Brand commission

The Bacardi Bottle

Twenty feet of bottle in outdoor boxwood — a shape nobody gets to interpret.

TypeBrand commission
LocationOutdoor display
Height20 feet, also built at 14
MaterialsOutdoor boxwood over galvanized steel
DesignDimensioned CAD drawing

The brief

Brand work has a constraint animal work does not: the shape is not yours. Nobody holds a topiary bear to a reference photograph, but a bottle has proportions people recognise instantly, and a shoulder in the wrong place reads as wrong to everyone.

So the piece began as a dimensioned drawing. The build then becomes a matter of hitting the drawing rather than judging by eye — which is also what makes it repeatable at another size.

A brand object has to be recognisable before it is green. Logo and shape work sits in custom made topiary.

How it was made

Drawn, then built.

The drawing settles the proportions; the workshop hits the drawing.

The Bacardi Bottle — The drawing
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The drawing

Dimensioned CAD, settling the shoulder, the taper and the neck before any steel was cut.

The Bacardi Bottle — Twenty feet
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Twenty feet

Outdoor boxwood over a galvanized steel frame, built to the drawing.

The Bacardi Bottle — And fourteen
03

And fourteen

The same form re-scaled for a smaller footprint. A shape that has been drawn once can be built at any size without starting again.

Brand shapes start as a drawing and end as welded steel — the route every piece in custom made topiary takes.

An animal can be interpreted. A product cannot.
Three things: the artwork or the object, the height, and where it stands. Anything with a logo, a bottle, a can or a mascot in it runs the same way — drawing first, your approval, then build. Call 866-306-1020 or send the brief.
Brand work

What we need to quote one.

Three things: the artwork or the object, the height, and where it stands. Anything with a logo, a bottle, a can or a mascot in it runs the same way — drawing first, your approval, then build. Call 866-306-1020 or send the brief.

Specification

What it’s made of.

Design
Dimensioned CAD drawing, approved before fabrication
Frame
Welded steel, galvanized
Foliage
Outdoor boxwood, UV-rated
Sizes
Built at 20 feet and at 14 feet
Use
Outdoor brand display and activations
Upkeep
Occasional cleaning
Lead time
Weeks — ask early if it is dated to an event
Needs
Artwork or the object, the height, and the location
From the same workshop

Where does a piece like this come from?

The same frames, foliage and finishes that built this one — sold ready-made or commissioned to your drawing.

Planning something like this?

Tell us what you’re picturing.

Send a photo or a sketch with your dimensions and date. We come back with a design, a price and a delivery date — then build it in our own workshop.

  • 4–10 weekstypical build time
  • Any scaletabletop to 40 feet
  • US & Canadashipping and install

Start a project

Tell us the piece, the place and your timeline. No obligation.

or call 866·306·1020