GARDEN UTILITY
Garden
ornaments (click on picture to view site)
"We launched Garden Utility as a response to the lack of modern ornament
suitable for outdoor placement. The British have a long tradition of embellishing
their estates and gardens and in recent years there has been a huge explosion
in using the garden as an extra living space. However there is still a definite
gap between gnomes on one hand and repro Georgian and Victorian ornaments
on the other. Fortunately this is being filled by artists and designers
(such as myself and my partner) exploring more modern themes.
What we are trying to do within this expanding market is to provide another
choice for people who want a slightly less traditional feel to the architectural
elements of their garden with an initial range which fulfils the brief of
being contemporary yet still achieving a broad appeal.
The seed for GU was planted 2 years ago when I first came across the technique
of hand-casting using bath stone sand and white Portland cement to achieve
a convincing stone like appearance - generally known as reconstituted stone.
It has proved to be an ideal process for a small concern such as ours and
as such our maximum turnover is inevitably fairly low. This has its upside
for the client, as each piece is individually handmade, carefully quality
controlled and checked before despatch. Also all our pieces are made to
order therefore we can guarantee completion dates.
We are both sculptors and designers with many years experience but we still
found it no easy task to come up with our initial range, particularly to
fulfil the brief as mentioned earlier. Our first instinct was to go wild
and wacky but we soon realised that we do need to appeal to a broad market.
However we are working on new ideas constantly and do intend to explore
more sculptural pieces in the future. Watch this space."
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