{"product_id":"amber-seated-buddha-cast-resin-sculpture-114cm","title":"Amber Seated Buddha Cast Resin Sculpture - 114cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Buddha seated with the legs folded, this cast resin sculpture rests both hands in the lap. The robe passes over one shoulder and falls in broad folds across the chest, then spreads over the knees and pools in front of them. The head is held level with the eyes lowered, the hair cut in tight curls, and the crown rises above it. The whole figure is a translucent amber, deepest through the folded legs where the material is thickest and lightest across the chest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eBroad Folds Over a Translucent Body\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eA translucent figure carries its colour quite differently from an opaque one, and that changes where the work goes. The folds of the robe are the thing that gives the piece its form, and in a clear amber a fold is read as a change in the depth of colour rather than as a shadow, so each is cut deeper than it would be in an opaque material and the edge is left slightly soft so the colour turns rather than steps. The face is the other passage and it is worked the opposite way: it is the shallowest modelling on the whole figure, because at this scale the eye reads a translucent face as a mass rather than as features, and cutting it deeper makes it stern.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeated at a hundred and fourteen, the head comes to about the chest of a standing adult, and the figure belongs on the floor, on a low plinth or on a broad step, somewhere with quiet around it rather than in a passage. You meet it from the front, looking slightly down. Amber wants light coming through it, so a window to one side or a lamp set low beside it fills the whole figure; an overhead light lands on the shoulders and leaves the legs dark.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eThe Amber, the Scale and Getting It Home\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eOur workshops take 3–4 weeks over a standard piece and 5–6 over a bespoke commission. Colour is settled at order in this amber, in a green, in a smoke or in a colourless body, or as a solid opaque figure where the amber is not wanted. The hands are made in this resting position or with the right hand raised, and a lotus base is available under the figure. Sizes run from a table figure up to something well above head height. It arrives in one fitted crate seated as it sits, with the crown and the knees supported. Lift it under the fall of the robe rather than at the shoulders. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA seated Buddha with hands resting in the lap belongs with our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/figurative-sculptures\"\u003efigurative sculptures\u003c\/a\u003e; a still figure for a calm room leads to our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/indoor-sculptures\"\u003eindoor sculptures\u003c\/a\u003e, and amber that deepens through the lap 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\u003e114cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWidth\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e91.5cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDepth\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e55.2cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eTranslucent 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":54020754997595,"sku":"R313","price":15999.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/R313.jpg?v=1791316000","url":"https:\/\/giant-sculptures.com\/products\/amber-seated-buddha-cast-resin-sculpture-114cm","provider":"Giant Sculptures","version":"1.0","type":"link"}