{"product_id":"amber-rounded-square-metal-rimmed-acrylic-dish-32cm","title":"Amber Rounded Square Metal-Rimmed Acrylic Dish - 32cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis acrylic dish is a rounded square in plan: four sides that are almost straight and four corners turned through a generous radius, so it has corners without having points. The amber is palest at the rim and gathers toward the middle, where the body is thickest. A dark metal band is worked round the rim, following the rounded square rather than crossing it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA Rounded Square Plan Rather Than a Circle\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eA rounded square is more difficult to cast than a circle and the difficulty is all at the corners, where the material has to turn through a radius while the wall keeps an even section: too thin and the corner reads pale against the sides, too thick and it holds colour the sides cannot match. The amber is introduced so that it gathers where the body deepens, which is what gives the dish a centre. The metal band is formed to the finished rim rather than the rim being cast to fit a band, because a rounded square will not take a rolled ring; it is worked in one piece and closed at a corner where the join is least seen, then brought down onto the acrylic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA dish this size is a centre for a table or a console rather than something you fill: the interior is a cast form and the colour is the point of it. It suits a dining table between meals, a hall console, or a low table where it can be looked into from standing. The metal rim gives it an edge against a pale surface; on a dark one the amber does the work. It is a single object and reads best with nothing set beside it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eRim Metal, Colour Depth and What It Is For\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eOur workshops take 3–4 weeks over a standard piece and 5–6 over a bespoke commission. The amber is offered as a rose, a green, a smoke or colourless, and how far the colour gathers toward the centre is set at order. Rim metal comes in this dark finish, a brass, a chrome or a blackened steel, and the band can be left off for an all-acrylic rim. Plan size is cut to order and the corner radius is open, which takes the piece from nearly square to nearly round. It travels as one piece in a fitted box and is a one-person carry. The rim band is the part that marks in transit and is sleeved separately inside the box. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA rounded square that has corners without points belongs with our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/acrylic-sculptures\"\u003eacrylic sculptures\u003c\/a\u003e; a dark band worked round the rim leads to our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/metal-sculptures\"\u003emetal sculptures\u003c\/a\u003e, and a single object to look into on a console joins our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/contemporary-modern-sculptures\"\u003econtemporary and modern 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\u003e13cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWidth\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e32cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDepth\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e32cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAmber Cast Acrylic with a Metal Rim\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Giant Sculptures","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54016471138651,"sku":"Y216","price":1619.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/Y216.jpg?v=1790890640","url":"https:\/\/giant-sculptures.com\/products\/amber-rounded-square-metal-rimmed-acrylic-dish-32cm","provider":"Giant Sculptures","version":"1.0","type":"link"}