A large outdoor sculpture needs careful positioning to look its best

Positioning a Large Outdoor Sculpture

Large outdoor sculpture by Vanessa Pooley

	What Owners Say
	"Big PB has crawled up on her big rock and made herself comfortable! We are more than pleased with her and her installation. She is a wonderful addition to our courtyard." A client in the USA

You might think that a large outdoor sculpture could be positioned happily in a huge space, but even the largest, like Big PB, needs some containment and can look small and lost if not well placed.

A marvellous soution to this is when lines occur naturally on the ground, as with Big PB here. There is a lot of 'space' around this sculpture but the area the bronze inhabits is defined by the lines of the lawn, so that it maintains a real presence.

I love the way it looks here with the river in the background. Its simple temporary wooden base, adds a helpful,unobtrusive border to the composition.

When this large outdoor sculpture is finally fixed down it will be positioned on a very low brick or stone plinth of similar dimensions in the base it has in now.

It can be hard to find the best position for a garden sculpture, and trial and error coupled with an open mind - "let's just try it there" - helps.

There is nothing like moving a sculpture around to find the best place for it. I like to position a sculpture then stand well back for a moment to take in the new position.

When the piece suddenly looks fantastic, and takes on a real presence, then that position is the right place for it!