{"title":"Marble Art","description":"\u003cp\u003eHand-carved marble wall art in relief. Classical figures, winged forms and animal panels carved from natural stone. Free worldwide shipping.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"archangel-triumph-marble-relief-wall-art-350cm","title":"Archangel Triumph Marble Relief Wall Art - 350cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA monumental relief panel carved with an archangel in mid-descent, sword raised, a chained figure beneath. Cloud and rock forms fill the ground behind, and the natural grey veining of the marble runs through the sky.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eAn Archangel Relief Sculpture in Graduated Depth\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe panel is carved from a single marble slab in graduated depth, with the wings and torso cut almost free of the ground while the clouds behind are held to a few millimetres. The veining is the stone's own and cannot be specified, so the sky pattern is different on every panel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA panel at this scale is an architectural fitting rather than a picture. It suits a double-height hall, a stairwell, a chapel or a large reception wall, and needs a structural fixing into masonry. It sits close to the wall on a concealed ledge, and marble is durable enough for a covered courtyard as well as an interior.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eFixing Five Tonnes of Marble to a Wall\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eAllow eight weeks for a panel of this depth, longer if you want the figures cut further proud of the ground. The panel is 350cm as carved; send us the wall and we will scale the setting-out to it. The veining is the block's own and cannot be specified, though we will photograph the slab before carving begins. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops. Five tonnes of marble needs a structural fixing into masonry or a steel subframe, and we supply the setting-out drawing for your builder.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOther carved panels are gathered in \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/marble-art\"\u003emarble wall art\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/3d-wall-art\"\u003e3D wall art\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/wall-sculptures\"\u003ewall sculptures\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ctable class=\"spec_table\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHeight\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e350cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHand-Carved Natural White Marble\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Giant Sculptures","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53785578864987,"sku":"MST-REL-001","price":34999.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/MST-REL-001_1_8bd79224-046e-4200-b8d7-39a99998a5d4.jpg?v=1786722738"},{"product_id":"world-icons-cabinet-marble-relief-wall-art-300cm","title":"World Icons Cabinet Marble Relief Wall Art - 300cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA tall marble panel divided into a grid of recessed niches, each carved with a different landmark, animal or artefact. The whole reads as a cabinet of the world's icons, and it fixes flat to the wall as a single slab.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eFifty Niches of 3D Wall Art in One Marble Wall Panel\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery niche is carved individually into the slab, so the depth changes across the grid and each compartment casts its own shadow. The panel is worked from the front only and finished by hand, which means the register of the grid varies very slightly from piece to piece.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt three metres square this is an architectural fitting rather than a picture, and it needs a structural fixing into masonry. It suits a large hall, a gallery landing or a reception space. Marble stands up to a sheltered outdoor setting as well as an interior.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eSpecifying the Grid, the Finish and the Fixing\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe grid is the part you specify: choose which landmarks, animals and artefacts fill the niches, and we will set out the arrangement for approval before carving. Allow twelve weeks for a full grid at this scale, which stands 300cm. The number of rows follows the dimensions you specify, and we set that out with you first. The recesses can be left matte to hold shadow or polished to lift them. Three and a half tonnes fixes back to masonry on a concealed steel frame, never to plasterboard. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor more work at this scale see \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/marble-art\"\u003emarble wall art\u003c\/a\u003e, and for panels generally \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/3d-wall-art\"\u003e3D wall art\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ctable class=\"spec_table\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHeight\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e300cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHand-Carved Natural White Marble\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Giant Sculptures","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53785578897755,"sku":"MST-REL-004","price":22999.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/MST-REL-004_1_07d7d18e-b330-4129-a516-0ccaff7b761f.jpg?v=1786722740"},{"product_id":"blooming-chrysanthemum-marble-relief-wall-art-80cm","title":"Blooming Chrysanthemum Marble Relief Wall Art - 80cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA single chrysanthemum head carved in deep relief across a square marble panel, the outer petals cut almost free of the ground and curling forward, the centre worked into a tight cluster of florets.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eFlower Wall Art with Petals Undercut Free of the Panel\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe petals are undercut so far that the outer ring stands clear of the panel, which is the hardest part of the carving and the reason each panel takes several weeks. The stone is honed rather than polished so the petal edges read as soft rather than glassy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA panel for a living room, bedroom or hallway wall, at its best where a lamp or a window throws light across it from one side and the undercutting casts real shadow. Fixed with a concealed plate, and marble is durable enough for a sheltered outdoor wall as well as an interior.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eChoosing the Size and Surface of the Bloom\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eAround five weeks, most of it spent on the outer petals, which are undercut until they stand clear of the panel. The bloom is carved at 80cm, and at whatever size you order it keeps every petal rather than simplifying the outer rows. Honed as standard, or polished if you want more reflection off the petal edges. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops. It weighs about 120kg and hangs on a concealed plate fixed into masonry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore botanical carving sits in \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/marble-art\"\u003emarble wall art\u003c\/a\u003e, and more panels in \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/3d-wall-art\"\u003e3D wall art\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ctable class=\"spec_table\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHeight\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e80cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHand-Carved Natural White Marble\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Giant Sculptures","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53785579028827,"sku":"MST-REL-063","price":7999.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/MST-REL-063_1_cf631b26-a990-4903-b7c8-86754f75301c.jpg?v=1786722743"},{"product_id":"classical-harvest-roundel-marble-relief-wall-art-120cm","title":"Classical Harvest Roundel Marble Relief Wall Art - 120cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA circular relief carved with a classical harvest scene: a figure carrying a pole of game and grapes, a seated woman with a child, and a hound at their feet. A vine runs around the upper edge of the roundel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA Circular Relief Sculpture in Close-Grained Marble\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe scene is carved into a single round slab, with the figures raised to about half their true depth and the vine cut fine along the rim. The marble is a fine close-grained white, which is what lets the drapery folds be undercut this far without the petal-thin edges breaking away.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA roundel suits a hallway, a courtyard wall or the end of a corridor where a rectangle would fight the architecture. Marble is frost-hardy and can hang outdoors under some shelter as well as indoors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eSizing the Roundel and Fixing It Flat\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eSix weeks for the roundel, including the vine that runs the rim, which is the slowest part. The roundel measures 120cm across and the diameter is cut to your order. The scene reverses too, if you want a facing pair either side of an opening. The marble takes a honed or a polished finish. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops. Around 330kg on a concealed bracket into masonry, so it is a two-person fix.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSits among the other roundels and panels in \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/marble-art\"\u003emarble wall art\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/wall-sculptures\"\u003ewall sculptures\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ctable class=\"spec_table\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHeight\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e120cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHand-Carved Natural White Marble\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Giant Sculptures","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53785579061595,"sku":"MST-REL-067","price":7999.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/MST-REL-067_1_8012f036-75ea-4cf1-812f-e4a81575da06.jpg?v=1786722745"},{"product_id":"last-supper-marble-relief-wall-art-150cm","title":"Last Supper Marble Relief Wall Art - 150cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThirteen figures gather along a single draped table, the coffered ceiling receding behind them in shallow perspective. The panel is hand-carved in white marble and finished with a plain integral frame, so it reads as one piece rather than a picture in a surround.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWall Sculpture with Thirteen Faces Cut from One Panel\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery head is worked individually, and the drapery is undercut deeply enough that the folds throw their own shadow rather than relying on incised lines. The marble is a uniform bright white with a fine even crystalline grain and no veining through the field, which keeps the figures legible at a distance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis belongs where people sit down to eat together: a refectory, a monastery dining hall, a seminary, a parish room or a long private dining room. The figures are life-scaled to the table they sit at, so the panel reads correctly from a seated eye level rather than from across a lobby, and it wants a wall behind the head of the table rather than a side wall.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eFixing a Wide Panel Above a Refectory Table\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eSix weeks of carving, most of it on the thirteen heads, because each face is modelled individually rather than repeated along the table. What can be changed on this panel is the width of the field and the depth of the drapery relief, and the honed surface here can be taken to a soft polish if the room is dark. The trestle table and the coffered ground stay as they are. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops. Half a tonne of stone arrives crated flat on a pallet, and it needs a structural fixing into masonry rather than plasterboard, set out with your engineer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore carved figure panels sit in \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/figure-art\"\u003efigure wall art\u003c\/a\u003e, and the wider stone range is in \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/marble-art\"\u003emarble wall art\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ctable class=\"spec_table\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHeight\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e150cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHand-Carved Natural Marble\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Giant Sculptures","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53815261462875,"sku":"MST-REL-002","price":14199.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/MST-REL-002_1.jpg?v=1787053596"},{"product_id":"winged-angel-ascending-marble-relief-wall-art-150cm","title":"Winged Angel Ascending Marble Relief Wall Art - 150cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn angel rises with both arms open, wings spread wide and drapery streaming behind, above banked cloud massed across the foot of the slab. The panel is unframed, so the composition runs to the cut edge on all four sides.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eAngel Wall Art with the Wings Cut Fully Clear\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe wing tips are cut furthest proud of the ground and taper back into it, which is what gives the figure its lift. Faint grey-blue veining drifts across the upper field and reads as sky, and the drapery edges keep a satin sheen with a slight translucency where the section thins.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn ascending figure wants height above it, so this suits a chapel wall, a stairwell, a crematorium chapel, a memorial garden or a double-height entrance. Hung too low it loses the upward movement the carving is built on. Set it above head height and let the wing tips finish well below the ceiling line so the figure still has somewhere to rise into.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eChoosing the Surface and the Fixing Plate\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eAround six weeks, and the wings account for most of it: they are freed from the ground along their whole length, which has to be done from the tip inwards or the feathers snap. On this panel the height and the width are both yours to set, and the halo can be carved as a plain disc or left off altogether. The cloud bank below is structural and stays. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops. Around 455kg, crated upright for transit, and it is fixed on concealed plates bedded into solid backing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRelated devotional carving is gathered in \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/religious-statues\"\u003ereligious statues\u003c\/a\u003e, with the rest of the panels in \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/marble-art\"\u003emarble wall art\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ctable class=\"spec_table\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHeight\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e150cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHand-Carved Natural Marble\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Giant Sculptures","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53815261561179,"sku":"MST-REL-003","price":14199.