{"product_id":"amber-fantail-goldfish-cast-resin-sculpture-30cm","title":"Amber Fantail Goldfish Cast Resin Sculpture - 30cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRound and deep in the body, this cast resin goldfish sculpture is covered in overlapping scales everywhere that is not fin. Above and behind it the dorsal, the tail and the paired belly fins are all opened out to their full extent, thin and wavy-edged. The colour begins as a deep amber at the head and the hood and darkens to a smoke grey across the belly, while the fins stay almost colourless through the middle and are edged in amber that deepens to orange at the tips of the tail. It is made to hang.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eSeveral Hundred Scales Over a Swelling Body\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eCutting scales over a sphere is not the same job as cutting them over a flank. The body swells in two directions at once, so a row that is even along the back arrives too wide at the belly and too narrow at the shoulder unless every row is set out again as the curve changes. There are several hundred of them and each one is cut with the same tool at the same depth, because a shallow scale in the middle of a field of deep ones reads as a blemish rather than a variation. The hood is the other exacting passage: it is a mass of small raised lobes with no rows at all, so it is worked freehand and then compared against the scales for depth, which is the only way the two can be made to sit together.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt 30cm it rewards being met at close range, where the scales, which are what the work is, can be studied one by one. It reads best from the side, where the fins separate and the grade runs the whole length. Light coming across it rather than down on it fills every scale with its own shadow; a flat overhead light turns the field into a texture. Hung at eye level against a pale wall, it shows the orange edges of its fins at their brightest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eFin Spread, Colour and What Arrives\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eStandard pieces take 3–4 weeks and bespoke commissions 5–6. Fin spread is set at order and can be brought closer to the body for a quieter fish. The grade runs in this amber, in a red, in a green or in a single flat colour, and a colourless version with no grade at all is made. Scale depth is open, from this deep cut to a shallow relief. A second fish in a mirrored attitude is made where a pair is wanted, and any size is cut to order. Delivery is a sleeved box with the fins supported and nothing to assemble; one hand carries it, and it should be lifted at the body and not by a fin. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA fantail goldfish with every fin spread belongs with our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/animal-sculptures\"\u003eanimal sculptures\u003c\/a\u003e; wavy fins edged in orange lead to our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/organic-sculptures\"\u003eorganic sculptures\u003c\/a\u003e, and amber running into smoke joins our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/resin-sculptures\"\u003eresin 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\u003e22cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWidth\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e30cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDepth\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e11.5cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eGraded Amber Cast Resin\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Giant Sculptures","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54019265855835,"sku":"R179","price":1754.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/R179.jpg?v=1791309935","url":"https:\/\/giant-sculptures.com\/products\/amber-fantail-goldfish-cast-resin-sculpture-30cm","provider":"Giant Sculptures","version":"1.0","type":"link"}