{"product_id":"attended-youth-classical-stone-relief-wall-art-120cm","title":"Attended Youth Classical Stone Relief Wall Art - 120cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA youth reclines while seven women attend him, one with a lyre, others carrying ewers towards a shallow water basin. A fluted pilaster closes the left edge and gives the scene an architectural setting rather than an open ground.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWall Sculpture Worked in Warm Sedimentary Stone\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe stone here is not marble: it is a warm ochre sedimentary stone with an open granular texture and no crystalline sparkle, which holds a matte surface rather than a polish. That suits a classical scene, because the light sits evenly across the figures instead of glinting off them. The stone runs a warm beige right through its depth, so a chipped arris shows the same colour as the face.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWarm ochre stone suits rooms with timber, brick or lime plaster already in them: a farmhouse hall, a library, a garden room, a wine room or a sheltered loggia. It looks wrong against cool white plaster, which fights the buff of the stone. Outdoors it weathers to a deeper tone and is best on a south or west facing wall.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWeight, Fixing and the Matte Surface\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eFive weeks. The granular stone cuts faster than marble but bruises more easily, so the finishing is slower and done with abrasives rather than a chisel. Panel size is open, and the fluted pilaster at the edge can be repeated on both sides to make the composition symmetrical. The figure group is not altered. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops. Roughly 233kg, crated flat, and it takes concealed plates; the stone is soft enough that oversized washers are used behind them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eComparable figure carving is in \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/figure-art\"\u003efigure wall art\u003c\/a\u003e, and the warm-stone pieces sit with the \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\u003e120cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHand-Carved Natural Stone\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Giant Sculptures","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53815261856091,"sku":"MST-REL-008","price":11131.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/MST-REL-008_1.jpg?v=1787053628","url":"https:\/\/giant-sculptures.com\/products\/attended-youth-classical-stone-relief-wall-art-120cm","provider":"Giant Sculptures","version":"1.0","type":"link"}