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/MST-REL-003_1.jpg?v=1787053598"},{"product_id":"sanctuary-last-supper-marble-relief-wall-art-250cm","title":"Sanctuary Last Supper Marble Relief Wall Art - 250cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe figures sit around the table before a triple-arched sanctuary, carved so deeply that shoulders, arms and cups stand almost clear of the ground. At 250cm it is a wall in its own right rather than a panel hung on one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWall Sculpture Carved Almost Free of Its Ground\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the deepest carving in the range: the front figures are worked nearly in the round and the arcade behind them is cut back in three receding planes. The marble is a warm cream with salmon mottling drifting through the drapery, and it holds a satin polish that a softer stone could not take at this depth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo and a half metres of panel needs a wall that can take it whole: a church nave, a refectory, a college hall, a hotel function room or a courtyard elevation. Because the figures stand so far off the ground they throw real shadows, which means the piece rewards a position where daylight crosses it during the day rather than a flatly lit corridor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWhat a Two and a Half Metre Panel Needs Behind It\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eTen weeks is realistic at this scale, and the schedule is dominated by the undercutting rather than the modelling. You can set the overall width, and the figures can be carved at the depth shown or held back closer to the field if the panel is going somewhere it will be brushed past. A plain fillet border is available in place of the open edge. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops. Two tonnes travels in a purpose-built crate, and the fixing is engineered for the load, not chosen from a catalogue.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFurther figure work is in \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/figure-art\"\u003efigure wall art\u003c\/a\u003e, and the largest pieces are listed under \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/wall-sculptures\"\u003ewall sculptures\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ctable class=\"spec_table\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHeight\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e250cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHand-Carved Natural Marble\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Giant Sculptures","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53815261626715,"sku":"MST-REL-005","price":32549.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/MST-REL-005_1.jpg?v=1787053623"},{"product_id":"walking-herd-four-horses-marble-relief-wall-art-200cm","title":"Walking Herd Four Horses Marble Relief Wall Art - 200cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFour horses move at a walk across a plain unframed slab, one behind another, in relief shallow enough that the group reads as drawing rather than sculpture. There is no border: the composition simply stops at the cut edge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWhy Horse Wall Art Reads Better in Low Relief\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eLow relief suits a walking line better than deep carving, because the overlapping bodies stay legible instead of casting shadow on one another. Soft grey veining runs diagonally through the ground, and the modelling is rounded and honed rather than crisply arrised.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA long horizontal panel of horses suits a stable block, a tack room, an equestrian centre, a country hallway or a garage elevation outdoors. It also works above a sideboard or a long low bench indoors. The herd reads left to right, so give it a wall people walk along rather than one they meet head on, and hang it a little above eye level.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003ePanel Joints, Surface and Delivery\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eEight weeks, since four animals overlapping in one plane take longer to resolve than one carved deep. The run of the panel is yours to specify and the shallow rails can be widened into a moulding or dropped for a plain edge. The herd itself is not rearranged: the overlap is what makes the movement read. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops. Just over a tonne, crated flat, and it wants concealed plates into brick or stone with the load spread across at least three fixings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore animals in stone are under \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/animal-art\"\u003eanimal wall art\u003c\/a\u003e, alongside the rest of the panels in \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/marble-art\"\u003emarble wall art\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ctable class=\"spec_table\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHeight\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e200cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHand-Carved Natural Marble\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Giant Sculptures","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53815261725019,"sku":"MST-REL-006","price":21999.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/MST-REL-006_1.jpg?v=1787053625"},{"product_id":"apollo-and-the-muses-marble-relief-wall-art-180cm","title":"Apollo and the Muses Marble Relief Wall Art - 180cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eApollo sits with his lyre at one end while a procession of muses dances away from him, drapery streaming, in a frieze twice as wide as it is tall. An integral moulded border runs the full perimeter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWall Sculpture Cut as a Shallow Classical Frieze\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe relief is deliberately shallow, which is how classical friezes were cut: the figures are separated by crisp linear drapery rather than by depth, so the procession reads as continuous movement. The marble is a uniform bright white with a fine even grain and a matte honed surface throughout.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA frieze twice as wide as it is tall wants a run rather than a panel of wall: above a doorway, along a corridor, over a picture rail, across a stairwell or on a terrace parapet where it can be read while walking past. It is the wrong shape for a chimney breast and the wrong depth for a dim room, since the whole effect depends on grazing light.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA Long Frieze and Where It Hangs Best\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeven weeks, most of it spent keeping the relief consistently shallow, which is harder than cutting deep because any drift in depth shows as a wave along the frieze. The run is made to your wall and the moulded border can be exchanged for a plain fillet. The procession is not shortened or reordered. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops. Near 786kg, crated flat, hung on concealed plates with the weight taken at the top edge rather than along the bottom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe rest of the figure work is under \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/figure-art\"\u003efigure wall art\u003c\/a\u003e, and longer runs are in \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/marble-art\"\u003emarble wall art\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ctable class=\"spec_table\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHeight\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e180cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHand-Carved Natural Marble\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Giant Sculptures","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53815261921627,"sku":"MST-REL-009","price":18249.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/MST-REL-009_1.jpg?v=1787053629"},{"product_id":"night-and-torchbearer-marble-relief-roundel-80cm","title":"Night and Torchbearer Marble Relief Roundel - 80cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA winged figure drifts across the field carrying a small torch-bearing child, roses falling from one hand. A beaded rim runs the full circumference and draws the eye inwards to the composition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eAngel Wall Art Read from Its Beaded Rim Inwards\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eA roundel has no top or bottom to anchor it, so the figure is set on a diagonal and the drapery sweeps against the rim to give the circle direction. The marble is a cool uniform white with a fine crystalline grain, matte honed, and the beading is cut individually rather than run with a moulding tool.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA roundel needs to be read as a circle, so it wants a wall where it can sit alone: a chimney breast, a stair half-landing, the end of a short corridor, a nursery or a garden wall panel. Pairs work either side of a doorway. Do not crowd it with rectangular frames, which will make the circle look like a mistake rather than a decision.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eHanging a Roundel Level\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eSix weeks for a roundel of this size, because the beaded rim is turned by hand and every bead has to match its neighbours all the way round. You set the diameter, and the rim can be beaded as standard, left as a plain bevel or cut as a moulded fillet. The figure group inside stays as it is. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops. Around 69kg, boxed rather than crated, and it hangs from one central plate; use a level, because a roundel shows any tilt immediately.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore devotional roundels are in \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/religious-statues\"\u003ereligious statues\u003c\/a\u003e, with the compact panels under \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/marble-art\"\u003emarble wall art\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ctable class=\"spec_table\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHeight\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e80cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHand-Carved Natural Marble\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Giant Sculptures","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53815261987163,"sku":"MST-REL-010","price":7999.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/MST-REL-010_1.jpg?v=1787053631"},{"product_id":"selene-horse-head-marble-relief-wall-art-80cm","title":"Selene Horse Head Marble Relief Wall Art - 80cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA horse head pushes out of an irregular slab with its nostrils flared and mouth open, while the stone around it is left rough and untouched. The contrast is the whole idea: a finished head emerging from raw block.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eHorse Wall Art Left Half Inside the Block\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo surfaces are worked on one stone. The head is brought to a smooth close-grained polish with a faint honey patina in the hollows, and the surrounding ground is left rough, buff-toned and deliberately antiqued. Nothing is added to achieve the difference; it is all in how far each area is taken.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis suits a wall where the unfinished side can be seen close up: a study, a dressing room, a boot room, a stable office or a sheltered porch. It is a piece about the process of carving, so it rewards being hung low enough to inspect rather than up out of reach, and it sits well beside a bookcase or over a desk.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eTwo Surfaces on One Piece of Marble\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eFive weeks, and the difficulty is knowing when to stop: the head is finished to a satin surface while the rest of the block is left as it came off the saw, and the boundary between the two has to look chosen rather than abandoned. You set the block size and how much of the head emerges. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops. About 69kg, boxed, and it hangs on two concealed plates set into the rough back face.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFurther equine carving is in \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/animal-art\"\u003eanimal wall art\u003c\/a\u003e, and the unfinished-block pieces sit with the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/wall-sculptures\"\u003ewall sculptures\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ctable class=\"spec_table\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHeight\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e80cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHand-Carved Natural Marble\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Giant Sculptures","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53815262052699,"sku":"MST-REL-011","price":7999.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/MST-REL-011_1.jpg?v=1787053633"},{"product_id":"cantering-horses-marble-relief-wall-art-80cm","title":"Cantering Horses Marble Relief Wall Art - 80cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo horses canter side by side across a plain unframed panel, near legs lifted together, manes carried back. The relief is high enough that both bodies stand clear of the ground and cast their own shadow.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eHorse Wall Art Cut Proud of a Plain Panel\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe figures are brought to a satin polish while the ground behind is left matte and sawn, so the horses separate from the field by finish as much as by depth. The stone is a warm grey-beige with a fine even grain and a closed surface that takes that polish cleanly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA small pair of horses works where a big herd would overwhelm: a hallway, a landing, a downstairs cloakroom, a child's room or a covered porch. The panel is plain, so it does not need architecture around it and sits happily on painted plaster. Hang it at standing eye level, where the raised shoulders catch the light from a doorway.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eSurface Contrast and How It Hangs\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eFive weeks. Two animals at a canter means eight legs to free without weakening the panel behind them, which is the whole job on a piece this size. The panel dimension is yours, and the greige stone can be supplied honed as standard or given a light polish. The pair are not separated. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops. Around 69kg, boxed, hung on two concealed plates.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore horses in stone are under \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/animal-art\"\u003eanimal wall art\u003c\/a\u003e, and the compact panels are in \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/3d-wall-art\"\u003e3D wall art\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ctable class=\"spec_table\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHeight\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e80cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHand-Carved Natural Marble\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Giant Sculptures","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53815262249307,"sku":"MST-REL-012","price":7999.