There are two commonly used materials for making statues: marble and granite.
You may have difficulty choosing because you don’t know the characteristics of these two materials. Today, this article will provide you with reference opinions from the perspective of a professional sculpture factory. When you don’t know whether to choose marble or granite, you can use the “elimination method”.
K-SOURCE’s professional advice is to exclude granite. Granite has many advantages, such as a hard texture and strong pressure resistance. However, these advantages can become disadvantages when carving.
Art comes from life. From the classicism period, you can see marble sculptures from the ancient Greek and Roman eras. The images of various gods and goddesses are built based on the human body. They all have one thing in common: The statue perfectly shows the proportions of the character’s torso. On the statue, you can see clear hair, beards, well-developed muscles, or a skinny body. The marble is soft and has a translucent soft color. These characteristics make marble suitable for carving complex details, reflecting the human body’s delicate anatomy and flowing folds. The work that most vividly demonstrates the carving advantages of marble is “The Veiled Virgin” created by Italian sculptor Giovanni Strazza in the 19th century.
3. Theme
Whether it is an indoor or outdoor garden, a square, or a private courtyard, when choosing marble statues, you must focus on a core theme: religious statues, famous statues, angel statues or male statues. Regarding this theme, you can make judgments based on their understanding of sculpture culture. For this theme, you choose based on your understanding of sculpture culture.
What aspects should you compare the factors that make up the price of a statue?
1. Size of statue
You may often struggle with the size and don’t know how to plan the statue’s height. Here are some professional suggestions.
The size of the statue depends on the surroundings of the installation site.
If you want to customize the desktop size or bust, the size only needs to be 1 – 3 feet, which is easier to choose.
If you have a garden with an area of more than 60 square meters, the most suitable size for the statue is life-size. Simply put, the larger the statue, the effect is better. Because the statue is not only the focal point of the garden, but also locks the viewer’s view of the garden from the outside. Use spotlights to illuminate the sculpture at night so that people indoors can also see it. This visual effect can change people’s perception of the size of indoor space, thus tightly integrating indoor and outdoor spaces into a whole.
If you choose a small statue in a large space, the effect will not be very good. Imagine that the shrubs and flowers in the garden have grown after a few years. The visitor’s eyes are successfully attracted to another scenery group, weakening the sculptural effect that you want to draw attention to. So it is necessary to imagine the optimal height and width of the sculpture; only then can you master the proportions so that the sculpture always becomes the garden’s focus.
2. Customization
If you want a statue with special meaning, for example, to commemorate someone who is particularly important to you, and a statue is completely customized in his likeness, then your cost will be relatively high even if the statue’s size is relatively small. Because the supplier will provide you with a price based on the highest standards of workmanship. The price components are a new clay model, a new mold (the mold will be expensive), and the salary of a high-level technician. Some small sculpture factories may worry that their statues cannot meet your requirements. If you cancel the order, they will suffer a big loss because no one else will buy this customized statue.
3. Stock
K-SOURCE Art Sculpture Factory has always recommended customers to choose factory stock instead of customization, because you do not need to pay the mold fee for the stock statue, which will save you a large part of the cost. K-SOURCE has more than 300 kinds of 30-300cm from ancient Roman period themes to modern themes. The average price for these life-size statues is just $1,500 each. Prices for small statues have reached a staggering $300 per piece. This is the smart consumer’s favorite thing.
4. The material of the statue
- Carrara
The most famous sculptors in the world are best at using Italian Carrara stone, which is also very expensive. The price of a life-size statue carved from Carrara stone is in the range of $4,000.
- White Marble in China
K-SOURCE has always recommended white marble produced in China to customers. Its name is “White Marble.” Its features are white, delicate, high density, long life, and low price. This kind of stone carving has continued for 2000 years and has been well-received by home users worldwide. The price of making a statue made of white marble is only about $1500.
5. Transportation of statues
When assessing how much it will cost to transport a bulky statue from another country to your city’s port or to have it delivered directly to your doorstep, exorbitant costs may come to mind that might even make you Eliminate the idea of cross-border sourcing. In fact, this is wrong. When international transportation is so convenient, low shipping costs will not exceed your budget at all.
Take the transportation of a life-size statue to Los Angeles, USA as an example:
China Port-Los Angeles Port only costs $350.
Door to door only costs $700-800.
6. Foundation fabrication and installation of the marble statue
The approximate weight of a life-size statue is 400kg. Before installing the statue, you need to choose a suitable location to ensure the display effect of the statue. After confirming the location, the foundation needs to be hardened. After the ground is tamped, a cement-hardened platform with a height of 20cm is made. A small crane or forklift is required during installation. The costs incurred in the entire process can be judged based on local consumption conditions.
The significance of marble statues for gardens
Marble statues are not just for decoration. With the improvement of people’s living standards, social development, and respect for history and culture, statues are being used in more and more courtyard designs and decorations. They can not only increase the beauty of the garden landscape, but they can also better reflect the design style of the courtyard and the owner’s life taste.
Each statue is a soul released from the marble by the sculptor. Each statue expresses the historical and cultural background, myths and legends, and the sculptor’s inner emotional expression of the society at that time.
If you have a wine cellar, install a Bacchus statue.
If you have a garden, you can install a Venus statue.
If your home is next to the ocean, you could install a statue of Poseidon.
If you yearn for love, install an Aphrodite statue.
If you are a religious believer, you can install a sculpture of “The Virgin or Jesus.”
FAQs
1. If my budget is low, can I get a statue?
When you see K-SOURCE, congratulations on finding an expert who can provide the most complete statue solutions. K-SOURCE offers 300 types of low-cost marble statues, and a special-price statue is launched daily. You can find a marble statue that suits you.
2. How can I get more discounts?
If you tell your friends about K-SOURCE’s reputation, and your friends make a deal with K-SOURCE, then K-SOURCE will give you appropriate rewards.
3. Is marble material suitable for outdoor use?
Whether marble statues are suitable for outdoor display has always been a topic of debate. People often say that acid rain will erode the surface of the statue, sunlight will discolor the statue, and cold will cause cracks in the sculpture. K-SOURCE explains these issues from the perspective of a professional sculpture factory.
- The statue has been polished to the highest standard before leaving the factory. Its surface is smooth and crystalline without pits, and it has been waterproofed. Acid rain cannot soak into the statue itself, so it will not corrode.
- If someone says that sunlight will change the color of marble, it is like using a magnifying glass to find the problem. The stone is mined in batches from top to bottom and from outside to inside. In the natural environment, exterior stones are exposed to water, air and sunlight. There is no such environment deep within the stone. Therefore, there is a difference in color between surface ore and deep ore. Carvings carved from deep mining will also change new environments, such as sunlight, air, and water, but these color differences are slight changes almost invisible to the naked eye.
- When discussing whether marble statues are afraid of the cold, K-SOURCE has the best say. K-SOURCE is located in a northern city in China, where temperatures can be as low as minus 20℃ in winter. There have never been cases of statues being damaged by the cold.
For example, the famous Italian building Florence Cathedral
The facade of the church is made of Carrara white marble designed by architect Emilio De Fabbri. Although one hundred and two hundred years have passed, it is still beautiful.