Stone fountain is a kind of landscape sculpture of modern city square and garden courtyard, like a pearl, dotted with the whole square and courtyard. Stonemasons carved fountains from natural stone in a variety of styles to add a cool feeling to the summer landscape. The stone fountain is like a fairy dancing, rising and changing, beautiful and beautiful, with a high artistic level and good ornamental effect. Stone fountain texture hard, wear-resistant, and has a strong plasticity and expressive force, in every place to show a variety of different artistic styles. The natural decorative effect and artistic connotation of stone fountain in architecture and decorative space are not available and possessed by other decorative materials. Therefore, fountains can be seen in almost any outdoor public place.
1. Stone Material
To choose a stone fountain, it is very important to choose stone material first. Because there are many kinds of stone, different stones are used to carve different fountains, and their prices and shapes are different.
The commonly used materials of stone fountains are marble, granite, travertine and sandstone. And the stone also comes in a variety of colors
- Marble
Marble has many advantages and is the most commonly used fountain stone. Its texture is clear, natural marble polished, the surface is very delicate, the texture is very smooth. Carved out of the fountain beautiful, appreciate the value of high. Marble has a high density. Due to its low absorption rate and high density, natural marble has a long life, and natural marble fountains can be used for 40 to 100 years under well-maintained conditions. Natural marble material is very hard, and has natural texture, each marble texture is not the same, making your water fountain unique in the world.
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From the color points, commonly used marble fountains have white, red, yellow, black and green color marble. You can choose the color of the marble fountain according to your preference and the surroundings of the installation site.
White marble is the most used in marble. White marble fountain like white jade, noble and elegant, very suitable for modern decoration. White marble is delicate, plasticity is very strong, even very detailed relief style can be carved lifelike.
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Another popular marble fountain is Egyptian beige marble. It is a superior variety of stone, elegant color, noble color, material is hard than the general marble, high gloss, small color difference. Glossy, gorgeous, wear-resistant, heat-resistant, solemn texture, its surface is smooth, give noble and elegant visual effect, natural and smooth distribution, is the preferred material for today's architectural decoration and some carving products. Egypt beige marble water fountain are usually modern and middle size.
- Granite
Granite fountain texture is hard, high wear resistance, has strong corrosion and weathering resistance characteristics, and the water absorption of granite stone is relatively low, which is also a big point to choose it to make outdoor decorative stone water fountain, can be very good to maintain the water retention of water bowl. In terms of price, granite is cheaper than ordinary marble.
- Travertine
There are many holes on the surface of the travertine material, which is a very special kind of stone. The color is classical, which is very suitable for the carving of classic antique stone water fountains, giving people a sense of time.
- Sandstone
The sandstone particles are uniform, fine texture, loose structure, so the water absorption rate is high, with sound insulation, moisture absorption, damage resistance, weathering resistance, not easy to fade, water does not melt, no radioactivity and so on.
European marble fountains are more varied. Generally, there are lion heads, animal heads or human beings carved at the drip mouth of the basin body, and various figures or animal sculptures carved around the top and column bodies
In addition to the above information, of course, the most important is probably the price, the size of the budget determines the fountain material, size and shape. If you still don't know how to choose, you can contact us-Quyang Tengun Carving Co.,Ltd. We are a professional large and small water fountain manufacturer. We have many different fountain products available at low prices. And we can customize your own fountain according to your needs. Except stone water fountains, we also have bronze water fountain and stainless steel water fountain.
Post time: Apr-12-2023