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/MST-REL-012_1.jpg?v=1787053635"},{"product_id":"winged-rider-marble-relief-wall-art-180cm","title":"Winged Rider Marble Relief Wall Art - 180cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA winged rider drives a horse forward above banked cloud, the whole group contained within an oval field cut back into a stepped square border. The oval softens a square panel without needing a shaped edge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eHorse Wall Art Set Inside a Recessed Oval Field\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eRecessing the field does two things: it throws a shadow line around the composition, and it lets the rider be carved proud of the oval without projecting past the border. Distinct soft grey veining runs through both border and background, and the figures keep a satin polish against the matte field.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA square panel with a strong border suits a formal wall: an entrance hall, a library, a stair landing, a boardroom or a courtyard where the border can read against plain render. The recessed field throws its own shadow line, so the piece does not need a picture light, but it does need enough clear wall for the border to be seen as a border.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eBorder Options and Fixing a Square Panel\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeven weeks. The recess is cut first and the group carved up out of it afterwards, which is slower than working proud of a flat face but is what gives the composition its shadow edge. The panel size is yours to set, and the border can be assembled from matched slabs as standard or cut from one piece at extra cost. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops. Near 786kg, crated flat, and it is fixed on concealed plates into masonry with the load carried at the head of the panel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOther carved horses are in \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/animal-art\"\u003eanimal wall art\u003c\/a\u003e, and the bordered panels sit with the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/wall-sculptures\"\u003ewall sculptures\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ctable class=\"spec_table\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHeight\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e180cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHand-Carved Natural Marble\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Giant Sculptures","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53815262347611,"sku":"MST-REL-013","price":18249.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/MST-REL-013_1.jpg?v=1787053637"},{"product_id":"annunciation-arch-topped-marble-relief-wall-art-300cm","title":"Annunciation Arch-Topped Marble Relief Wall Art - 300cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eGabriel arrives from the left with a stem of lilies, and the Virgin kneels to receive him at the right. Putti crowd the cloud banks overhead. The panel is round-headed, so the composition rises into the arch instead of stopping at a straight rail.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eAngel Wall Art Under a Round-Headed Arch\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe carving is cut very deep. Arms, wings and lily stems stand fully clear of the ground, which is what gives the figures their shadow and lets them read from across a room. The stone is a cool white with a fine net of grey crazing running through the field, left matte so nothing competes with the modelling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThree metres of arched panel needs a wall with real headroom: a chapel end, a double-height entrance, a stair hall, a college chapel or a cloister. The arch is the point of the shape, so it wants clear wall above it rather than a ceiling cutting across the crown, and it reads best lit from one side so the undercut limbs throw a shadow.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWhat Three Metres of Marble Needs Behind It\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwelve weeks at this scale, and the deep undercutting is what sets the schedule: the lily stems and the wing tips stand fully clear of the ground and each has to be released without losing what supports it. The height is yours to set, and the head can be cut round as standard or squared off for a rectangular opening. The cloud bank of putti stays. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops. Three and a half tonnes travels in a purpose-built crate and the fixing is designed by your structural engineer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRelated devotional carving sits in \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/religious-statues\"\u003ereligious statues\u003c\/a\u003e, with the tallest panels under \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/marble-art\"\u003emarble wall art\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ctable class=\"spec_table\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHeight\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e300cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHand-Carved Natural Marble\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Giant Sculptures","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53815686824283,"sku":"MST-REL-016","price":32549.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/MST-REL-016_1.jpg?v=1787053640"},{"product_id":"venus-and-cupid-oval-marble-relief-wall-plaque-50cm","title":"Venus and Cupid Oval Marble Relief Wall Plaque - 50cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eVenus reclines across the width of the oval with a winged Cupid at her feet and a quiver set beside them. The field is wider than it is tall, so the figure lies along the plaque rather than filling it upright. A moulded rim closes the oval.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWall Sculpture Polished Against a Matte Ground\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo surfaces do the work here. The flesh is taken to a satin polish so it catches light, while the ground behind is left matte and softly clouded with grey, which pushes the figures forward without deep carving. The grain is fine and even throughout.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA plaque read at close range belongs in a room people stand still in: a hallway, a bedroom chimney breast, a dressing room, a study alcove or a cloakroom. It also works as one of a group of ovals and circles on a stair wall. It is too small to carry a large room on its own, so give it a confined wall rather than a broad one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eHanging a Small Oval Plaque\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eFour weeks, which is short only because the piece is small; the flesh modelling is taken to a satin polish by hand and that is most of the time. The oval width is yours, and the moulded rim can be kept, replaced with a plain bevel or cut as a beaded fillet. The figure group is not rearranged. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops. Seventeen kilograms, boxed rather than crated, and it hangs from a single concealed plate on any solid wall.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore figure carving is in \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/figure-art\"\u003efigure wall art\u003c\/a\u003e, and the compact pieces sit under \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/marble-art\"\u003emarble wall art\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ctable class=\"spec_table\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHeight\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e50cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHand-Carved Natural Marble\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Giant Sculptures","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53815686857051,"sku":"MST-REL-017","price":5299.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/MST-REL-017_1.jpg?v=1787053641"},{"product_id":"eight-horses-over-waves-cream-marble-relief-wall-art-200cm","title":"Eight Horses Over Waves Cream Marble Relief Wall Art - 200cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eEight horses come forward together over a field of stylised waves, manes and tails streaming behind them. The leading animals are carved so far off the ground that their front legs stand clear in the air, while the rank behind them is held progressively shallower. The wave field forms the foot of the same panel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eHorse Wall Art Carved Nearly Free of Its Back Plane\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrading the depth is the difficult part. The leading horses are worked almost to full round, the rank behind them is compressed into half that thickness, and the rearmost are little more than modelled shadow, yet all eight stay attached to one back plane and read as a single charge. The marble is a warm cream with clear grey veining and a fine crazing across the flanks, finished to a satin sheen that follows the muscle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA panel of this scale wants a wall with nothing else on it: a double-height hall, a stair landing, a formal reception room, a hotel lobby or a covered courtyard. It reads best from several metres back, where the leading horses lift away from the rank behind them, and it takes light raking from one side far better than a flat wash from the front.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eFixing a Two-Metre Marble Panel to the Wall\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eTen weeks. Eight animals off one plane means each horse has to be freed without cutting away the stone that holds the one behind it, and the order of cuts cannot be changed once it has started. The width is made to your wall and the wave field can run further out to either side. The count of horses is fixed by the composition. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops. It comes in near 1,079kg, crated flat, and at that weight it needs an engineered fixing into structural masonry rather than plugs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore animals are under \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/animal-art\"\u003eanimal wall art\u003c\/a\u003e, with the largest panels in \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/wall-sculptures\"\u003ewall sculptures\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ctable class=\"spec_table\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHeight\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e200cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHand-Carved Natural Marble\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Giant Sculptures","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53815686889819,"sku":"MST-REL-019","price":21999.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/MST-REL-019_1.jpg?v=1787053643"},{"product_id":"six-galloping-horses-marble-relief-wall-panel-180cm","title":"Six Galloping Horses Marble Relief Wall Panel - 180cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSix horses gallop across the panel in a single unbroken line, overlapping one another so the group reads as one movement rather than six animals. Shallow rails run along the top and bottom and close the composition without becoming a frame.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eHorse Wall Art Held Between Two Shallow Rails\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe relief is cut high, so the leading shoulders and heads come well proud of the field and throw a real shadow. Grey veining runs visibly through both rails and the background, which is a useful sign of the stone rather than a flaw. The surface is satin throughout.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA panel wider than it is tall wants a long wall: above a sideboard, along a corridor, over a fireplace run, across a stable elevation or on a garage gable outdoors. The six animals read as one movement from left to right, so it suits a wall walked along rather than one met head on, hung a little above standing eye level.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eFixing a Broad Panel to Masonry\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eEight weeks. Cutting high relief across a broad field is the slow part, because each shoulder and head comes well proud of the ground and the depth has to stay consistent along the whole run or the herd looks uneven. The width is made to your wall and the rails can be deepened into a moulding or dropped. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops. Around 786kg, crated flat, fixed on concealed plates spread across the head of the panel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFurther animals in stone are in \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/animal-art\"\u003eanimal wall art\u003c\/a\u003e, with the broad panels under \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/wall-sculptures\"\u003ewall sculptures\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ctable class=\"spec_table\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHeight\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e180cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHand-Carved Natural Marble\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Giant Sculptures","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53815686922587,"sku":"MST-REL-020","price":18249.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/MST-REL-020_1.jpg?v=1787053645"},{"product_id":"winged-figure-and-tablet-marble-relief-wall-art-180cm","title":"Winged Figure and Tablet Marble Relief Wall Art - 180cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA winged figure stands within a shallow architectural recess, gable overhead, holding a plain tablet raised above the shoulder. The aedicule rises from a moulded plinth cut from the same block, with a broad inscription band carved across its face.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eMemorial Plaque With a Figure Set Inside a Pedimented Aedicule\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe relief is moderate rather than deep, which is right for a piece meant to be read from a distance in the open air. The stone is a cool white and has taken a grey patina into its recesses, the settled tone that marble reaches outdoors and which many buyers specifically ask for.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA memorial plaque is read from the front and approached head-on, so it suits a churchyard wall, a memorial garden, a cloister, a chapel or a remembrance walk. It is carved on the front face only, so it wants solid masonry behind it rather than an open aspect, and clear space either side so the aedicule reads whole.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eChoosing the Wording and Fixing the Panel\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eEight weeks including the lettering. Both the tablet and the inscription band are cut to your own wording in a lettering style you choose, and either can be supplied blank for a local mason to letter later. The figure and the gable are carved as standard; the plinth mouldings can be simplified. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops. Around 786kg, crated upright, and the fixing is set out with you once the position has been agreed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore memorials are in \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/headstones-memorials\"\u003eheadstones and memorials\u003c\/a\u003e, with the stone in \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/marble-headstones\"\u003emarble headstones\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ctable class=\"spec_table\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHeight\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e180cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHand-Carved Natural Marble\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Giant Sculptures","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53815686988123,"sku":"MST-REL-021","price":18249.