{"product_id":"aqua-melt-form-resin-bench-140cm","title":"Aqua Melt Form Resin Bench - 140cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis bench is cast in a strong aqua resin and carries no legs. The seat is flat and square-edged, level and polished, and reads as a plain slab from above. Beneath it the same mass drops away into a run of vertical folds and rounded columns that reach the floor, so the underside is fully modelled and the piece is one solid form rather than a top on a frame.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA Strong Aqua Carried Through a Solid Mass\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eColour is what this piece is for. The aqua is saturated and even, carried in the material rather than on it, and because the mass under the seat varies so much the same pigment reads a dozen ways at once: brilliant and almost pale at a thin fold, deep and nearly turquoise where two columns meet, and darkest in the hollows behind them. Above, the seat is one uninterrupted plane and its edge shows the material's full depth as a clean band. The contrast between that hard band and the loose folds below it is the whole composition. There are seven or eight folds across the length, unequal in width and reaching the floor at different points, and a shallow scallop runs along the front where two of them meet. Every one is worked, so the arrangement belongs to the piece.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt stands at seat height, and its depth takes two people comfortably or works as a long low table in front of seating. The colour makes it a piece that has to be placed rather than fitted in: against a pale wall and a pale floor it is the only thing in the room with any depth of tone, and in a strongly coloured room it fights. A hallway, a garden room, the foot of a bed or a wide landing all suit it. The modelled underside means it should be seen from the side, not pushed hard against a wall, and it wants no rug beneath it. Indoor use only.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eDepth of Colour, Length and What a Solid Bench Weighs\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe standard build is 3–4 weeks and the bespoke build 5–6. The strength of the aqua is the first decision and it changes the object completely: at full saturation as here it is a colour piece, and at a quarter of that it becomes a clear bench with a tint and the folds do all the work instead. A green, an amber and a smoke grey are all made at any strength. Length is made to order, and on the longest benches the studio adds a further column under the middle, which is worth knowing because it shows. Seat depth can be brought in for a hall where the full depth would block the walking line. The folds can be run in a regular rhythm or left irregular as here. It travels in one crate on a purpose-built pallet, needs four people because a solid cast bench of this size is heavier than it looks, and there is nothing to assemble on arrival. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA solid aqua bench melting into folds below sits in our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/functional-sculpture-art-furniture\"\u003eart furniture\u003c\/a\u003e; the poured underside belongs with our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/organic-sculptures\"\u003eorganic sculptures\u003c\/a\u003e, and the saturated casting with our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/resin-sculptures\"\u003eresin 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\u003eWidth\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e140cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDepth\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e70cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImported Clear Resin\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Giant Sculptures","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53958557368667,"sku":"J403","price":10058.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/J403.jpg?v=1791392866","url":"https:\/\/giant-sculptures.com\/products\/aqua-melt-form-resin-bench-140cm","provider":"Giant Sculptures","version":"1.0","type":"link"}