Every commission is built to answer a brief, and to answer it within the budget available. Our work is to make the best piece of art possible for both. Share a fixed budget or a rough range, and we'll design toward it. If there's flexibility in what you're able to spend, we can also show you what a piece looks like at the upper end of that range alongside the lower, so the difference between them is something you can actually see, not just guess at.

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Where cost starts

The most cost-effective commissions, a single standalone piece, begin at $12,000, covering the artwork itself. That starting point covers more ground than it might suggest: within $12,000 to $20,000, there's real scope to shape a considered, striking piece through pattern style, panel count and layer depth, without compromising the quality of the result.

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A typical commission

Most commissions, on average, land between $20,000 and $40,000. This is where the bulk of work for hotel lobbies, private collections, boardrooms and similar spaces tends to sit.

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Large-scale installations

Some spaces call for something that goes well beyond a single artwork: work built specifically for a large architectural space, or a piece that becomes part of the space's design rather than an addition to it, integrating lighting, movement or sound alongside the sculpture itself.

At this scale, the most useful starting point is your budget for the space. Tell us what you're working with, and we'll show you what's possible for it, and, if you're curious, what more could look like if you wanted to take it further. Past installations at this level have moved comfortably into six figures, with no fixed ceiling. Ambition tends to shape the number here more than size alone.

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Shipping and logistics

Figures above cover the artwork only. Shipping, packing, insurance and customs clearance are quoted separately, once a piece and its destination are confirmed.

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What actually shapes the price

A handful of decisions do most of the work in shaping a budget. Understanding them means a piece can usually be designed to fit a range, rather than exceed it.

Panel size and count. Sheet brass has a natural maximum panel size. A design for a larger space either works across multiple panels, or moves to cold-cast bronze over a lightweight aluminium core, allowing a single larger panel at a different cost.

Pattern direction. Contour pieces are built one of two ways. A mountain pattern rises from a flat base plate toward the viewer, built in layers stacking outward, as in Discovery, the atrium piece for Saga Cruises. A valley pattern works the other way: the design sits recessed, cut into the space between two raised sides, as in Peak, at 30 Hudson Yards. Valley patterns take more labour, material and time to achieve, so they sit at a higher cost than a mountain piece of comparable size.

Layer count. Within either direction, adding or removing layers changes both the depth of a piece and its cost, independent of size, giving a second way to shape a design toward a budget.

None of these choices affect the quality of the finished piece, only its form. A considered, beautiful piece can be made at almost any point in this range. The conversation is about which form suits the space and the budget, not about compromise.

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Lead time

A typical commission takes 8 to 16 weeks from confirmed brief to completion, depending on what else is in progress in the studio. Large-scale installations often run considerably longer, depending on what the piece involves; timelines here are shaped during our initial conversations, before a project begins, since many clients are working to a deadline of their own. Clients planning at this scale are typically thinking well ahead in any case. Firm dates come out of that same conversation: understanding everything the piece involves, allowing time for a design review, then fabrication, then delivery. We only confirm a deadline once we know it can genuinely be met.

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Getting in touch

Figures here are shown in USD. It's always worth getting in touch, even without a fixed budget in mind: studio scheduling varies, and what's in progress at any given time sometimes allows a piece to move faster than the timelines above suggest.

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