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/MST-REL-021_1.jpg?v=1787053647"},{"product_id":"reclining-nude-and-two-putti-marble-relief-panel-60cm","title":"Reclining Nude and Two Putti Marble Relief Panel - 60cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA woman reclines on drapery that spills over carved waves, one winged putto drawing a bow above her and a second beside her feet. A shell form closes the composition at the left edge. The panel is markedly wider than it is tall.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWall Sculpture with Drapery Freed from the Ground\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe undercutting is concentrated where it earns its keep: the fringe of the drapery and the trailing edges of the putti wings are cut right away from the field so they throw a line of shadow. Everywhere else the relief stays shallow. The grain is fine and even with no strong veining, finished matte to satin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis proportion sits well above a headboard, a long low chest, a bath surround or a run of built-in shelving. It also suits a cloakroom or a landing, where the panel is read close up rather than from across a room. The composition runs along the wall rather than up it, so allow clear plaster either side of the panel and do not tuck it into a corner.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWhere a Wide Marble Panel Hangs Best\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eFour weeks. The undercutting is concentrated where it earns its keep, on the drapery fringe and the trailing edges of the putti wings, and those are the cuts that decide whether the panel looks carved or pressed. The width is yours to set and the shell form at the edge can be left off for a plain margin. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops. About 29kg, boxed, and it hangs on two concealed plates.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOther reclining figures are in \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/figure-art\"\u003efigure wall art\u003c\/a\u003e, with the compact panels in \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/3d-wall-art\"\u003e3D wall art\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ctable class=\"spec_table\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHeight\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e60cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHand-Carved Natural Marble\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Giant Sculptures","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53815687053659,"sku":"MST-REL-023","price":5299.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/MST-REL-023_1.jpg?v=1787053649"},{"product_id":"hercules-and-hebe-circular-marble-relief-roundel-60cm","title":"Hercules and Hebe Circular Marble Relief Roundel - 60cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eHercules sits at the right with his club across his knee and the lion skin over the seat behind him. Hebe leans in from the left with a jug and a shallow bowl. Both figures are composed to follow the curve, so nothing is cropped by the rim.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWall Sculpture Composed to Fill a Circle\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eFitting two seated figures into a circle is a composition problem before it is a carving one, and the answer here is to let the limbs echo the rim. Faint grey veining runs through the rim and the background field. The undercutting is deep at the club and the jug, and the whole surface is polished to satin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA roundel wants a wall where it can be read as a circle on its own: a chimney breast, a stair half-landing, a garden wall panel or the end of a short corridor. Two roundels also work either side of a doorway. Keep rectangular frames away from it, since they make the circle look accidental rather than chosen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eGetting a Roundel Level on the Wall\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eFive weeks, and the composition takes as long as the carving: two seated figures have to be arranged so their limbs echo the rim rather than being cropped by it. You set the diameter, and the rim can be left plain as standard or given a beaded moulding. The club and the jug are cut deep and stay. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops. Around 29kg, boxed, hung from one central plate; a spirit level is worth the trouble on a circle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore classical figures sit in \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/figure-art\"\u003efigure wall art\u003c\/a\u003e, with the roundels under \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/marble-art\"\u003emarble wall art\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ctable class=\"spec_table\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHeight\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e60cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHand-Carved Natural Marble\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Giant Sculptures","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53815687086427,"sku":"MST-REL-024","price":5299.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/MST-REL-024_1.jpg?v=1787053650"},{"product_id":"woman-on-a-couch-classical-marble-relief-panel-80cm","title":"Woman on a Couch Classical Marble Relief Panel - 80cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA woman reclines on a couch in a curtained interior, and a nude child stands at the right beside a fluted pedestal. The drapery of the room is carved as part of the background, so the whole scene sits in one shallow space.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWall Sculpture Read Across Diagonal Grey Veining\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe relief is moderate and the interest is in the stone. Clear grey veining runs diagonally across the background field, cutting against the horizontal of the couch, and the matte finish lets that veining read rather than hiding it under polish. The figures are modelled softly to keep them separate from the marked ground.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA panel a little wider than tall suits a dining room, a study, a wide landing or the wall above a low bookcase. It is a quiet piece and it rewards a room where it is not competing with wallpaper or pattern, because the interest is in the veining of the stone as much as in the scene carved into it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWeight, Surface and the Fixing\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eFive weeks. The relief is moderate and deliberately so: the veining runs diagonally across the ground and cutting deeper would break it up, so the figures are modelled softly instead. Panel size is open, and the fluted pedestal can be exchanged for a plain plinth form. The couch and drapery stay. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops. Roughly 69kg, crated flat, and it fixes on two concealed plates.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRelated interiors are in \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/figure-art\"\u003efigure wall art\u003c\/a\u003e, and the veined panels sit with \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/marble-art\"\u003emarble wall art\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ctable class=\"spec_table\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHeight\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e80cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHand-Carved Natural Marble\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Giant Sculptures","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53815687119195,"sku":"MST-REL-025","price":7999.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/MST-REL-025_1.jpg?v=1787053652"},{"product_id":"bamboo-grove-and-rockery-marble-relief-wall-panel-100cm","title":"Bamboo Grove and Rockery Marble Relief Wall Panel - 100cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA stand of bamboo rises through broad-leaved plants across the width of the panel, and a band of rockery runs along the bottom edge. The grove is open rather than dense, so the ground shows between the stems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eFlower Wall Art Above a Chiselled Rockery Band\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe bamboo stems are cut right away from the field so each one casts its own line of shadow, while the rockery band at the foot is left roughly chiselled straight from the point. Grey veining and natural fissure markings run through the ground, honed matte.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA quiet horizontal panel suits a garden room, a courtyard wall, a spa or pool surround, a hallway or a tea room. Outdoors it belongs against planting that echoes the carving, where real bamboo behind it doubles the effect. Indoors it wants a plain wall, since the rockery band already supplies the texture the composition needs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eTwo Surfaces Left Deliberately Unmatched\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eFive weeks. Two surfaces are worked to different finishes on one slab, and the join between the honed field and the point-chiselled rockery has to look intended, which takes longer than either surface alone. The width is yours, and the rockery band can be honed flat to match the field. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops. Around 135kg, crated flat, and it hangs on concealed plates into masonry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eComparable planting motifs are in \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/abstract-art\"\u003eabstract art\u003c\/a\u003e, with the rest of the panels in \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/marble-art\"\u003emarble wall art\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ctable class=\"spec_table\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHeight\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e100cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHand-Carved Natural Marble\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Giant Sculptures","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53815771726171,"sku":"MST-REL-027","price":7999.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/MST-REL-027_1.jpg?v=1787053656"},{"product_id":"three-riders-in-a-landscape-marble-relief-panel-300cm","title":"Three Riders in a Landscape Marble Relief Panel - 300cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThree riders press forward on horseback, cloaks lifting behind them, set into a landscape that reads as one continuous scene rather than three separate figures. A stepped moulded border runs the whole way round and closes the composition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eHorse Wall Art Framed by a Stepped Moulding\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe border does real work on a panel this wide: each step catches light at a different angle and gives the eye an edge to stop at. The riders are cut proud of the landscape behind them while the ground stays shallow, which keeps the whole face readable from a distance. The marble is a cool white with faint veining, pale enough that the shadows in the carving do the work of describing the depth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThree metres of panel needs a long uninterrupted wall: a gallery, a stair hall, a hotel corridor, a boardroom or an external courtyard elevation. It also needs room to stand back from, because the riders are cut proud of a shallow landscape and the composition only resolves at a distance rather than close to.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eHandling and Fixing a Three Metre Panel\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwelve weeks. The stepped border does real work at this width, each step catching light at a different angle, and cutting it true along three metres is slower than the figures. The run is made to your wall and the border can be simplified to a single fillet. The three riders are not separated. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops. Three and a half tonnes ships in a bespoke crate with an engineered fixing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOther riders are in \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/animal-art\"\u003eanimal wall art\u003c\/a\u003e, and the largest panels are under \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/wall-sculptures\"\u003ewall sculptures\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ctable class=\"spec_table\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHeight\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e300cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHand-Carved Natural Marble\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Giant Sculptures","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53815771955547,"sku":"MST-REL-029","price":32549.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/MST-REL-029_1.jpg?v=1787053657"},{"product_id":"veiled-madonna-and-child-oval-marble-plaque-60cm","title":"Veiled Madonna and Child Oval Marble Plaque - 60cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA veiled Madonna bends over the sleeping Christ Child, both held inside a shaped oval cartouche. A carved ribbon bow sits at the top of the frame and gives the plaque its hanging point visually as well as structurally.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWall Sculpture with Its Mineral Inclusions Left In\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eScattered ochre and rust-brown mineral inclusions run through the field, along with visible hairline fissures. These are natural markings in the block rather than damage, and they are left exactly where they occur instead of being cut away, which is why no two of these plaques carry the same pattern. The surface runs matte to satin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA devotional plaque of this size suits a bedroom, a hallway niche, a private chapel, a landing or a nursery. It hangs well alone and needs no company on the wall. Keep it at seated or standing eye level rather than high up, because the ochre inclusions and the hairline fissures are half the interest and they only read close to.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA Shaped Cartouche and a Ribbon Bow\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eFour weeks. Most of that is the surface: the ochre and rust-brown inclusions are worked around rather than cut away, so the polishing has to follow whatever the block gives rather than a plan. That is also why no two of these carry the same pattern. You set the oval size, and the ribbon bow can be exchanged for a plain moulded crest. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops. About 29kg, boxed, hung from one concealed plate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOther devotional plaques are in \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/figure-art\"\u003efigure wall art\u003c\/a\u003e, with the compact pieces under \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/marble-art\"\u003emarble wall art\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ctable class=\"spec_table\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHeight\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e60cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHand-Carved Natural Marble\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Giant Sculptures","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53815772217691,"sku":"MST-REL-031","price":5299.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/MST-REL-031_1.jpg?v=1787053661"},{"product_id":"crowned-figure-at-an-organ-marble-relief-wall-art-180cm","title":"Crowned Figure at an Organ Marble Relief Wall Art - 180cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA rose-crowned female saint sits at an organ beneath a round-headed arch, angels making music to either side of her and two winged putti below. Blank banners run through the composition, and the whole stele stands on a moulded pedestal carved from the same block.