This is why we can guarantee the quality of the work we feature unconditionally. Most sculptors cannot work on their kitchen table. They require large studio spaces equipped with expensive tools and safety equipment is often a must. Utilities and insurance costs can be very high. When dealing with heavy materials, such as stone or heavy gauge metal, sculptors may need forklifts, hydraulic lifts and sometimes cranes.
Materials can be very expensive.
There are for instance over 20 grades of stainless steel, but only the highest grades will not rust under constant exposure to water. Archie Held, who creates fountains of exceptional beauty, uses only the best grades in his stainless steel water sculpture. Three-dimensional works may require many hours of design, engineering, precise fabrication and laborious finishing. Sculptors are often perfectionists and committed artists spend countless hours working out the details of their sculpture. Gale Wagner, who considers the final finish surface as important as the form, has used over twenty layers of paint on some of his sculpture.