{"product_id":"ascending-angel-and-cloud-scrolls-marble-relief-200cm","title":"Ascending Angel and Cloud Scrolls Marble Relief - 200cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn angel rises with both arms thrown open and wings lifted, carried up through banks of stylised cloud scroll. The slab is plain and square, so nothing frames the ascent and the figure appears to leave the panel at the top.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eAngel Wall Art Rising Out of Banked Cloud\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eComposing an ascent on a square is awkward, and the answer here is to bank the cloud scrolls heavily at the foot so the figure has something to leave behind. The stone is a warm ivory carrying patchy brown-ochre staining and fine hairline fissures, which is the character of the block rather than a fault in it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn ascending figure asks for height above it: a chapel, a stairwell, a double-height entrance, a crematorium chapel or a tall garden wall. Hung tight under a ceiling the movement stops dead, so leave clear wall above the raised arms rather than filling the space with cornice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eBrown-Ochre Staining Left as It Settled\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eNine weeks. The scrolls at the foot are roughed out first to establish the mass, then the figure is cut down to meet them, and that sequence cannot be reversed. The raised arms are freed last of all, when there is no longer any stone that needs supporting. The square is yours, and the scrolls can be banked deeper for a high position. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops. It weighs near 1,079kg, ships crated flat, and needs an engineered fixing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRelated devotional figures are in \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/religious-statues\"\u003ereligious statues\u003c\/a\u003e, with the tall panels under \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/wall-sculptures\"\u003ewall 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\u003e200cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHand-Carved Natural Marble\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Giant Sculptures","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53815937270107,"sku":"MST-REL-057","price":30611.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/MST-REL-057_1.jpg?v=1787053702","url":"https:\/\/giant-sculptures.com\/products\/ascending-angel-and-cloud-scrolls-marble-relief-200cm","provider":"Giant Sculptures","version":"1.0","type":"link"}