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eMarble Wall Art With Attendant Angels Ranged Behind an Organ\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eEverything here is arranged to fill an arch, so the figures step up towards the crown of the composition rather than standing in a row. The surface is a warm cream ivory with a grey-brown patina settled into the recesses, and the bodies carry a distinctly waxy sheen where they have been worked smooth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA freestanding stele of this height belongs where it can be walked up to: a music room, a chapel, a college hall, a cloister walk or a private garden. It is carved and read from the front, so plant or panel behind it rather than siting it in the open where the back face is exposed to view.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eFixing an Arched Panel and Leaving the Banderoles Blank\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eEight weeks including the lettering. The banners and the pedestal face take whatever wording you settle on, cut in a lettering style of your choosing, and we leave both blank if that is not decided yet. The arched composition and the organ stay as carved; the pedestal mouldings can be plainer. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops. Around 786kg, crated upright, bedded onto a level prepared foundation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRelated devotional carving is gathered in \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/religious-statues\"\u003ereligious statues\u003c\/a\u003e, with the panels under \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/marble-art\"\u003emarble wall art\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ctable class=\"spec_table\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHeight\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e180cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHand-Carved Natural Marble\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Giant Sculptures","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53815772315995,"sku":"MST-REL-032","price":18249.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/MST-REL-032_1.jpg?v=1787053664"},{"product_id":"carp-and-coral-marble-fish-relief-wall-panel-120cm","title":"Carp and Coral Marble Fish Relief Wall Panel - 120cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA large carp turns with its mouth open across the middle of the panel, two companion fish behind it, and coral and seaweed gathered at the foot of the left side. A stepped frame runs round the whole field.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eFish Wall Art with Fins Standing Clear\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe fins are the difficult part and they are cut properly: each one is taken right away from the ground until it stands free, which is what stops a fish relief looking pressed into the stone. Grey veining runs through the ground and a rust-ochre mineral staining sits along the upper border, both natural to the block.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWater subjects suit the rooms that already have water in them: a pool house, a bathroom, a spa, a fountain wall or a terrace beside a pond. It also works in a kitchen or a fishmonger's shopfront. The carp turns across the panel, so give it width either side rather than tucking it into a return.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eRust Staining Along the Upper Border\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eSix weeks. The fins come last, after the body is finished, because once one is freed there is no working around it with a chisel. The order is fixed at the drawing stage and the quoted date runs from the day the blank is squared, not from the order. The panel width is yours, and the stepped frame can be dropped for a plain edge if it is going outdoors. The coral group stays. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops. About 233kg, crated flat, fixed on concealed plates.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOther creatures in stone are under \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/animal-art\"\u003eanimal wall art\u003c\/a\u003e, with the framed panels in \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/marble-art\"\u003emarble wall art\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ctable class=\"spec_table\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHeight\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e120cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHand-Carved Natural Marble\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Giant Sculptures","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53815772447067,"sku":"MST-REL-035","price":7999.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/MST-REL-035_1.jpg?v=1787053666"},{"product_id":"commander-and-scholar-classical-marble-relief-150cm","title":"Commander and Scholar Classical Marble Relief - 150cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA helmeted commander stands with soldiers behind him, gesturing towards a seated bearded scholar who holds an open scroll. The scene sits in a recessed field, and a carved anthemion and palmette border runs round the outside of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWall Sculpture Bordered in Anthemion and Palmette\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe border is where the carving shows itself. Each palmette is undercut and the arrises between them are left crisp rather than softened, which takes a steady hand and is the first thing to go in a rushed piece. The marble is a cool white with subtle grey tonal shading, honed matte.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA narrative panel of this proportion suits a library, a study, a college or civic interior, a stair landing or a formal drawing room. It rewards a wall where the story can be read without crowding, and it wants a room people linger in rather than a corridor they pass along.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA Recessed Field and How It Hangs\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeven weeks, and the border sets the pace rather than the figures. Every palmette is undercut and the arris between them left crisp, which is the first thing to go in a rushed piece and the reason the schedule is what it is. Panel proportion is yours, and the anthemion border can be exchanged for a plain stepped moulding. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops. Roughly 455kg, crated flat, on concealed plates.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore narrative carving sits in \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/figure-art\"\u003efigure wall art\u003c\/a\u003e, with the bordered panels under \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/wall-sculptures\"\u003ewall sculptures\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ctable class=\"spec_table\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHeight\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e150cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHand-Carved Natural Marble\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Giant Sculptures","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53815772610907,"sku":"MST-REL-036","price":14199.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/MST-REL-036_1.jpg?v=1787053667"},{"product_id":"adam-and-eve-in-eden-marble-relief-wall-panel-120cm","title":"Adam and Eve in Eden Marble Relief Wall Panel - 120cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdam and Eve stand either side of the tree exchanging the fruit, the serpent coiled through the branches with a figure among them. A canopy of fruit spreads overhead, and doves, distant mountains and grazing sheep fill the ground behind. A broad flat frame encloses the whole scene.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWall Sculpture with Veining Carried Through the Frame\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne detail tells you this was cut from a single block rather than assembled: the distinct grey veining runs diagonally through the frame and carries on without a break into the background field. The figures are taken to a satin polish and set against a matte ground, so they lift without needing extra depth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA broad narrative panel of this width suits a dining room, a hall, a chapel, a conservatory or a sheltered garden wall. There is a great deal to look at, so it belongs in a room where people sit rather than one they pass through, and it wants enough clear wall for the flat frame to read as a frame.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003ePolished Figures Against a Matte Ground\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eSix weeks. One detail decides whether a panel like this was cut from a single block or assembled, and it is the veining: here it runs diagonally through the frame and carries on unbroken into the field behind the figures. The width is yours, and the flat frame can be narrowed to bring more of Eden forward. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops. About 233kg, crated flat, on concealed plates.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFurther scenes are in \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/figure-art\"\u003efigure wall art\u003c\/a\u003e, with the broad panels under \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/3d-wall-art\"\u003e3D wall art\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ctable class=\"spec_table\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHeight\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e120cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHand-Carved Natural Marble\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Giant Sculptures","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53815772709211,"sku":"MST-REL-038","price":7999.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/MST-REL-038_1.jpg?v=1787053669"},{"product_id":"rider-on-a-rearing-horse-marble-relief-panel-150cm","title":"Rider on a Rearing Horse Marble Relief Panel - 150cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA cloaked rider reins back a rearing horse on a mountain track, arm raised towards the pass ahead. The composition is taken from a well-known neoclassical painting of the subject. An architectural frame surrounds it, with a scrolled crest above and rosette blocks at the corners.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eHorse Wall Art Inside an Architectural Frame\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe relief is kept low to mid depth, which is the right decision for a framed picture-panel: too much projection and the horse would fight the frame around it. The frame mouldings are cut crisply by contrast. The marble is matte with a fine even grain and faint hairline fissures visible through the upper field.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA framed picture-panel of this kind belongs where a painting would go: over a fireplace, in a stair hall, a study, a dining room or a panelled corridor. The scrolled crest wants a little headroom above it, so do not tuck it under a cornice or a low ceiling line.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eRosette Blocks, Scrollwork and the Fixing\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeven weeks. The relief is kept low to mid depth on purpose, because a rearing horse cut any prouder would fight the frame around it, and getting that judgement right takes longer than cutting deep. Proportion is yours, and the crest and rosette blocks can be dropped for a plain architrave. The same composition is also carved as the Cloaked Rider on a Rearing Horse Marble Relief, listed separately at its own proportions, so compare the two before ordering. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops. Around 455kg, crated flat, fixed back on concealed plates.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOther riders are in \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/animal-art\"\u003eanimal wall art\u003c\/a\u003e, and the framed panels sit with \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/wall-sculptures\"\u003ewall sculptures\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ctable class=\"spec_table\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHeight\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e150cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHand-Carved Natural Marble\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Giant Sculptures","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53815772873051,"sku":"MST-REL-039","price":14199.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/MST-REL-039_1.jpg?v=1787053671"},{"product_id":"chinese-dragon-head-and-cloud-scrolls-marble-relief-150cm","title":"Chinese Dragon Head and Cloud Scrolls Marble Relief - 150cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA dragon head turns out of a bank of stylised cloud scrolls, jaw open, mane lifting behind it. There is no frame: the carving sits on a plain rectangular slab and the scrolls run off the edges, so the composition reads as a fragment cut from a longer scheme.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eDragon Wall Art on a Plain Unframed Slab\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhiskers and mane are the test of a dragon relief, and here they are cut free of the ground entirely rather than left attached along their length. Grey veining and a cloud-like grey mottling run through both the flat field and the carved scales, which ties the beast to its background.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn unframed slab suits a wall that wants no more architecture on it: a restaurant, a martial arts hall, a courtyard, a stair landing or a covered walkway. Hang it a little above eye level so the open jaw reads, and give it plain plaster or render rather than panelling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eCloud Mottling That Runs Through the Carving\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeven weeks. Most of that goes on the head, which is cut before the body so a slip there does not waste an already finished panel. Nothing downstream can start until the head is signed off, so it is the one stage that cannot be run alongside another. Width is yours to set, and the slab can stay plain or take a shallow rebated edge. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops. Weight is around 455kg, it travels crated flat, and it wants concealed plates into solid masonry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore creatures are under \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/animal-art\"\u003eanimal wall art\u003c\/a\u003e, with the unframed slabs in \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/3d-wall-art\"\u003e3D wall art\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ctable class=\"spec_table\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHeight\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e150cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHand-Carved Natural Marble\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Giant Sculptures","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53815861117275,"sku":"MST-REL-040","price":14199.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/MST-REL-040_1.jpg?v=1787053673"},{"product_id":"reclining-mermaid-framed-cream-marble-relief-panel-80cm","title":"Reclining Mermaid Framed Cream Marble Relief Panel - 80cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA mermaid rests on one hand across the width of the panel, her tail curling round and up to a fluke that lifts clear at the end. The field is recessed inside its frame, and a small incised flower motif sits in the upper corner.