{"product_id":"amber-and-black-cast-stump-stool-45cm","title":"Amber \u0026 Black Cast Stump Stool - 45cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA stump stool cast in resin. The profile is not round but lobed, with broad soft flutes running the full height so the outline waves in and out the way a trunk does under its bark. The flanks carry vertical bands of amber and near-black, translucent where the amber runs and solid where the black does. The top is a pale sawn face, ringed and slightly dished, set a little below the rim.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eAmber and Black in Vertical Bands\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe colour is the whole object here, and it is arranged the way a split log is: bands running the height rather than rings running round it. Where the amber falls it is genuinely translucent, so the flute holding it lights through and the band reads as a warm channel of material; where the black falls it stops the light dead and reads as a solid mass. The two alternate round the circumference at irregular widths, some a hand across and some barely a finger, so no two views of the stool are alike. Over all of it the surface is polished to a full gloss, which pulls a bright line down the crest of every flute and leaves the hollows between them dark. The sawn top is the one quiet part: pale, matt by comparison, and marked only by its own rings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt 45cm this is seat height, so it works as a stool at a low table, as a side table beside a chair, or as a plant stand in a hall. The footprint is small, but the stool's weight keeps it steady once it is set down. The banding is what to place for: a floor lamp or a window to one side lights the amber channels through and makes the black bands read as the gaps between them, where flat overhead light flattens the whole circumference to one dark cylinder. On a pale floor the amber warms the boards around it. Indoor use only.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eThe Colour Route, and Taking Two or Three Together\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery standard piece is made in 3–4 weeks, and every bespoke commission in 5–6. What gets specified is the route the colour takes: amber against black as here, a single amber throughout, which is much the warmer and quieter object, or the near-black version in which only thin clear channels break the mass. The banding can also be run narrow and frequent for something closer to a tiger's eye, or wide and few for two or three broad statements round the stool. Other heights are built to order, and the diameter follows the height so the proportion holds. The sawn top can be left dished as here or brought flat if the stool is to be used as a surface more than a seat. Two or three can be made together at different heights, cast at the same time so the bands relate. It travels upright in one crate and is a two-person lift. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis stool belongs with \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/functional-sculpture-art-furniture\"\u003eour functional sculpture and art furniture\u003c\/a\u003e, its amber and black pour with \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/resin-sculptures\"\u003eour resin sculptures\u003c\/a\u003e, and its cast form among \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/organic-sculptures\"\u003eour organic sculptures\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ctable class=\"spec_table\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHeight\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e45cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDiameter\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e40cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHigh-Clarity Cast Resin with Solid Wood\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Giant Sculptures","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53964856197467,"sku":"J021","price":4725.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/J021.jpg?v=1791373718","url":"https:\/\/giant-sculptures.com\/products\/amber-and-black-cast-stump-stool-45cm","provider":"Giant Sculptures","version":"1.0","type":"link"}