{"product_id":"bear-with-a-black-heart-granite-child-memorial-100cm","title":"Bear With a Black Heart Granite Child Memorial - 100cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA bear sits behind and holds a large heart tablet taken to a mirror polish, the animal itself left pale and matte from the bush hammer. The base slab carries a recessed planting tray in front of the figure, and the whole piece is one black granite.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eBush Hammered Bear and a Polished Heart\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe planting tray is cut into the base rather than added to it, which means the base has to be sawn from a thicker slab than the piece needs and the tray sunk out of the surplus. Its floor is left rough so compost holds. The bear above is hammered to a soft grey while the heart it holds is buffed to black, and neither finish touches the other because each is masked before the next is worked.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA tray in the base means this is meant to be planted, so it suits a children section or a lawn plot where the family will tend it, rather than a position that is hard to reach. The polished heart faces forward and mirrors what is opposite, so keep the front clear. Ask the burial ground whether a planted memorial is permitted in the section you have.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA Planting Tray Set Into the Base\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eNine weeks. The base is sawn thick and the tray sunk before anything above it is finished, because cutting a recess under a finished figure risks the figure. The heart is polished, masked, and the bear then hammered. The heart reaches you bare, with wording worked to order or left off entirely. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops. Around 622kg in two pieces, set by two people with a small gantry onto a poured concrete foundation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlanted child memorials appear at \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/headstones-memorials\"\u003eheadstones and memorials\u003c\/a\u003e; by stone, see \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/granite-headstones\"\u003egranite headstones\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\u003e100cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBase\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eIncluded\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHand-Carved Natural Granite\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Giant Sculptures","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53830927057243,"sku":"MST-MEM-043","price":9945.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/MST-MEM-043_1.jpg?v=1787139573","url":"https:\/\/giant-sculptures.com\/products\/bear-with-a-black-heart-granite-child-memorial-100cm","provider":"Giant Sculptures","version":"1.0","type":"link"}