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eMermaid Wall Art with a Tail Curled to a Fluke\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo textures are set against each other: the flesh is polished to a satin sheen while every scale on the tail is cut and left crisp, so the eye reads the change of surface as a change of substance. Grey-brown veining threads through the frame and carries on across the ground behind her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWater subjects belong near water, so this suits a bathroom, a pool house, a spa, a cloakroom or a sheltered terrace beside a pond. The recessed field holds its shadows even in steam, which is more than a flat panel manages, and the frame keeps it legible against tile or render.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eVeining Threaded Through Frame and Ground Alike\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eFour weeks. Polishing is the last stage and cannot begin until every crisp cut has been made, so the two finishes are worked in sequence and never in parallel. That single dependency is what sets the four weeks rather than the size of the panel. Panel size is yours, and the incised flower motif can be moved or left out. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops. Around 69kg, boxed, on two concealed plates.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOther figures are in \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/figure-art\"\u003efigure wall art\u003c\/a\u003e, with the framed panels under \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/marble-art\"\u003emarble wall art\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ctable class=\"spec_table\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHeight\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e80cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHand-Carved Natural Marble\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Giant Sculptures","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53815861248347,"sku":"MST-REL-041","price":7999.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/MST-REL-041_1.jpg?v=1787053674"},{"product_id":"art-deco-figure-two-tone-marble-relief-wall-art-180cm","title":"Art Deco Figure Two-Tone Marble Relief Wall Art - 180cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA stylised female figure stands in layered planar relief, hair flowing back in flat ribbons. The figure and the light passages are cut in white marble; the grounds behind them are inlaid in a darker grey marble. A ledge projects along the foot of the piece.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWall Sculpture Inlaid in Two Marbles\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is inlay work rather than pure carving. Two marbles are cut to meet along clean lines, and the joints have to be exact because there is no moulding to hide them. The white carries a fine grey veining of Carrara character while the ground panels are a distinctly darker grey, and the contrast is the whole design.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlanar Art Deco work suits interiors that already have straight lines in them: a lobby, a cocktail bar, a cinema room, a lift landing or a panelled hall. It reads best on a plain wall that lets the two tones do the talking, and it wants even light rather than a spot.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA Projecting Ledge Carried by the Same Block\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eEight weeks, and it is inlay rather than pure carving. Each piece is cut, offered up and adjusted in turn, so the schedule follows the number of pieces and not the size of the panel. A piece that will not seat is remade rather than forced, and the allowance for that is in the eight weeks. Proportion is yours, the grey grounds can be specified darker or lighter, and the ledge can be dropped. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops. Roughly 786kg, crated upright, on a structural fixing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eComparable figures are in \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/figure-art\"\u003efigure wall art\u003c\/a\u003e, with the panel work under \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/3d-wall-art\"\u003e3D wall art\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ctable class=\"spec_table\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHeight\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e180cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHand-Carved Natural Marble\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Giant Sculptures","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53815861543259,"sku":"MST-REL-042","price":18249.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/MST-REL-042_1.jpg?v=1787053676"},{"product_id":"rose-lily-and-peony-bouquet-marble-relief-panel-120cm","title":"Rose Lily and Peony Bouquet Marble Relief Panel - 120cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA gathered bouquet fills the portrait slab: a rose, several lilies, a peony and a chrysanthemum, with buds and foliage filling out behind them. A ledge projects along the bottom, carved from the same block rather than added.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eFlower Wall Art with Petals Undercut Away\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eFlowers live or die on their edges. Each petal here is undercut until it stands away from the one behind, which is what stops a floral relief flattening into pattern. Fine grey veining of Carrara character threads through the ground and continues into the ledge, confirming one block throughout.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA tall floral panel suits a dining room, a hallway, a bedroom, a florist's interior or a sheltered garden wall. The projecting foot lets it sit on a console or a plinth rather than going onto plates, which helps in a room where the plaster must stay untouched, and it takes side light well.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA Ledge That Reads as Part of the Slab\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eSix weeks. Flowers live or die on their edges, so each petal is undercut until it stands away from the one behind it; that is the whole schedule and it is what stops a floral relief flattening into pattern. Slab size is yours, and individual flowers can be exchanged for others. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops. About 233kg, crated flat, and it either hangs on plates or stands on its own ledge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFurther botanical carving sits in \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/abstract-art\"\u003eabstract art\u003c\/a\u003e, and the ledged panels are gathered under \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/marble-art\"\u003emarble wall art\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ctable class=\"spec_table\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHeight\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e120cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHand-Carved Natural Marble\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Giant Sculptures","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53815861838171,"sku":"MST-REL-043","price":7999.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/MST-REL-043_1.jpg?v=1787053677"},{"product_id":"medusa-head-with-snake-hair-marble-relief-slab-150cm","title":"Medusa Head with Snake Hair Marble Relief Slab - 150cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Medusa head fills a plain square slab, snakes writhing out of the scalp and away from the skull on every side. There is no frame and no border: the head is the whole composition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWall Sculpture with Snakes Freed from the Face\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe snakes are undercut so each one clears the face and the slab behind it, which is the only way the head reads as alive rather than as pattern. Distinct grey veining threads through the flat field and continues straight across the carved face and the snakes themselves, so the whole thing is plainly one block.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA single head on a square slab is a strong piece and it wants room around it: a gallery wall, a stair half-landing, a gym, a courtyard or the end wall of a corridor. Side lighting does it a great deal of good, and crowding it with other frames throws the composition away.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eVeining Carried Across Field and Face\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeven weeks. The undercutting is worked from the outside in and each snake has to be finished before the next is begun, so their count sets the schedule. None of it can be shared out between carvers, because the reach behind one snake depends on where the last one ended. The square dimension is yours and the slab edge can be chamfered back. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops. Around 455kg, crated flat, on concealed plates bedded into masonry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore heads and figures are in \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/figure-art\"\u003efigure wall art\u003c\/a\u003e, with the plain slabs under \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/3d-wall-art\"\u003e3D wall art\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ctable class=\"spec_table\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHeight\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e150cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHand-Carved Natural Marble\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Giant Sculptures","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53815861969243,"sku":"MST-REL-044","price":14199.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/MST-REL-044_1.jpg?v=1787053679"},{"product_id":"banquet-and-procession-two-register-marble-frieze-100cm","title":"Banquet and Procession Two-Register Marble Frieze - 100cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe frieze is read in two storeys. Above, semi-nude figures recline at a banquet on couches. Below, nine draped figures walk in procession with a lyre, columns, a theatrical mask and a globe among them. A plain frame holds both registers together.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWall Sculpture Divided Into Two Registers\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eA divider band separates the registers and does all the compositional work, letting the two scenes stay independent without drifting apart. The drapery arrises are cut crisply throughout at a moderate relief depth. Faint ochre and grey staining sits along the divider and through the field beneath it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo-register work rewards a wall you pass slowly: a library, a museum room, a college corridor, a dining hall or a long landing. It is a piece to read rather than to glance at, so it belongs at standing eye level where both storeys are comfortable to follow.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eCrisp Drapery Arrises Across a Wide Field\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eSix weeks. The divider band does the compositional work, letting the banquet above and the procession below stay independent without drifting apart, and cutting it true across the width is what takes the time. The run is yours, and the two registers can be supplied as one panel or split into a pair. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops. Roughly 135kg, crated flat, hung on concealed plates.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore processions are in \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/figure-art\"\u003efigure wall art\u003c\/a\u003e, with the friezes under \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/marble-art\"\u003emarble wall art\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ctable class=\"spec_table\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHeight\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e100cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHand-Carved Natural Marble\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Giant Sculptures","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53815862198619,"sku":"MST-REL-045","price":7999.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/MST-REL-045_1.jpg?v=1787053681"},{"product_id":"dragon-head-close-cropped-marble-relief-panel-120cm","title":"Dragon Head Close-Cropped Marble Relief Panel - 120cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe dragon here is cropped close, head turning down and to the left with cloud scrolls gathered around it. Nothing is shown of the body. The framing is deliberately tight, so the head presses against the edges of the slab.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eDragon Wall Art Cropped Tight to the Jaw\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eCropping this close puts all the weight on the head, which means the horns, whiskers and mane have to carry the piece on their own. They are cut deep and freed from the slab so the shadows behind them give the head its bulk. Grey veining runs through the field and across the scales, finished satin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA tight crop suits a confined wall where a full dragon would be lost: an alcove, a narrow chimney breast, a doorway head, a bar back or a sheltered courtyard recess. It also works as one of a pair either side of an opening, facing inwards towards each other.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eHorns and Mane Cut Deep Into the Slab\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eSix weeks. Cropping this close puts the whole piece on the head, so the horns, whiskers and mane have to carry it alone and they are cut deep and freed from the slab to give the head its bulk in shadow. Width is yours, and the crop can be opened out to show more of the body. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops. About 233kg, crated flat for transit, fixed on concealed plates.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOther beasts are under \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/animal-art\"\u003eanimal wall art\u003c\/a\u003e, with the cropped panels in \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/3d-wall-art\"\u003e3D wall art\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ctable class=\"spec_table\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHeight\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e120cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHand-Carved Natural Marble\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Giant Sculptures","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53815862460763,"sku":"MST-REL-046","price":7999.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/MST-REL-046_1.jpg?v=1787053682"},{"product_id":"hare-among-blackberries-framed-marble-relief-80cm","title":"Hare Among Blackberries Framed Marble Relief - 80cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA hare crouches low among foliage, with blackberries and flowers worked around and above it. The panel is square and framed, and the animal sits slightly off centre so the planting has room to fill the rest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eHare Wall Art with Fur Incised Rather Than Modelled\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe fur is not modelled in depth. It is incised, line by line, along with the whiskers, and that decision is what gives the coat its direction and softness at this size. The stone is a warm off-white with faint hairline fissures in the upper field and no brown veining anywhere, left matte.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA small animal panel suits a kitchen, a garden room, a boot room, a child's room or a sheltered porch. It is a companionable piece and it works at seated eye level rather than high on a wall, where the incised fur and the whiskers stop being legible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA Warm Off-White With No Brown Veining\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eFour weeks. The incising is one continuous pass that cannot be broken off part way, so it is booked as a single uninterrupted stretch of bench time. That is why the four weeks holds whether the panel is at the small or the full end of the range. The square dimension is yours, and the blackberry sprays can be thinned or extended round the frame. