{"product_id":"acid-green-faceted-shard-acrylic-sculpture-40cm","title":"Acid Green Faceted Shard Acrylic Sculpture - 40cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA narrow upright acrylic sculpture, triangular in profile, so it is a front with two returns behind it rather than a block with four sides, and the front itself is cut into long triangular and four-sided planes that climb to a single point. Acid green runs across nearly its whole width and the arrises run yellow where the film is seen at its steepest, while the planes at its foot break into amber, a deep wine red and violet. From behind there is almost nothing to it: the two returns meet at a fine vertical edge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA Front, No Back, and a Foot That Holds It\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eA shard has a front and no back, and the stability has to come out of the foot instead of out of the mass. A block resists being pushed over because its weight sits over a wide base; a shard has neither the weight nor the width, so what keeps it up is the DEPTH of the flat it stands on and how square that flat is to the lean of the front plane. That flat is cut last, after the profile is settled, and it is cut to a tolerance the rest of the piece is not held to - a fraction out and the shard stands with a list that reads as damage rather than as design. The returns are kept as thin as the material allows for the same reason: everything taken off the back is weight removed from where it would work against the foot.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt 40cm it is shelf and desk work, and it wants a wall or a plain field close behind it, because the back of a shard is not the view: a bookshelf, a mantel, a windowsill or the end of a console, set square to how it will be seen. It has a right way round, and that is with its front to the room. Light from in front and a little above fills the front and puts the arrises in relief; light from behind turns it into a dark outline and the green goes out altogether.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eThe Foot, the Film and Delivery\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eOrder a standard piece and it takes 3–4 weeks; order it bespoke and it takes 5–6. The foot is what paces this build, since it is cut last and to the finest tolerance in the piece. The profile, the lean and the film are settled per commission, so a shard standing more upright, one cut broader across the front, or one leaning further over can all be made from this design. The film runs from this acid green through a blue-to-violet and a gold-to-rose, and it can be applied to the returns alone so the front stays clear. Any width is cut to the front plane you want. It is stood up by its foot and turned to face the room, never lifted by the point. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA shard with a front and no back sits with \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/geometric-sculptures\"\u003egeometric sculpture\u003c\/a\u003e; its dichroic face is \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/acrylic-sculptures\"\u003eacrylic sculpture\u003c\/a\u003e; and the colour survives where \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/indoor-sculptures\"\u003eindoor sculpture\u003c\/a\u003e is kept.\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\u003e40cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWidth\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e23.5cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDepth\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e20.2cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDichroic Acrylic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Giant Sculptures","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54024447328603,"sku":"C038","price":2171.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/C038.jpg?v=1792007491","url":"https:\/\/giant-sculptures.com\/products\/acid-green-faceted-shard-acrylic-sculpture-40cm","provider":"Giant Sculptures","version":"1.0","type":"link"}