Alvora / Figurative & classical sculpture

Sculpture / Figurative & classical

Presence,carved in stone.

A human gesture. The fall of a robe. A face with its own presence. Figurative sculpture brings another kind of intimacy to a room.

Explore the catalogue references in the viewing room, then discuss a direction of your own.

Concept visualisation of a tall robed marble figure emerging from a rough block, in a green arched niche
Concept visualisation · digitally rendered
Catalogue reference: standing draped woman with green veined robe, pale face and limbs, and the base visible
Catalogue reference direction · the pictured interior is not an Alvora installation

01 / Form & mineral colour

The figure. The folds.The contrast.

Pale limbs meet the movement of a green robe. Drapery gives the eye a path around the figure, while the contrasting colours make each gesture distinct.

This catalogue direction opens a conversation about form and material. Exact stone selection, construction, dimensions and design permissions are reviewed for the proposed commission.

02 / Reference directions

Human form.A classical vocabulary.

From the full-length figure to the portrait bust, these references show different relationships between expression, drapery and mineral colour.

Catalogue reference: full-length woman playing a violin, with pale skin, reddish veined drapery and complete round base
Catalogue reference direction

A musical gesture

The posture of a violinist, expressed through a pale figure and richly coloured drapery. A reference for discussing pose, setting and material contrast.

Discuss a full-length figure
Original catalogue page showing an Augustus Caesar portrait-bust reference, pale head and dark veined torso; original catalogue lettering retained
Catalogue reference · original lettering retained

The portrait bust

Classical portraiture and contrasting stone create a more concentrated presence. The original catalogue labels this reference an Augustus Caesar bust; it is not presented as an Alvora-made historical original.

Discuss a portrait direction

About this gallery. These images come from TSMM’s existing Roman sculpture brochure and are catalogue references, not completed Alvora commissions or available stock. Any dimensions or material descriptions visible within an original page are historical catalogue information, not a current quotation or promised specification. Design rights, feasibility, exact materials and production route are confirmed separately.

The completed green marble console installed in a private London residence
Photographed · completed commission, London

The workshop / Completed work

From an ideato a realised piece.

For an actual workshop and installation record, explore the Udaipur Green Marble console made in Jaipur for a private London residence.

Your commission begins here

What are you imagining?

Answer five short questions. Your concept sheet builds beside you; render a first picture of the idea, then email it to Naman.

What would you like made?
How should it feel?
How large, roughly?
I know the measurements
Which materials?
Where will it live?
Where should Naman reply?

A first picture of your idea appears in the panel. Render before you send and it travels with your sheet.

Your answers stay in your browser until you press a button. “Email my concept” sends your sheet, and a link to your render if you made one, to Naman through this website. WhatsApp opens a draft with The Star Murti Museum, the workshop behind Alvora. A render sends your description, and any reference image you add, to an image service to produce the picture. This is a conversation, not an order: material, scale, feasibility, design-development scope and any fees are reviewed for each commission. See our privacy notice.