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops. Around 69kg, boxed, on a pair of concealed plates.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore wildlife is in \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/animal-art\"\u003eanimal wall art\u003c\/a\u003e, with the framed panels under \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/marble-art\"\u003emarble wall art\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ctable class=\"spec_table\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHeight\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e80cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHand-Carved Natural Marble\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Giant Sculptures","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53815862591835,"sku":"MST-REL-047","price":7999.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/MST-REL-047_1.jpg?v=1787053685"},{"product_id":"mounted-warrior-and-walled-town-marble-relief-150cm","title":"Mounted Warrior and Walled Town Marble Relief - 150cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA warrior rides at a walk with a spear held upright, long hair streaming behind him. Cloud scrolls gather overhead and a walled town with tiered towers sits away in the distance at the far corner. A plain frame encloses the scene.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWall Sculpture with Charcoal Veining Through Horse and Rider\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003ePronounced dark grey and charcoal veining networks run across the field and continue straight through the carved horse, the rider and the cloud scrolls. On a panel like this that is an asset: the veining reads as weather and distance rather than as marking. The town is kept in low relief so it stays back.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA narrative rider panel suits a stair hall, a study, a club room, a martial arts hall or a sheltered loggia. Give it a wall where the eye can travel from the rider across to the distant town, which means clear plaster on the right hand side rather than a return or a door reveal cutting the composition short.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA Distant Walled Town Held in Low Relief\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeven weeks. Pronounced charcoal veining runs across the field and straight through the carved horse, the rider and the cloud scrolls, and the carving has to be planned around it so the veining reads as weather and distance instead of as marking. Proportion is yours; the distant town can be brought forward or held further back. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops. Roughly 455kg, crated flat, on concealed plates.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore riders are in \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/figure-art\"\u003efigure wall art\u003c\/a\u003e, with the narrative panels under \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/wall-sculptures\"\u003ewall sculptures\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ctable class=\"spec_table\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHeight\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e150cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHand-Carved Natural Marble\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Giant Sculptures","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53815863050587,"sku":"MST-REL-048","price":14199.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/MST-REL-048_1.jpg?v=1787053686"},{"product_id":"single-stylised-bloom-marble-relief-wall-slab-180cm","title":"Single Stylised Bloom Marble Relief Wall Slab - 180cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA single stylised flower opens across the whole slab, petals radiating out to the edges with leaves pushing between them and a beaded boss at the centre. There is no frame and no second motif. The bloom is the entire design.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eFlower Wall Art Given the Whole Square\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eGiving one flower this much room means every petal has to hold up on its own, so each is cut to a different depth and set at a slightly different angle to catch light separately. Distinct grey and faint ochre veining runs continuously through the ground, the petals and the leaves alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA single large motif answers a wall that needs one strong object: a double-height hall, a spa, a hotel lift lobby, a courtyard or the space above a long low bench. Leave plenty of clear wall around it, because the composition runs out to the slab edges and a crowded setting kills it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eVeining Continuous Through Ground and Petal\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eEight weeks. The petals are cut from the outermost inwards, and the innermost cannot be reached once the outer ones are free, so the whole order of work is fixed before a chisel is lifted. There is no going back to add depth to a petal already passed. The square is yours to set, and the beaded centre boss can be left plain. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops. Weight is near 786kg, it travels crated flat, and it beds onto concealed plates.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eComparable motifs are in \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/abstract-art\"\u003eabstract art\u003c\/a\u003e, with the large slabs under \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/wall-sculptures\"\u003ewall sculptures\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ctable class=\"spec_table\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHeight\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e180cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHand-Carved Natural Marble\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Giant Sculptures","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53815935730011,"sku":"MST-REL-050","price":18249.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/MST-REL-050_1.jpg?v=1787053690"},{"product_id":"confronting-birds-and-palmette-marble-relief-200cm","title":"Confronting Birds and Palmette Marble Relief - 200cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo long-necked birds face each other with wings spread, set beneath a palmette at the crown of the panel. 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Both halves are worked together rather than one after the other, because matching them afterwards is not possible, and that doubles the bench time at every stage. It also means the piece is carved by one pair of hands from start to finish. The panel is yours to size, and the moulded frame can be exchanged for a plain flat margin. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops. It comes in near 1,079kg, crated flat, and needs a structural fixing rather than plugs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOther birds are under \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/animal-art\"\u003eanimal wall art\u003c\/a\u003e, with the ornamental panels in \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/marble-art\"\u003emarble wall art\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ctable class=\"spec_table\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHeight\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e200cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHand-Carved Natural Marble\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Giant Sculptures","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53815935795547,"sku":"MST-REL-051","price":21999.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/MST-REL-051_1.jpg?v=1787053692"},{"product_id":"profile-head-and-flowing-hair-marble-relief-150cm","title":"Profile Head and Flowing Hair Marble Relief - 150cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA woman's head turns in profile at one side, and her hair sweeps out to fill almost the entire square, streaming into ribbons. 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The hair is the piece: it is cut as separate ribbons standing off the slab with air behind them, and freeing that mass without snapping a ribbon is the slow and risky part. The square is yours, and the putto and flowers can be dropped if you would rather the hair ran to the corner. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops. About 455kg, crated flat, on concealed plates into masonry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOther carved heads sit in \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/figure-art\"\u003efigure wall art\u003c\/a\u003e, and the unframed slabs are under \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/3d-wall-art\"\u003e3D wall art\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ctable class=\"spec_table\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHeight\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e150cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHand-Carved Natural Marble\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Giant Sculptures","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53815935926619,"sku":"MST-REL-052","price":14199.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/MST-REL-052_1.jpg?v=1787053693"},{"product_id":"sleeping-angel-with-halo-marble-relief-slab-150cm","title":"Sleeping Angel with Halo Marble Relief Slab - 150cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn angel sleeps with both hands folded up against the cheek and a halo behind the head. Three separate masses of wing rise behind and around the figure, with flowers and scrolling ribbons worked through them. The slab is square with a bevelled edge rather than a moulded frame.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eAngel Wall Art with Three Wing Masses Stacked\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eStacking three wing masses is how the depth is achieved: each one is undercut behind the one in front, so the shadows layer instead of flattening into a single plane. Faint grey veining shows through the drapery and the arms, and the wings and flowers are cut deepest of all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA sleeping figure suits a quiet room and a position closer to seated eye level: a bedroom, a nursery, a chapel of rest, a hospice room or a sheltered memorial garden wall. It is not a piece for a busy hall, and it wants soft light rather than a spot raking across the wings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA Bevelled Edge Instead of a Frame\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeven weeks. The wing masses are cut front to back and each is signed off before the next is begun, so the schedule cannot be compressed by putting a second carver on it. The final mass is the one at most risk, and it is left until the stone around it is stable. The square is yours, and the bevelled edge can be squared off or given a moulding. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops. Near 455kg, crated flat, and it wants concealed plates well bedded in.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRelated devotional carving is in \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/religious-statues\"\u003ereligious statues\u003c\/a\u003e, with the panels under \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/marble-art\"\u003emarble wall art\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ctable class=\"spec_table\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHeight\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e150cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHand-Carved Natural Marble\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Giant Sculptures","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53815935959387,"sku":"MST-REL-053","price":14199.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/MST-REL-053_1.jpg?v=1787053695"},{"product_id":"poppy-blooms-and-lobed-leaves-marble-relief-80cm","title":"Poppy Blooms and Lobed Leaves Marble Relief - 80cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePoppy-like blooms open across the slab with beaded centres, one bud still closed, and lobed leaves spreading between them. Rather than a moulded frame there is a single incised line running round the field, a hand's width in from the edge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eFlower Wall Art Bounded by an Incised Line\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn incised border is a restrained decision and it suits this stone. The cream buff runs uniform through the lit and shadowed passages alike, with fine hairline fissures crossing the field, and a heavy moulding would only have fought that evenness. The blooms carry the relief.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA modest square panel works where a large piece cannot go: a hallway, a small bathroom, a kitchen return, a garden porch or the wall between two windows. Group two or three of them for a longer run, since one alone can look lost on a broad expanse of plaster.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA Warm Buff That Holds Under Shadow\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eFour weeks. It is small enough for one carver to take from blank to finished panel, which makes it the quickest piece in the range and the least affected by workshop load. If you want several, they are cut as a batch and quoted on one date. The square is yours, and the incised line can run closer to the edge or be left off. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops. Roughly 69kg, boxed for transit, on a pair of concealed plates.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eComparable motifs are in \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/abstract-art\"\u003eabstract art\u003c\/a\u003e, with the compact panels in \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/3d-wall-art\"\u003e3D wall art\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ctable class=\"spec_table\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHeight\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e80cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHand-Carved Natural Marble\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Giant Sculptures","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53815936024923,"sku":"MST-REL-054","price":7999.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/MST-REL-054_1.jpg?v=1787053697"},{"product_id":"open-blooms-and-veined-leaves-marble-relief-150cm","title":"Open Blooms and Veined Leaves Marble Relief - 150cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLarge blooms open right across the slab, beaded at their centres, with one closed bud among them and broad leaves spreading beneath. The leaves are as much the subject as the flowers. The slab edge is bevelled back rather than framed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eFlower Wall Art with Leaf Veins Cut as Deep as Petals\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eMost floral reliefs treat leaves as filler. Here the veins are cut to the same depth as the petal edges, which gives the foliage its own structure and stops the composition collapsing into flowers on a flat ground. Pronounced gold-ochre veining runs across the field and continues into the bevelled edge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWarm cream stone suits rooms with timber and warm light in them: a farmhouse kitchen, a snug, a garden room, a spa or a sheltered south-facing terrace wall. Against cool grey plaster the warmth of the stone reads as dirt rather than as colour, so favour lime, timber or brick behind it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eGold-Ochre Veining Carried Into the Bevel\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeven weeks. The foliage is cut before the flowers so the flowers can be set against a finished ground, and reversing that order is what leaves a rushed panel looking flat. The ground is therefore the first thing committed and the hardest to revise later. The square is yours, and the bevel can run deeper or become a plain arris. