{"product_id":"blue-and-silver-blockwork-crescent-moon-acrylic-sculpture-75cm","title":"Blue \u0026 Silver Blockwork Crescent Moon Acrylic Sculpture - 75cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn acrylic sculpture hung on a circle of thin bright metal standing on edge, with rectangular blocks of clear and pale blue massed against its outer edge and gathered into a flat foot beneath it. The blocks are heaviest and deepest through rather more than half the turn and then thin away to nothing, so what is a complete circle reads as a crescent. They stand at different depths within a shallow envelope, every one of them set square, and the ring passes in front of some and behind others. The piece is shallow from front to back, so from the side it almost disappears and from the front it is entirely about the contrast between the true curve and the disorder hung on it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA True Ring Against Blocks That Are Not\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe whole effect rests on the ring being genuinely true, and a thin metal circle of this diameter does not want to be. Any flat spot or slight oval would read at once against the deliberate randomness of the blocks: the eye forgives a block out of line and will not forgive a circle that is not circular. The blocks are then placed rather than patterned. Each sits square at its own depth, and the distribution has to look casual while actually being weighted, since the mass is gathered down one side and along the foot, and the blocks at the foot are what the whole piece stands on. The ring is polished to a mirror, so it reads as one continuous bright line through the mass of blocks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt 75cm this reads as a picture rather than as a mass, and it wants to be met head-on, the ring at about the height of the eye: a broad shelf, a sideboard, or a plinth against a wall. It is a poor centrepiece, because from the ends it is nearly invisible. Give it a plain, fairly dark background if you can. The blocks are clear and pale, and against a white wall they lose their edges, while a deep wall colour or a shadowed alcove makes them read as ice. Light from one side rather than the front is what separates the blocks from each other and keeps the crescent legible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eBlocks, Balance and How It Is Carried\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eOrdinarily a standard piece needs 3–4 weeks and a bespoke commission 5–6. What can be changed is the balance of the thing: how far round the blocks run, how heavily they mass, and whether the crescent opens left or right. The tint is chosen with the order from this pale blue and clear mix, a colourless set, a smoke or a warm amber, and the ring comes in this bright finish, a dark bronze tone or a black. Carry it by the ring at its bare side with a hand under the blocks of the foot, never by a single block. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClear blocks massed in a crescent round a bright metal ring, it sits among our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/abstract-sculptures\"\u003eabstract sculptures\u003c\/a\u003e, our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/acrylic-sculptures\"\u003eacrylic sculptures\u003c\/a\u003e and our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/indoor-sculptures\"\u003eindoor 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\u003e75cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWidth\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e75cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDepth\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e20cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eClear Acrylic on a Metal Ring\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Giant Sculptures","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54022610256219,"sku":"C185","price":7069.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/C185.jpg?v=1792069698","url":"https:\/\/giant-sculptures.com\/products\/blue-and-silver-blockwork-crescent-moon-acrylic-sculpture-75cm","provider":"Giant Sculptures","version":"1.0","type":"link"}