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops. Around 455kg, crated flat, on concealed plates into solid backing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOther botanical work is in \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/abstract-art\"\u003eabstract art\u003c\/a\u003e, with the bevelled slabs under \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/marble-art\"\u003emarble wall art\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ctable class=\"spec_table\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHeight\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e150cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHand-Carved Natural Marble\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Giant Sculptures","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53815937106267,"sku":"MST-REL-055","price":14199.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/MST-REL-055_1.jpg?v=1787053698"},{"product_id":"plum-blossom-and-bamboo-fret-bordered-relief-150cm","title":"Plum Blossom and Bamboo Fret-Bordered Relief - 150cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlum blossom and bamboo share the portrait panel, the blossom breaking across the bamboo stems rather than sitting beside them. A Chinese fret border runs the full perimeter and closes the composition with a hard geometric edge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eFlower Wall Art Inside a Chinese Fret Border\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eA fret border has nowhere to hide: every return has to be cut square and every interval kept identical, and the eye finds any drift instantly. Soft grey veining runs through the field and continues into the fret itself. The leaves and blossoms are undercut crisply against it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlum and bamboo are a traditional pairing and suit a tea room, a study, a restaurant, a hallway or a courtyard wall. The fret border sits well against panelling or plain render, and it wants a wall square enough to let the geometry read rather than a narrow pier that crops it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eTwo Plants That Belong Together\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeven weeks. The border is set out and cut first, because the blossom has to be composed to fit it rather than the other way round. Setting out that geometry takes a full week before any stone comes off, and it is where the schedule is won or lost. Proportion is yours, and the fret can be widened, narrowed or replaced by a flat margin. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops. About 455kg, crated flat, on concealed plates.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore planting motifs are in \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/abstract-art\"\u003eabstract art\u003c\/a\u003e, with the bordered panels under \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/marble-art\"\u003emarble wall art\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ctable class=\"spec_table\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHeight\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e150cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHand-Carved Natural Marble\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Giant Sculptures","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53815937204571,"sku":"MST-REL-056","price":14199.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/MST-REL-056_1.jpg?v=1787053700"},{"product_id":"ascending-angel-and-cloud-scrolls-marble-relief-200cm","title":"Ascending Angel and Cloud Scrolls Marble Relief - 200cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn angel rises with both arms thrown open and wings lifted, carried up through banks of stylised cloud scroll. The slab is plain and square, so nothing frames the ascent and the figure appears to leave the panel at the top.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eAngel Wall Art Rising Out of Banked Cloud\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eComposing an ascent on a square is awkward, and the answer here is to bank the cloud scrolls heavily at the foot so the figure has something to leave behind. The stone is a warm ivory carrying patchy brown-ochre staining and fine hairline fissures, which is the character of the block rather than a fault in it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn ascending figure asks for height above it: a chapel, a stairwell, a double-height entrance, a crematorium chapel or a tall garden wall. Hung tight under a ceiling the movement stops dead, so leave clear wall above the raised arms rather than filling the space with cornice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eBrown-Ochre Staining Left as It Settled\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eNine weeks. The scrolls at the foot are roughed out first to establish the mass, then the figure is cut down to meet them, and that sequence cannot be reversed. The raised arms are freed last of all, when there is no longer any stone that needs supporting. The square is yours, and the scrolls can be banked deeper for a high position. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops. It weighs near 1,079kg, ships crated flat, and needs an engineered fixing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRelated devotional figures are in \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/religious-statues\"\u003ereligious statues\u003c\/a\u003e, with the tall panels under \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/wall-sculptures\"\u003ewall sculptures\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ctable class=\"spec_table\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHeight\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e200cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHand-Carved Natural Marble\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Giant Sculptures","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53815937270107,"sku":"MST-REL-057","price":21999.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/MST-REL-057_1.jpg?v=1787053702"},{"product_id":"mermaid-in-a-scallop-shell-marble-relief-wall-art-120cm","title":"Mermaid in a Scallop Shell Marble Relief Wall Art - 120cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA mermaid sits back into a fluted scallop shell, her hair falling across the flutes and her tail curling forward over carved wave scrolls. The shell is the ground she is cut against, worked as a single scalloped panel, and a shallow sill runs the full width beneath the waves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eMermaid Wall Art Cut Against a Fluted Shell Ground\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe flutes are the difficult part. Each one is cut to an even taper and has to keep its line where the hair crosses it, because a flute that wanders is obvious on a surface this plain. The figure is then raised off that ground far enough to throw a shadow while staying attached along the back. The marble is a warm cream with fine grey veining and a soft honed finish that suits water.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA shell panel belongs where water is already part of the garden: a pool surround, a courtyard wall, a terrace, a walled garden or a loggia. It also hangs perfectly well dry in a bathroom or a garden room. Give it a solid wall rather than a light partition, and keep planting clear of the shell so the flutes still read.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003ePlumbing the Panel or Hanging It Dry\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeven weeks. The shell is cut first and the figure raised from it afterwards, so the ground is committed before the mermaid is started and cannot be deepened later. The width is yours, and the panel can be supplied with a spout drilled beneath the sill for a wall fountain or left solid to hang dry. A pool or basin is not included; it is built into your own hard landscaping. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops. Around 233kg, crated flat, and it wants a mechanical fixing into masonry rather than plugs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore figures are in \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/figure-art\"\u003efigure wall art\u003c\/a\u003e, with the panel work under \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/wall-sculptures\"\u003ewall sculptures\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ctable class=\"spec_table\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHeight\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e120cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHand-Carved Natural Marble\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Giant Sculptures","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53815937335643,"sku":"MST-REL-058","price":7999.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/MST-REL-058_1.jpg?v=1787053703"},{"product_id":"baroque-allegory-and-royal-bust-marble-relief-250cm","title":"Baroque Allegory and Royal Bust Marble Relief - 250cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA laurel-crowned Apollo stands with his quiver on a slain serpent, drawing a drape back from a periwigged royal portrait bust raised on a pedestal. A seated female personification holds a sceptre and a shield charged with lilies. A moulded frame encloses the group.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWall Sculpture with a Drape Tying the Allegory Together\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eBaroque allegory needs the figures to be doing something to each other, and the drape is the device that ties this one together: it links Apollo's raised arm to the bust and gives the whole panel its diagonal. The stone is a warm ivory buff with grey-brown veining, and a coherent hairline crack runs through the field.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA panel of this scale and subject belongs somewhere formal and tall: a grand staircase, a gallery, an orangery, a livery hall or a state dining room. It needs real distance to be read, so a corridor will not do however long it is; the composition only resolves from several metres back.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA Coherent Hairline Crack and What It Means\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eTen weeks. Every figure is blocked out before any one of them is finished, because their relationship has to be right before detail is committed anywhere. That blocking-out stage takes the first three weeks and is the point at which changes are still cheap. Proportion is yours; the portrait bust can be recut to a likeness you supply and the shield charge changed. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops. About 2,107kg in a bespoke crate, on an engineered fixing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eComparable allegories are in \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/figure-art\"\u003efigure wall art\u003c\/a\u003e, with the largest panels under \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/wall-sculptures\"\u003ewall sculptures\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ctable class=\"spec_table\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHeight\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e250cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHand-Carved Natural Marble\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Giant Sculptures","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53815937368411,"sku":"MST-REL-060","price":32549.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/MST-REL-060_1.jpg?v=1787053705"},{"product_id":"crowned-buddha-and-bodhi-tree-marble-relief-150cm","title":"Crowned Buddha and Bodhi Tree Marble Relief - 150cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA crowned Buddha sits in meditation on a double lotus throne, the bodhi tree spreading overhead. 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The throne is the structural idea, two tiers of lotus petals with one turned up and one turned down beneath it, which lifts the figure clear of the water below and has to be cut evenly all the way round. The square is yours, and the geese and lotus pads can be left off for a quieter field. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops. Weight is near 455kg, it travels crated flat, on concealed plates.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore devotional carving sits in \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/buddha-statues\"\u003ebuddha statues\u003c\/a\u003e, with the panels under \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/marble-art\"\u003emarble wall art\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ctable class=\"spec_table\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHeight\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e150cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHand-Carved Natural Marble\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Giant Sculptures","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53815982653787,"sku":"MST-REL-061","price":14199.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/MST-REL-061_1.jpg?v=1787053707"},{"product_id":"trailing-tendril-botanical-marble-bas-relief-150cm","title":"Trailing Tendril Botanical Marble Bas-Relief - 150cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpen flowers, tight buds and broad leaves are spread across a plain ground with tendrils trailing between them, linking one group to the next. There is no frame and no border, so the planting simply occupies the field.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eFlower Wall Art with Tendrils Run Across the Ground\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is bas-relief, kept shallow throughout, and that is the correct depth for foliage: it lets the tendrils run continuously across the ground without any of them having to pass behind another. Depth is suggested by the width of each cut rather than by how far the stone stands out.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShallow botanical work suits a wall that needs texture without weight: a stairwell, a long hallway, a bedroom, a hotel corridor or a covered loggia. It takes raking light extremely well, so a wall lit from one end will show far more of it than one lit flat from the front.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eBas-Relief Depth and Why It Suits Foliage\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eSix weeks. Shallow work is quick to cut and slow to correct, so the whole design is set out full size on the slab before a single cut is made. Once stone is off there is no depth left in reserve to redraw into, which is why the setting out takes as long as it does. The panel is yours, and the flowers can be redistributed. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops. Around 455kg, crated flat for transit, on concealed plates.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOther botanical panels are in \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/abstract-art\"\u003eabstract art\u003c\/a\u003e, with the rest under \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/3d-wall-art\"\u003e3D wall art\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ctable class=\"spec_table\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHeight\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e150cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHand-Carved Natural Marble\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Giant Sculptures","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53815983112539,"sku":"MST-REL-062","price":14199.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/MST-REL-062_1.jpg?v=1787053709"}],"url":"https:\/\/giant-sculptures.com\/collections\/marble-art.oembed?page=2","provider":"Giant Sculptures","version":"1.0","type":"link"}